Annual Event

SAVE THE DATES of  June 13-15, 2024
for The 2024 Southeastern Wood Producers Association's Annual Meeting!
At The Hammock Beach Resort in Palm Coast, FL

 

The Southeastern Wood Producers Association's 2023 Annual Meeting  was held March 30th through Saturday April 1st, 2023 at The Okefenokee Fairgrounds in Waycross, GA.

THANK YOU TO ALL OUR DANCE TEAMS for their support of SWPA and a super fun night!
MIRROR BALL TROPHY CHAMPIONS –  1st – D.M. Stratton with $9,900
2nd
– Pritchett Trucking with $4,155
3rd – Gray Logging with $4,085
4th – Webb Timber Harvesting with $1,915

 

Caring for our most precious resources …through your generosity SWPA was able to raise $14,500 for Log A Load for Kids this year!
The SWPA Golf Tournament raised $3,565 and the Clay Shoot raised $10,935. The hospital recipients for this year’s donations will be Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital-Albany, GA and UF Health Jacksonville, FL.

Did you know?  The mission of the Log a Load For Kids Foundation program is to raise funds to improve children's health through treatment, education and research at Children's Miracle Network (CMN) Hospitals and other local children's hospitals.

Log A Load for Kids is an annual campaign which began in 1988 when loggers and others in the forest products community donated the value of a load of logs to their local CMN hospital. Today, Log A Load is a leader in CMN Hospitals’ fundraising, raising more than $2 million annually through golf tournaments, fishing events, dinners, truck loads of log donations and other events.

Join us next year to support Log A Load!      Want to get involved in our Log A Load events? Please call or email the office.

2023 LOG -A-LOAD  GOLF TOURNAMENT WINNERS
1st Place Team: Ag South Farm Credit  - Jake Hickox, Trey Walker, Kyle Lairsey, Taylor Morgan
2nd Place Team:  Dobbs Equipment  - Trey Thompson, Dalton Thrams, Clark Dixon, Josh Cave
3rd Place Team:  Bates, Hewett, Floyd / Peterbilt / Home Trust Bank  - Chris Lands, Danny Starley, Kyle Gray, Ray Thompson

2023 LOG-A-LOAD CLAY SHOOT WINNERS
1st Place:  
The Nextran Team with James Rhue, Kenneth Cox, Eric Schmidt and Brian Henderson won with an overall team score of 253. 
2nd Place: 
 The Dobbs Equipment Team with Jack Walker, Derek Barnes, Jason Barnes, and Jonathan Moore with an overall team score of 249.

 

   

2023  SWPA  TRUCK  RODEO WINNERS  Points Prize
1st: Jason Swift 140 $200.00
2nd: Hunter Pitts 95 $100.00
3rd:  Tobey McDowell 75 $ 75.00

 

2023 TIGERCAT / TIDEWATER  LOADER COMPETITION
1st:  – Jason Braddock
2nd:– Rickey Pitts
3rd: - Hunter Pitts
2023 BARKO  LOADER COMPETITION
1st: – Jason Braddock
2nd: – Dustin Lee
3rd: – John Russell Fowler

2023 DOBBS EQUIPMENT  LOADER COMPETITION

1st: – Mack Pitts

2nd: – Dalton Lee

2023  WEILER / YANCEY FORESTRY LOADER COMPETITION Prize Time
1st: - Hunter Pitts- 12 Gauge Viper Max Ducks Unlimited Edition Shotgun 2:14
2nd: - Tommy North- 40qt Grizzly Cooler Winner 2:24
3rd:  Woodrow Smith Soft Side Grizzly Cooler 2:25
2023  WEILER / YANCEY FORESTRY DRAWINGS
Hannah Baker Case of Engine Oil
Bristol Carter Set of Carbide Saw Teeth
Braylen Allen Case of bar oil
John Henry Ferrell Quantity 2- 10’ Transport Chains and he also won 6 Logging Flags
Trevor Crosby Quantity 2- 20’ Transport Chains
Teresa Boatright Quantity 4- Ratchet Binders & also won case of grease
Weston Flowers 40 qt Grizzly Cooler

 

 

