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From our president
Scott GieS, GieS timber and Land inc.

Greetings
I hope this article finds everyone well. It looks as In my working circle we lost 2 fellas who had been in
though the rains of 2018-19 El Nino are not going to let the timber business for many years, Britt Wall -51 (Wall
up anytime soon. Just this past weekend saw from 1-3 Timber) passed away on October 25th, and Spud Corbett-
inches of rain over the peninsula of Florida, this was 58 (Callahan Timber) passed away on October 18th. I am
preceded by 1-3 inches over the entire southeast on sure that we lost many more valuable folks throughout
Wednesday/Thursday. Some weather experts seem to the Association area and my condolences to all. Let’s hope
believe that we can expect this pattern to continue 2019 is a good year for all.
through the spring, we can only hope those experts On March 7-9, 2019 we will hold our annual meeting at the
are not correct. fairgrounds in Waycross, Ga., it is free to all who attend. On
I don’t know about you, but I am glad that 2018 is in Thursday we kick-off the event with the “Log a Load” golf
the rear-view mirror, business wise it was extremely tournament at Okefenokee Country Club, Lunch starting
difficult, starting with the excessive amounts of rain we at 11, shotgun start at 1 pm. There will be a reception that
received in SE GA, starting in the late spring all the way will follow at the fairgrounds sponsored by Timberland Tire,
through till today. The Panhandle of Florida and SW GA this is open to all free of charge.
were ravaged by Hurricane Michael in early October Looking forward to seeing everyone at the
with clean-up still taking place and most likely will for annual meeting.
many more months even years. Be safe
Scott

NEW TECH

Managing the logistics of logging is no sMall feat, communication for drivers, loggers can now leverage
says Pace Davis, CEO of TruckIT, an online platform complete visibility into their fleets.
hoping to solve that problem. “You could track the complete pizza delivery process online
TruckIT helps loggers, contractors, haulers, and suppli- from order to delivery better than you could track your
ers improve efficiency and simplify operations. Davis commercial trucks,” says Davis. “This changes the game.”
and co-founder Andrew Lindsay, CEO of Astra Group, In addition to the operational efficiencies, TruckIT enables
Inc., recognized the need after Lindsay had spent years users to completely automate their back-office tickets and
allowing the inability to adequately track material on the settlement sheets. The platform provides real-time digital
job site prevent him from effectively controlling costs. data to verify work completion, monitor progress, and
“I care about efficiency. I want to reduce waste and resolve disputes.
eliminate downtime. In order to do that, I need to “We had customers telling us that they were spending all
understand how much material is in transit and where weekend manually reconciling tickets and invoices,” says
the trucks are so that our crews can make adjustments Davis. “This eliminates that.”
in real-time,” says Lindsay. TruckIT is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. TruckIT is a
Together, Davis and Lindsay created the web- member of SWPA and presenting at the 2019 SWPA Annual
based solution that reduces the hassle of dispatch. Meeting & Logging and Trucking Expo on March 8th.
Leveraging GPS-based map tracking and real-time

Screenshot of the website.

We Take the Hassle Finally, we have a
Out of Hauling simple way to get more
work done, FASTER.