2025 ANNUAL MEETING & EXPO...bringing logging to life

SEPTEMBER 19TH - 20TH - PALATKA, FL

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 LOG A LOAD FUNDRAISERS - Friday, September 19th - 8 AM Starts
GOLF TOURNAMENT
$100 Per Person - registration required
Palatka Golf Club
1715 Moseley Ave., Palatka, FL and includes lunch.

SKEET SHOOT
$100 Per Person - registration required
Palatka Shotgun Sports—301 Skeet Club Rd., Palatka, FL and includes lunch. 


SPONSOR LEVELS & BENEFITS INFORMATION

EXHIBITOR INFORMATION
SPONSORSHIP & EXHIBITOR CONTRACT
AUCTION DONATION FORM

HAMPTON INN BOOKING LINK
(Limited Rooms Left)
100 Memorial Pkwy, Palatka, FL
855-605-0317

HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS
($169 - SWPA Group Rate)
3813 Reid St, Palatka, FL
Front Desk - 386-325-2500
877-859-5095

Map Fairgrounds

LOCAL VENDOR BOOTH FORM

Tidewater Equipment/Tigercat



   

2025 CE WORKSHOP SPONSOR

 

2025 golf hole sponsors

 

 

 2025 Auction Sponsor
PrimeX

 

 

 

 

 

2024 ANNUAL MEETING & TRADE SHOW

Thank you to our 2024 LIVE AUCTION Supporters

2024 ANNUAL MEETING SPONSORS
Thank you to the following SWPA sponsors without you
we couldn't be the voice for loggers in Florida & Georgia!


 

Tidewater Equipment/Tigercat

 

 

 

 





  

KEVIN & MITZI BATTEN

BILL BEARDSLEY

Tidewater Equipment/Tigercat

TIMBERLAND TIRE/ASAPH


Yokohama OHT

 

 

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 heldMarch 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 heldMarch 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 heldMarch 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