Forestry Equipment Articles

Palfinger Adds FG53S-V to Epsilon Range of Timber Grapples →

Palfinger has extended its Epsilon range of timber grapples with an adapted product: the existing FG53S grapple has been equipped with additional features and launched as the FG53S-V. Together with Scandinavian customers, EPSILON has taken a closer look at its requirements and optimized the grapple to make sorting work even more efficient. "Especially in Scandinavia, logs often have a thinner diameter, which can cause the grapple to become wedged in the wood and interrupt the workflow," said Dominic Lanner, product manager at EPSILON. Click for more...

Wood-Mizer Contract Sawmilling in Germany →

Bad Berka is a small health resort in the German region of Thuringia. Here we meet Sandra Eule, one of very few Wood-Mizer female contract sawmills in Germany. In 2004, her father started his own business as a contract sawmill with a Wood-Mizer LT40 mobile sawmill. When he got sick, the family discussed an idea to sell the sawmill. Until then, Sandra had worked in the food industry and didn't have any experience in woodworking. Click for more...

VIDEO: Titan Introduces HK458 Hybrid Wheel Loader Tire →

Titan International Inc. — manufacturer of Titan Wheels and Titan Tires — has introduced the new Titan HK 458, a crossover wheel loader tire suited for the most extreme loader applications that require aggressive traction and excellent self-cleaning. The E-4/L-4 dual-rated bias tire combines the tread design of a forestry tire, a wheel loader tire and an ATV tire all in one — making it ideally suited for both muddy, challenging construction sites and agriculture applications, where the sludge and muck are endless. Click for more...

Port Hawkesbury's Investment In People Pays Off With Sennebogen →

The Port Hawkesbury mill site has a long history of positive contribution to the eastern region of Nova Scotia. The mill was first developed in 1962 as a sulfite pulp mill and expanded into manufacturing newsprint and pulp for the next three decades. In 1998, the Port Hawkesbury site expanded again by investing in a supercalender (SC) paper machine. In 2012, the mill at Port Hawkesbury was reopened by Stern Partners as Port Hawkesbury Paper and today continues to operate as a world-class high-tech paper manufacturing facility. Click for more...

Barko Hydraulics Hires Rupar as New President →

Barko Hydraulics welcomes Justin Rupar as president. Rupar assumed his new role effective June 15, 2021, bringing more than 27 years of equipment industry expertise in manufacturing, dealer development, sales and marketing. "I'm very excited to join Barko, and I'm looking forward to getting to know our dealers and customers better." said Rupar. "The Barko team and I are excited to continue working to improve our product and services offerings and to add exceptional value to both our dealer partners' and our retail customers' operations." Before joining Barko, Justin held leadership positions with Yamaha Motor Corporation, YANMAR America and ASV Holdings, overseeing global commercial, distribution and after-sales support activities. Click for more...

Outsight Launches Real-Time LiDAR Solution for Forestry Industry →

Outsight, a leader in 3D Spatial Intelligence, has announced the launch of the first real-time LiDAR solution for the forestry industry. Drawing on its established LiDAR expertise in other industries, Outsight has developed a mapping solution capable of generating a comprehensive 3D map of a forest in real-time. Taking no longer than the time needed for the human or machine operator to traverse the plot, Outsight's solution automatically determines the exact position and characteristics of trees. Click for more...

Eco Log Introduces Series of Harvester Heads →

Eco Log has added its own series of harvester heads, consisting of four models, to the existing line-up. This makes Eco Log a complete forest machine manufacturer, offering machines and solutions for profitable and high-productive forestry all over the globe. The new series of Eco Log harvester heads is based on the technique of SP Maskiner, which has now been adjusted and optimized to make a perfect match for Eco Log harvesters. Click for more...

Mont-Laurier Vocational School Saves a Week of Training With Vortex Simulators →

As one of Quebec, Canada's six forestry training centers, the Mont-Laurier Vocational School helps prepare a new generation of heavy equipment operators. The non-profit center collaborates with the region's timber companies to provide students with practical hands-on experience, including three months of field training alongside instructors in working logging camps. With a wide variety of equipment at its disposal — harvesters, loaders, service trucks, simulators and more — the school offers comprehensive instruction ranging from tree-felling to the operation and maintenance of harvest, loading, transport and road construction equipment. Click for more...

