Coille Haulage
When you are driving around Scotland, it is very unusual not to come across the distinctive, easily recognisable yellow-and-red livery of a Coille Haulage timber truck. The family-run business (‘coille’…
NEWFUEL
On the 18th of July, we arranged to visit Hamish Oliphant at his premises near Turiff in Aberdeenshire. Hamish founded and owns NEWFuel Ltd, which supplies high quality, seasoned woodchips…
The Day We Caught A Bigfoot
Hohenloher Spezial-Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG, have been producing forestry machines since 1967, at their headquarters in Neu-Kupfer, after moving from their original factory in Waldenburg in 1995. In 2005…
Keeping Timber Hauliers Safe
The stereotypical logging truck driver is a super tough guy, he can of course handle the big rig, the rough roads, long hours, work in all weathers and still jump…
MFT 240 6×6 Fire Combi Machine
An item which caught my attention while exploring the demo circuit at Austroforma was the MFT 240 6×6 Fire Combi Machine manufactured by the company Bijol. My initial thought was…
Konrad Kombi Yarder
Last year, at Euroforest, I first saw the Konrad Combi Yarder, something completely original as the skyline tower was mounted behind a 14 tonne Liebherr R914 excavator. I spoke to…
TR30 AQ FELLING WEDGE
The German made TR30AQ felling wedge is a felling wedge driven by a threaded spindle. It is made of aluminium and tough polyamide and was built by a professional logger…
Treemans Jack Trial
There has been a great deal of progress made with felling aids in recent years. Forest Machine Magazine (FMM) has had the Treemans Felling Jack out on trial; this is…
Promoting safety in the workplace
It is not possible to eliminate chain shot, but there are simple steps that can be taken to reduce the risk. Chain shot is the high velocity separation and ejection…