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“Limited Edition” of the 2024 model year of the first electric lion suitable for long-distance transport almost sold out just over three months after sales launch. High demand for new…

I had meant to draft this brief article a good few months ago but now I find myself ironically afforded the time, following an uncanny mix of events just before…

Rottne H8E – a new generation for stand-operating thinning Rottne Industri AB launches Rottne H8E – a significant upgrade of the popular predecessor Rottne H8D.The versatile harvester has been updated…

Cory Schlitter, the founder and owner of Schlitter Logging, was born and raised in Dubuque Iowa and logs throughout the Midwest tri-state area. Dubuque is on the junction of the…

Forwarders- we take a look at some of the mid-sized Forwarders that are used in timber harvesting. These machines are normally in the 16-20 tonne weight class with a carrying…

Bogged, It doesn’t matter how good an operator you are we all fuck up at one time or another and anyone that tells you differently is a liar. I myself…

Every logging crew has its own story, and the crew that moves the wood at Eastman Forest Products, Inc. is no exception. By Wendy Farrand This small family run business…

In 1986 I successfully tendered for a harvesting contract in North West Wales from the Forestry Commission. It was a flat, wet, peaty windblown site with over 3000m³ of .05m³…

De-bogging Forwarder Just like the fire brigade, Arto Vuorijärvi from Kauhava and his shiny red Scania lorry loaded up with his specially built Rottne F12 de-bogging forwarder, are fuelled up…

From their workshop in Wark, Northumberland, directors and co-owners Graham Johnston and Stephen Wills, along with their workforce, have designed and manufactured the FMS 575 ST stroke harvesting head. The…