Harvesting

Low impact harvesting equipment is important for the welfare of forests and many manufacturers are developing compact and light harvesting equipment solely for this purpose. Thinning is the most important…

Kenny Ferguson – Company A G Ferguson Machine age, Two years/3500 hours – Fuel Consumption Litres P/H 13.5 Litres P/H After two years on a welding apprenticeship Kenny took a…

Logging, Life and Liverpool FC Norway has a population of over 5 million and 37% forest cover, which increases year on year. Almost 80% of Norwegian forests are privately owned,…

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…

Forest Machine Magazine visits Kielder forest to catch up with Stu Liddle of Liddle Forestry who has a team of chainsaw operators working in the North East and Scottish Borders.…

Whenever I think of commercial forestry, Sweden and Finland are normally the first places that spring to mind. This is probably due to their vast forestry resources and the fact…

Finnish forest machine manufacturer Logset Oy and South African forest machine dealer Green Projects have signed a dealer agreement to market and sell Logset products in Southern Africa. For Logset…

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…

Improving the durability of its machines, John Deere now features RENCRAFT® Super Hard Coat polycarbonate windows as a standard offering on its G-Series harvesters and G-Series forwarders. Providing enhancements over…

Tackling Ash Dieback with Westtech Woodcracker Tree Shears – Hymenoscyphus fraxineas – Ash Dieback – is a fungal disease causing leaf loss and crown dieback in affected ash trees and…