Logging

Emily Buenzle - Tue October 10, 2017

State's Future Loggers Benefit From New Tech Training

Good news for the logging industry: Maine college students are training for careers as loggers with new, updated machines. As he took students for some hands-on training into TA-R7, a piece of forest in Maine, Donald Burr, head coordinator of the Mechanized Logging Operators Programs, said that experience outside the classroom was getting them ready for their careers, WSAW reported....

Komatsu - Tue May 09, 2017

Komatsu America Corp. Introduces Tier IV PC290LL-11 Log Loader

Komatsu America Corp.'s PC290LL-11 log loader features a 196 net hp, EPA Tier IV Final, Komatsu SAA6D107E-3 engine. The PC290LL-11 is available in either a 40 ft. (12 m) reach, live heel log loader, or a 34 ft....

Mon January 23, 2017

Merv George Jr. Selected as Keynote Speaker at 79th Oregon Logging Conference

Jeff Wimer, Oregon Logging Conference president, has selected Merv George Jr., the forest supervisor of Six Rivers National Forest in northern California, as keynote speaker at the 79th Annual OLC. The keynote address will be presented on Feb....