Sawmill Business Podcast

Terran Arwood, president of Woodland Tree Service is located in Memphis TN. He has been in business since 2003 when a major windstorm devastated Shelby County, and he was working a job at a college. He and his roommates had some chainsaws and they started helping the area recover from the destruction. Born and raised in California, Terran, and been around tree-related work his entire life and it’s become his way of life. He gained a lot of knowledge of the giant sequoia trees with his friends and family in that business. Trees grow bigger and faster in Memphis than other places in the country, the amount of rainfall and weather is what allows them to grow so fast. Terran describes Memphis as an urban forest in itself. Something he notes as great for his business is when he started purchasing cranes, and Woodland Tree Service became well known for storm response early on. He had originally processed trees that they removed into firewood, which became a lucrative business thanks to BBQ restaurants which are hu