Risk & Business Magazine F.A. Peabody Insurance Spring 2016 | Page 30

Darrell McGuire & Sons, Inc.

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BY: SCOTT AUSTIN, CIC, FA PEABODY INSURANCE

BY: CHRIS AUSTIN, AAI, FA PEABODY INSURANCE

Green Logging - A Focus On The Future

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tarted in the 60’s by Darrell McGuire,
Darrell McGuire & Sons Inc. had
humble beginnings. Beginning as a small,
one truck operation, they have grown
over the years to a large logging company.
From the start, the company has
remained steadfastly devoted to service,
professionalism and family values. At its
heart, family is the most important aspect
of the company. They work to improve
the land, leave the areas that they have
worked in better than they found them,
and maintain a high standard of service
to the communities that they work in.
Darrell originally got his start as a
woodsman, cutting down Christmas
trees as a boy. His passion for the field
continued throughout his life until he
formed the company. He initially began as
a simple wood hauling operation working
with his brothers. It evolved into Darrell
McGuire & Sons Inc., that performed
timber harvesting, woods road building
and hauling. In time, Darrell, Doug,
Brent and Jon joined together to form
the company. Doug’s children, Brad
and Nick, have been with the
company for many years and his
third son, Bailey has recently
joined. Darrell retired from
the business that he started in
2000, and Doug, Brent and Jon
continued working the business
together until 2015 when
Doug and Jon bought Brent’s
interest in the company. They
work to continue their family
tradition.
The industry has gone
through dramatic changes
from what existed just a few
years ago. With that in mind,
the company has continued
to evolve with the times,
shifting its focus to the newest
techniques and moving to
the areas where they could
make the most positive
impact. They have begun to

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shift operations from logging to land
improvement and management, using
their tools and knowledge to improve the
quality of the land that they work on and
leave it better than they found it. Healthy
land management is an essential part of
environmental health as a whole.
One of their customers, Dan Delucca,
spoke very highly of McGuire Logging.
They have worked on 4 parcels of land
for Dan, and he stated the following:
“My experience with other loggers is that
afterward, it looks like a bog. Not with
Doug and his company, though. They left
everything neat and tidy. They were very
up front about pricing, left the woods nice
enough to walk through, and even put
down small roads to travel on.”
The company is, more and more, moving
their operation away from “the way
things used to be done”. The logging

Above: Brad McGuire. Left to right:
Doug, Jon and Nick McGuire.

industry has been changing; mills are
closing, wood demand is shifting, and the
company itself is changing to meet that
demand. Rather than focusing mainly on
large logging jobs, they have shifted their
focus to a method of selective cutting to
improve smaller wood lots and working
closely with the property owners. Land
management is important. Additionally,
they are expanding into tree service,
clea