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Volvo Trucks to begin customer testing of fuel cell trucks in 2025
Volvo Trucks are running tests of fuel cell electric trucks that only emit water vapour and have an operational range comparable to diesel trucks, up to 1,000 km. A second pilot phase is to follow in a few
Volvo Trucks presents a new fully electric axle for extended range
Volvo Trucks unveiled a completely new, fully electric rear axle at the IAA transport show in Hannover, Germany. Freeing up space for more batteries, the new e-axle means even longer range for Volvo’s battery electric trucks. Volvo Trucks
Soaring Energy Costs Crippling Forestry
Soaring energy costs are crippling the companies involved in wood processing. This is having a major knock-on effect for the people working at the blunt end of forestry. It is distressing to see contractors and hauliers that have
Get free trees from the Woodland Trust and join hundreds of thousands of people in helping wildlife and fighting climate change
The Woodland Trust has ambitious plans to break its record annual giveaway of more than 1.3m free trees to schools and community groups as the next round of tree pack applications opens. Almost 9,000 schools and community groups
Break-through: Volvo Trucks starts series production of heavy electric trucks
As the first global truck manufacturer to do so, Volvo Trucks is now starting series production of heavy electric, 44 tonne* trucks. Volvo Trucks is beginning series production of the electric versions of the company’s most important product
STIHL TO SHOWCASE LATEST FORESTRY PRODUCTS AT APF EXHIBITION
STIHL will be showcasing an array of new forestry products at this year’s APF Exhibition, the UK’s largest dedicated forestry and arboriculture event, offering professional users more options than ever before to tackle the toughest jobs. Taking centre
Woodland Team Leader
Woodland Team Leader – Norfolk An opportunity has arisen for a Woodland Team Leader to join the experienced team at Albanwise Environment Ltd. The successful candidate will lead and motivate a small team delivering a commercial return from
Stora Enso and Peab Asfalt test wood-based binder in asphalt
Stora Enso and Peab Asfalt paved an area of the Sunila pulp mill in Kotka, Finland, with asphalt in which part of the fossil-based bitumen has been replaced with renewable lignin from wood. Lignin, one of the main
Education Simulation: Prepare For Reality
With the lack of training facilities in the UK, its no wonder there is such a famine of skilled labour for driving and operators’ jobs. What’s the solution? Well, a simulator is a good training vessel, they can
Farmers to help Wales reach Net Zero
Welsh Government pledges an extra £32m for tree planting Minister for Climate Change Julie James has today announced £32m for farmers and landowners to help Wales plant 86 million trees by the end of the decade to combat
Woodland Operative
Woodland Operative – Norfolk An opportunity has arisen for a Woodland Operative to join the experienced team at Albanwise Environment Ltd. The successful candidate will play a key role in delivering a commercial return from sustainable woodland management
Operations Manager GMU Technical & Forestry
A vacancy has arisen for a Grounds Technical and Forestry Operations Manager based at our Willerby Depot. Employer: East Riding of Yorkshire Council Contract: Permanent Hours: Full-time Base: Willerby, East Riding of Yorkshire ADVERT TEXT: A vacancy has
Ponsse to demonstrate new solutions at FinnMetko 2022
The 19th FinnMETKO exhibition will be held in Jämsä, Finland on 1–3 September 2022. Finland’s largest professional and sales exhibition area in the heavy-duty machine industry will cover more than 200 hectares, both indoors and outdoors. Ponsse will
KASIGLAS® A Safer Outlook
Anyone operating a harvester will testify to how frightening it is when the front windscreen is suddenly struck by a high-speed flying object. This could be from a hung-up branch or a treetop falling from height, stones embedded
John Deere In The Spotlight
John Deere Forestry Oy has been meeting logging customers’ needs for the past 50 years. The company’s commitment to the development of logging solutions has created many pioneering, productivity-enhancing innovations that make the customers’ work easier. At the
Huge forest fires don’t cause living trees to release much carbon, OSU research shows
Research on the ground following two large wildfires in California’s Sierra Nevada mountain range showed the vast majority of carbon stored in trees before the blazes was still there after the fires. Published in the journal Forests, the
Malwa 560F Generation 4
Treeline Woodlands are the UK and Irish distributers for Malwa Forest Products and recently took delivery of a new Malwa forwarder. The Malwa 560F Generation 4 is the third forwarder from Malwa that Treeline have used for their
Low loader trailer For Sale
King GTS 44/3 Tri -axle Low loader trailer For Sale King GTS 44/3 Tri -axle Low loader trailerYear 201344 Tonne CapacityIn very good order – hardly used in the past year.Ready to go to work£21,000.00 + VAT FIND
Wood harvesting is part of the climate solution
A recent study commissioned by the Swedish Forest Industries on the environmental effect of wood harvesting in Sweden shows that the climate will not be better off if wood harvesting was restricted, and carbon stored in the forest.
Production adjustments at Södra Wood
To rebalance inventories and adapt to current demand, Södra Wood is now adjusting its production. For the remainder of 2022, sawn timber production will be reduced by approximately 100,000 m³. Timber is gaining ground as the most sustainable
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About Forest Machine Magazine
We cover all aspects of the forest industry from ground preparation, road building, planting, harvesting, extraction, haulage, saw-milling, health and safety, through to the end product. We visit harvesting sites, contractors, hauliers, and timber processing plants to keep abreast of all the latest news and technology.
Spending most of my life in forestry has afforded me the opportunity to build up a network of highly experienced operators that I am able to call upon for trialling forestry equipment and accessories. Having this unique network of operators gives us the advantage of carrying out honest and unbiased trials in optimum conditions.
The professional magazine written by loggers for loggers and dedicated solely to the equipment used in forestry operations.
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