Features

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…

This Pineridge Chippers feature was published in a previous issue of Forest Machine Magazine pre Covid 19 Forestry is a fascinating industry and it is always interesting to explore the…

By Forest Machine Magazine Reporter Justin Nyakudanga A forest in South Africa is considered to be an area of land dominated by tree species with overlapping canopies, covering at least…

The life of a forest machine operator can certainly bog you down in more ways than one. Here is a recollection of some of my own mishaps from my time…