Foresters

Foresters

Foresters

Foresters

Foresters

Roger Gribble

Forester

Graduated from Glenville State College with a degree in forestry. Before joining Trumco Forest Products, Roger worked as a Forester for Landmark Forestry, LLC. While at Landmark Forestry, Roger assisted the management & environmental enhancement activities of the Heartwood Forestland Fund IV property (Wes Vaco).

Charlie Stevens

Forester

Graduated from Penn State in 1990 with a degree in Forestry. While attending the University of Montana Master’s program, he worked for the State of MT as a Forest Manager. Charlie returned to Pennsylvania in 1999 as a consulting forester and joined Trumco in 2001 as a Procurement Forester.

Thomas Turner

Forester

Thomas has a great deal of experience, having graduated from Penn State University 40 years ago with degree in forestry, he spent a dozen years as a Procurement Forester in New England before returning to Pennsylvania. He was also the head forester on the 1,200 acre selective harvest of what is now the Perry Nuclear Power Facility in Lake County, Ohio. Tom has been actively engaged in staying up to date with his Sustainable Forestry Initiative education.

I believe you must do your homework up front before you hire any company. I worked through the Ohio Forestry Association to get names of companies that could bid on harvesting my land. After a very thorough bidding process, I chose Trumco. Working with Trumco proved to be an excellent experience. Dave and I walked the property marking trees, and Trumco did exactly as I wished. Plus, they did a great job of cleaning up and didn’t leave any deep ruts. After my experience, I didn’t hesitate to recommend Trumco to others.

 - Roger Desin | Kingsville, Ohio

The people at Trumco are very reliable and good to deal with. Trust is key because there are many less-than-reputable foresters out there and people have to be careful. Trumco wants to build a relationship with you. They aren’t always looking to clear-cut the land for a quick profit. They select the mature trees only for harvesting, so they do what’s best for the land, for you, and for them. Because of my positive experience with Trumco, I have recommended them to several other landowners.

- Leland King | Fredonia, PA

We started doing business with Jim Bertin as our forestry consultant in 1989. Since meeting Jim and the people at Trumco, we have used them on an on-going basis every 2-3 years. Trumco select cuts our land based on our wishes. There are a lot of fly-by-night operations out there and we’ve heard many horror stories. When you choose to have your trees harvested, you must employ experts to handle the job properly. Jim Bertin and Trumco are experts.

- Bob And Joanne Bartholomew | Mercer, PA

I have had Tumco cut two pieces of property for me so far. I was so satisfied with the first cut that I called them back to cut the second property for me six months later. Trumco performed selective cutting on both pieces of land. I was very impressed with the care they took with my property. Trumco worked very quickly and professionally and did an outstanding job. I’m 100% satisfied and have recommended Trumco to two of my neighbors.

- Ralph Cooper | Butler, PA