Eagle Lumber Company:
Eagle Lumber Company: ‘We Deliver a Product that the Customer Wants, on Time’ GREENSBURG, KY – Eagle Lumber Company is a labor of love for Paul Peachey, head of the company, and his two sons, Josh and Jeremy. The sawmill manufactures between 10 million and 12 million board feet of Hardwood lumber per year. Among the species they saw are Red and White Oak, Poplar, and Walnut, mostly harvested within a 75-mile radius of the mill, located here in Central Kentucky. All of their lumber is sold green, mostly in 4/4 and 5/4 plus some 8/4. Sub-contractors do the logging and trucking. 28 APRIL 2021 n NATIONAL HARDWOOD MAGAZINE By Paul Miller Jr. Paul Peachey, the father, who was born in Pennsylvania, started in the pallet business in 1993. Twenty years later, he established his first mill to cut logs into pallet lumber. Later, he began manufacturing grade lumber. “I really enjoy sawmilling,” Paul Peachey said. “I enjoy purchasing equipment, setting it up, mill-rigging, hiring a team of men, and then putting it all together to get a sawmill up and running. It was something that I thoroughly enjoyed in 2019 when we upgraded our mill here and built the new mill in Hustonville, KY.”
“I just firmly believe in giving back after we have received so much. We are an indebted people for how blessed we are, living in a free country, free enterprise and being able to operate, and in return, let’s reach out and help each other.” – Paul Peachey, Eagle Lumber Company ABOVE: In the log yard at Eagle Lumber, located in Greensburg, KY, log trucks are unloaded, and logs are scaled. Water is pulled out of the pond and sprayed on top of the logs. The water then drains back into the pond. RIGHT: From left, Josh, Paul and Jeremy Peachey are seen in front of the 7-foot McDonough headrig In 2015, the primary mill, Eagle Lumber in Greensburg, got a McDonough run-around system. In 2019, the business added a Cleereman debarker, and a seven-foot McDonough band head rig with a scanner from Lewis Controls. When these extensive upgrades were made at Eagle Lumber, the well-maintained used equipment from there was transported to the then-new mill, Lincoln Hardwood Lumber in Hustonville. The Peacheys also own a company called Quality Pallet. It ships around 30 loads of new pallets per week. Quality Pallet employs 27 people. Lincoln Hardwood Lumber in Hustonville has 12 employees. Josiah Hershberger is the mill manager in Hustonville. Tim Yoder works closely with Hershberger and is heavily involved with maintenance. Lincoln Hardwood Lumber is operating a Cleereman circle sawmill and a 600 series West Plains resaw with 80 percent of their production being pallet material for Quality Pallet. The remaining 20 percent is split between 4/4 grade lumber and industrial products. Please turn to page 41 APRIL 2021 n NATIONAL HARDWOOD MAGAZINE 29
