A Guide To Forestry Fire Suppression Equipment
A harvester fire in the middle of a dry conifer block is not a routine machine breakdown. Access may be poor, water may be a long way off, and a…
What Forestry Auction Prices Tell You
For contractors, dealers and woodland businesses, auction results are useful because they expose the live market. But they can also mislead when hours, head condition, tyre state, paperwork and collection…
Mitigating Diesel Contamination
A harvester that loses power halfway through a wet timber site rarely warns you. One day it is working normally; the next, it is throwing fuel-pressure faults, blocking filters or…
STIHL Tiny Forest in Stuttgart-Nord
For the 100th Anniversary: Construction is underway on the STIHL Tiny Forest in Stuttgart STIHL Tiny Forest-As part of its 100th anniversary celebrations, STIHL launched a special project at its…
How to Calibrate a Harvester Head Properly
A harvester head can cut cleanly, feed well, and still cost the job money. A few millimetres of diameter error or a short length setting repeated across a shift soon…
Can-Am Outlander 6×6 and Outlander Electric
I asked Can-Am what makes their ATVs especially well-suited for forestry and land management tasks. Photo credit; can-am.brp.com Outlander 6×6 Can-Am ATVs (All-Terrain Vehicles) are versatile tools used in forestry…
Forestry Automation Trends
A harvester head can already measure, cut and sort more consistently than any man working with a tape and paint mark. The next step in forestry automation trends is not…
Can Forestry Workers Be Self-Employed in the UK?
A harvester operator can invoice by the tonne, the day or the cubic metre and still be found to be a worker or employee if the working arrangement says otherwise.…
Timber Market Outlook for UK Forestry
The timber market outlook will be decided less by headline optimism and more by what is happening at the roadside, on the weighbridge and in the mill yard. Timber market…
The World of Forestry: How Big Is It?
Forestry often faces negative attention, with logging being an easy scapegoat. However, it’s worth considering how significant the forestry industry is globally. The World of Forestry-According to the latest global…