Drake Logging

About Drake Logging

Drake Logging is a small, privately owned logging company based in Richmond, Virginia. Two brothers, Earnest Drake Jr. and Robert Drake, run it. Their father, also a logger, started the business. The brothers say they have more than 50 years of combined logging experience between them. They are self-employed and work directly with landowners from the first estimate through harvest to payment. They take on clear cutting, thinning, shelterwood and selection logging, on small or large acreage, in hardwood or pine. Their other work includes timber harvesting on acreage and right of ways, site processing, loading and hauling timber, and logging on private, commercial and government land. They typically work within a 100 mile radius of Richmond and name Prince George, Virginia, as one of their areas. They say they are licensed and insured and that they work within Virginia state law and Forestry guidelines. The first step is a free estimate. Someone from the company comes out, looks at your standing timber, and gives you "a fair quote on what you can expect to be paid" for logging the property. They also say they have worked with contractors for years to clear right of ways and property. This suits a landowner who wants the same two people to walk the timber, price it, and cut it, and who has hardwood or pine on a tract of any size. From drakelogging-va.com, read 17 October 2026.

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