Page 30 - Georgia Forestry - Issue 3 - Summer 2022

Tobey McDowell
C. MCDOWELL LOGGING
JACKSON, GA
Tobey started in the forestry industry as a log truck driver when he was 18 years old. Over his 25-year career, he has built up his business to include two logging crews and a chipping crew that operate across the piedmont region in the state. In total, Tobey’s business employs 15 people, including drivers for the five logging trucks that he owns and operates. Tobey is proud of the business he built, and his biggest motivation for staying in business through this economic crisis is to continue supporting his employees.
“When you add on all the additional cost increases that we have seen with fuel, insurance, wages and materials, it has gotten to a point where I am just thankful to break even. I’ve got 15 guys whose families are depending on this business to stay profitable, and that is the only reason I am still in business.
It takes eight to 10 pieces of equipment, including the trucks and trailers, for us to run just one logging crew, and the overall costs for that equipment are increasing every day. So, when you consider the tax bill on our equipment,
it determines whether we purchase new equipment, keep running old equipment or just give up all together. So, right now any break we can get will help.”
MATT HESTAD IS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF ENGAGEMENT FOR THE GEORGIA FORESTRY ASSOCIATION.
Tobey McDowell says costs for equipment “are increasing every day.”
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