Partners In Pine: The partnership between Tommy Brown's Linton Land & Timber and Middle Georgia Timber is built on trust and fair play

摘要

Tommy Brown, 47, owner of Lin-ton Land & Timber, LLC, has a very good relationship with his timber dealer, Middle Georgia Timber. Brown had only been logging for a year and a half when he received what he calls the "best phone call of my life" from Middle Georgia owners Jack Rocker and Jason Simmons. They put him to work four years ago. "It was the best move I ever made," he says. His satisfaction with Middle Georgia Timber stems from his confidence in Rocker and Simmons personally. "I can trust them to deal square with me," he believes. As an example, when diesel fuel was in the 4 per dollar gallon range late last summer, some area mills gave a fuel surcharge of up to 2.51 per ton dollar, to be distributed through timber dealers.