Category: Features

Jim Watt and his team at Caledonian Forestry Services Ltd (CFS) built an interesting and unique low ground pressure forestry carrier. Using such specialised haulage vehicles for removing timber from…

A Unique Vehicle With Over A Thousand Applications Alex Price of A C Price first started working on locally owned Unimogs over thirty-five years ago as a mechanical engineer. It…

A fellow journalist, Tero Nurmi from the Finnish forestry magazine Metsätrans-letti Oy, joined a group of Finnish timber hauliers on a five day whistle-stop tour of Scotland. The trip was…

First Class Aid + F Forestry Commission policy recommends those who work in the forestry industry should attend first aid training that covers topics relevant to the risk associated with…

We all know them, we all need them and we have all been helped by them, but what are they actually called? A mobile mechanic; “A skilled worker who repairs…

Timbermax T10 Traction Aid Winch We met John, from R.J. Fukes Forestry Services at his premises in Llandovery before setting off to see a Timbermax T10 Traction Aid Winch, which…

The owners of a Portuguese bamboo bicycle business speak about their passion to promote the grass plant in Europe. By the standards of their small Portuguese village Curia, Joana and…

This is one article I never thought I would be writing. My friend and colleague Davy Wilson has finally decided to pass on his PONSSE Scorpion King’s keys and enjoy…

Iggesund Forest are a market leader in cutting technology with over 30 years’ experience in manufacturing guide bars, chains and accessories for harvesters and grapple saws. Having trialled several of…

Wallace Weir Charcoal, according to Wikipedia, “is a lightweight black carbon residue produced by strongly heating wood (or other animal and plant materials) in minimal oxygen to remove all water…