Komatsu - Mon May 06, 2024
Every Second Counts While Fighting Wildfires
During hot and dry periods, there is a serious risk of wildfires. Moreover, a single spark can be enough to start one, in which case every second counts. Having fire extinguishing equipment close at hand can make all the difference between a few scorched trees and a full-scale wildfire....
Tigercat - Mon April 01, 2024
Tigercat Adds New Triangulated Harvesting Head to Lineup
In late September 2023, visitors to the PLC live demo event held in Washington state got a sneak peak of the new Tigercat 573 harvesting head processing logs on the end of a Tigercat 875E logger. Since then, multiple units have been testing in far flung regions from Alberta to Australia and the results are in: the 573 is shaping up to be a high performing, reliable head for roadside processing and harvesting....
Sound Heavy Machinery - Mon March 04, 2024
Sound Heavy Machinery Adds New Product Line to Its Portfolio of Products
Sound Heavy Machinery (SHM) has been tapped by Lamtrac Global Inc. to represent its line of compact mulching tracked loaders in eastern North Carolina and is one of the brand's growing list of North American dealers....
Tigercat - Tue February 27, 2024
Tigercat Debuts New Steep Slope Machine
At the 2024 Oregon Logging Conference, Tigercat debuted a prototype machine that will further advance steep slope harvesting. Based on the immensely popular and successful 855E platform, the LS857 shovel logger represents a reimagining by Tigercat designers of what a steep slope carrier should look like....
CEG - Thu February 08, 2024
Gypsy Moths, Emerald Ash Borers Spur Major Equipment Decision
Distinctive Tree Care, which provides high quality tree care and arboricultural services in Connecticut and Massachusetts, was founded by Jason Yerke in 2004. Yerke, who owned a landscape company — Distinctive Gardens — invested in a bucket truck, an older dump truck and a chipper and put together a small tree crew that would become Distinctive Tree Care....
Road Machinery & Supplies Co. - Wed January 17, 2024
VIDEO: Timberpro Helps Boosts Production for Northern Minnesota Company
Falling timber in the middle of the winter is a race against the clock and Mother Nature. To meet production goals, you need equipment that is reliable and maximizes the short window of the season. That's why Greg Tibbetts, owner of Tibbetts Trucking Inc., utilizes Timberpro forestry equipment....
Road Machinery & Supplies Co. - Fri January 05, 2024
VIDEO: St. Louis County's New Equipment Better Serves Taxpayers
The St. Louis County Public Works Department is responsible for maintaining 3,000 mi. of northern Minnesota roads in its territory. With many of those being rural miles that wind through the Superior National Forest and up to the Canadian border, it's a much larger task than maintenance of well-manicured suburban roadways....
Linder Industrial Machinery - Mon December 18, 2023
CL Allen Land Management Harnesses Fecon's Mulching Machines For Sustainable Forestry
In the woods of Roxboro, N.C, Chase Allen recently channeled his farming roots into a new venture. Founded in June 2020, during the thick of the COVID-19 pandemic, CL Allen Land Management was Allen's answer to an unexpected halt in everyday activities....
Ponsse - Mon December 11, 2023
Ponsse Manufactures its 20,000th Forest Machine
The 20,000th Ponsse forest machine has been completed at Ponsse's factory in Vieremä, Finland. After the celebration on Dec. 11, the Ponsse Bear harvester with Ponsse H8 harvester head will go to a Norwegian customer, Lågen Skogsdrift AS....
J&R Logging - Wed October 18, 2023
J&R Logging Runs Successful Biz With Family Members
"I hate logging," said Robert D'Agostini Jr., standing on the California ranch his great-grandparents settled six generations ago. "The only thing I hate more is not logging."The love-hate relationship is all part of the job for D'Agostini....