2023 SILENT AUCTION 

Item Donated By Winner Amount Raised
Barnett 370 Cross Bow Bates Hewett & Floyd Insurance Kevin Batten $ 420.00
2 Firestone truck tires Boulevard Tire - Waycross Dillon Stratton $ 650.00
Primex Logmonster Yokohoma Boulevard Tire - Waycross Dillon Stratton $ 2,000.00
Log Lamp Darlene McDonald Jennifer Coffee $ 120.00
Wood Carving  - Chicken Tim Davis  -  Chainsaw Carver Wayne Tatum $ 130.00
Wood Carving - Tree Tim Davis  -  Chainsaw Carver Wayne Tatum $ 85.00
Forestry Machine with tree Tim Davis  -  Chainsaw Carver Jessica Giddens $ 325.00
Handcrafted Feller Buncher Forestry Mutual Insurance Joey Bowen $ 500.00
The Kingdom  Book Gray Logging Hunter Stratton $ 10.00
The King in YOU Gray Logging Cam Dane $10.00
Heaven in My Home Gray Logging Shawn Webb $10.00
Stoeger M3000 12 gauge  Shotgun Murray Oil / Murray Forestry Wayne Tatum $650.00
Ponsse  Forestry Model -  Scorpion Ponsee Hunter Stratton $70.00
Ponsse  Forestry Model -  Scorpion Ponsee Dillon Stratton $90.00
Case of Specialized Lubricants Schaeffer Mfg. Cam Dane $100.00
1075C Forwarder 1/32 Diecast Model Tigercat Robert Barkley $ 95.00
Bar Stool Tigercat Angie Bowen $120.00
724G Feller Buncher 1/32 Model Tigercat Cam Dame $100.00
PRIMEX LOG MONSTER Timberland Tire / Rudy Harrelson Harry Sanders, III $ 2,100.00
Framed Watercolor 21 x 18 William Beardsley Jerry Gray $ 450.00
Wooden American Flag DeeDee Germany Dillon Stratton $ 200.00
TV DeeDee Germany Tammy Flowers $ 145.00
234B Loader 1/32 Die Cast Model Tigercat Jason Braddock $125.00

 

2023 EXHIBITOR SIGN OFF SHEET - COOLER DRAWING

Trevor Crosby

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Southeastern Wood Producers Association's 2022 Annual Meeting was held Saturday, January 22, 2022 at Rainwater Conference Center in Valdosta, GA

 

 

The Southeastern Wood Producers Association’s 2020 Annual Meeting / Logging & Trucking Expo was held March 5 - 7, 2020 at The Okefenokee Fairgrounds & Exchange Club in Waycross, GA.

 

WINNERS

LOADER COMPETITION WINNERS     

Time Loader Prize
1st Place Dalton Lee 48:06 Tigercat $250.00
2nd Place Mack Pitts 50:86 Tigercat $150.00
3rd Place Brian Delk 59:50 John Deere $ 50.00

 

TRUCK  RODEO WINNERS   

Points Prize
1st Place Tobey McDowell 240/250 $150.00
2nd Place Robert Veal 230/250 $100.00
3rd Place James Lee 200/250 $ 50.00

 

EXHIBITOR SIGN OFF SHEET - COOLER DRAWING

Autumn Meschke  - Brunswick, GA

SHOTGUN RAFFLE

Mike Kinneman - Hahira, GA

 

 

 

 

The Southeastern Wood Producers Association’s 2019 Annual Meeting / Logging & Trucking Expo was held March 7 -9, 2019 at The Okefenokee Fairgrounds & Exchange Club in Waycross, GA.

 

WINNERS

GOLF TEAMS  18 Holes
1st Place Will Phillips, Chris Harper, Randy Howell, Lee Gowen
2nd Place   Eric Schmidt, Brad Morris, Scott Gies, Brian Henderson
3rd Place  Lonnie Pate, Joel Ganger, Bobby Tippins, Shane Herrin
Longest Putt: Lee Gowen
Longest Drive:    Trey Thompson

 

 

LOADER COMPETITION WINNERS     

Time Loader Prize
1st Place  Edward Hutchinson 1:01:71  Barko $300.00
2nd Place Rickey Pitts, Jr. 1:03:94 Tigercat $150.00
3rd Place Chris Lloyd 1:08:03 CAT $ 75.00

 

TRUCK  RODEO WINNERS   

Points Prize
1st Place Dillon Stratton, III 190 /250 $300.00
2nd Place Hunter Pitts 180 /250 $150.00
3rd Place James Rhue 180 /250 $ 75.00

 

EXHIBITOR SIGN OFF SHEET - COOLER DRAWING

Hannah Light  - Madison, FL

SHOTGUN RAFFLE

Wilbur Waters -  Starke, FL


The Southeastern Wood Producers Association’s 2018 Annual Meeting / Logging & Trucking Expo was held March 15 -17, 2018 at The Okefenokee Fairgrounds & Exchange Club in Waycross, GA.

WINNERS         

GOLF TEAMS  18 wholes
1st Place DJ Wilson, Jeff Parke, Chase Rawlinson, Micky Bokor
2nd Place Eric Schmidt, Mike Graber, Scott Gies, Brian Henderson
3rd Place  Lonnie Pate, Joel Ganger, Bobby Tippins, Shane Herrin
Longest Putt: Dave Burns, Lonnie Pate, Joel Ganger, Tracy Edenfield
Longest Drive:    Lonnie Pate

 

LOADER COMPETITION WINNERS     

Time Loader Prize
1st Place  John Hayman 190 /250 Tigercat $300.00
2nd Place  Jestin Lloyd 180 /250 Tigercat $150.00
3rd Place Chris Lloyd 180 /250 CAT $ 75.00

 

TRUCK   RODEO WINNERS 

Points Prize
1st Place Tobey McDowell 225/250 $300.00
2nd Place Robert Veal 195/250 $150.00
3rd Place Shon Whidden 160/250 $ 75.00

 

EXHIBITOR SIGN OFF SHEET - YETI COOLER DRAWING

Matthew Poulsen – Blackshear, GA

SHOTGUN RAFFLE

Justin Lee – JWL Logging Co.,  Springfield, GA