ABOUT
Battle Wagon Trailers have deep roots in the forest products industry. Founded in
1991 by Burnett’s Welding owner, Steve Burnett, in Pekin, Indiana, Battle
Wagon Trailers quickly earned a reputation throughout the Midwest as “the
log trailer” to pull. Every Battle Wagon Trailer from the very first one to
today’s latest designs are constructed only from the finest materials and
built strong to meet the demands of the logging and lumber industry.
Flexibility and durability are the hallmarks of Battle Wagon’s complete line
of log trailers. The number of Battle Wagon trailers still hauling logs,
lumber products and equipment every day proves those extremely high quality
standards.
In the fall of 2012, JR Buchan of Decatur, Indiana purchased Battle Wagon
Trailers and moved production to Fort Wayne, Indiana with the first new
trailer leaving the assembly line in the spring of 2013. That was no
mistake. The Buchan’s had purchased their first Battle Wagon drop frame
trailer in 1999, so they knew the quality, flexibility and durability built
into every Battle Wagon Trailer had been a large part of the company’s
successful growth to a six truck fleet. The family credits the ability to
haul logs, lumber and equipment on a single trailer, which had less downtime
as one of the most important reasons for their success in a very competitive
timber market.
JR Buchan is no stranger to the forest industry. He grew up on the log yard
of the family sawmill and logging operation in northeast Indiana, Buchan
Sawmill, Inc and Buchan Logging, Inc. JR began his career dragging slabs
before he was big enough to carry them. Working in every job in the green
mill and in the logging operation, where he is still active today as a
timber buyer, log grader, equipment operator and yes, he is still personally
pulling a Battle Wagon Trailer to every job site.
The Buchan family is proud of their strong forest industry and agricultural
heritage. They take great pride in producing quality hardwood lumber while
practicing proper timber management on every logging job. In addition to the
logging and sawmill businesses the family is also operates a large row crop
farming operation and grain elevator, so this family knows the value of
quality equipment.
Put a Battle Wagon Trailer behind your Log Hauler and watch your costs go down and your profits go up.