Waratah Forestry Equipment's HTH624C 4x4 LP Delivers Efficient Processing, Log Manipulation →

Waratah Forestry Equipment debuted the HTH624C 4x4 LP — a loader-processor built for increasing productivity to quickly clear tight landing areas and load trucks. The multi-use head features attributes of a standard processing head with extra capability for manipulating multiple logs. "The HTH624C 4x4 LP makes quick work of loading or processing," said Brent Fisher, product marketing manager of Waratah. Click for more...

Cat Mulchers Bring Reliable Performance, Easy Maintenance →

Two new Cat mulchers for tracked and wheeled excavators and forest machines deliver reliable operation in tough forestry applications. With their easy-to-maintain design, these mulchers incorporate a number of safety features to protect both workers and equipment at the job site. With the addition of the new Cat HM3013 and HM5515 models, Caterpillar now offers a mulcher attachment for Cat front-reach machines from 11 to 36 tons (10 to 32.7 t and long-reach front machines from 40 to 52 tons (36.3 to 47.2 t). Click for more...

Waratah Forestry Equipment Unveils H425, H425HD, H425X Harvester Heads →

Waratah Forestry Equipment announced the new H425, H425HD and H425X — a trio of rugged harvester heads built for tough jobs. With a powerful control valve and four roller feed arm geometry, each high-performance head is productive on wheeled or tracked carriers. "These models are built for durability and performance," said Brent Fisher, product marketing manager of Waratah. "Among other updates, new hose protection and servicing enhancements make these great heads even better." The standard H425 (2,998 lb./1,360 kg), H425HD (3,064 lb./1,390 kg) and hefty H425X (3,143 lb./1,426 kg) each offer increased reliability with new feed motor hosing routings and new covers. Click for more...

Komatsu Upgrades Design on Constant Cut Units →

The cutting unit on all Komatsu C-heads, Constant Cut, will receive an upgraded design, effective June 1. The upgrade contains no less than 25 points and represents a number of improvements for customers, both in terms of increased productivity and better flow in the production. Constant Cut, the intelligent cutting unit, ensures that the head has a constant and efficient saw chain speed throughout the complete cutting cycle, according to the manufacturer. Click for more...

Waratah Forestry Equipment's H423 Masters Fast, Precise Felling, Crosscutting →

The new H423 from Waratah Forestry Equipment is designed to carry out a wide range of harvesting jobs from early to late thinnings, and even light regeneration harvesting. With multi-tree-handling qualities, a compact frame design and excellent power-to-weight ratio, the H423 masters fast and precise felling and crosscutting, according to the manufacturer. "The Waratah H423 provides fantastic performance in thinnings," said Brent Fisher, product marketing manager of Waratah. Click for more...

Forestry Equipment Market Expected to Reach $10.6B by 2025 →

Lucintel's latest market report has stated that the future of the forestry equipment market looks promising, with opportunities in felling, extracting and on-site equipment. The global forestry equipment market declined in 2020 due to global economic recession led by COVID-19. However, market will witness recovery in the year 2021 and it is expected to reach an estimated $10.6 billion by 2025 with a CAGR of 3 percent to 5 percent from 2020 to 2025, according to the report. Click for more...

Founders of Rototilt, Hultdins, Olofsfors North America Retiring →

After 28 years of representing world leading Swedish companies in the forestry and construction industries, Gerry Mallory and Rick Gordon have decided to retire. Hultdins Inc. was established in 1993 and also representing Indexator rotators from the beginning. Olofsfors tracks were the next Swedish product to be represented in 1995, followed by Rototilt tiltrotators in 1999. In 2008, Mallory Gordon Management (MGM) was established to set up and manage three independent and dedicated North American companies for Hultdins, Olofsfors and Rototilt. Click for more...

LiuGong Names CrossTrac New Dealer →

LiuGong North America has announced the appointment of CrossTrac Equipment Inc. as its newest construction equipment dealer for northern Wisconsin and Michigan. CrossTrac has branches in Rhinelander, Wis., and Gaylord, Mich. CrossTrac has several specialties, one of which is providing equipment and service to the pipeline construction industry. Its reputation in this field is nationally recognized, and the company is often asked to send one of its service technicians halfway across the country to make sure critical equipment is up and running. Click for more...

Great Lakes Timber Professionals Association Announces Equipment Expo →

Postponed one year due to the pandemic, the 75th Annual Great Lakes Logging and Heavy Equipment Expo will take place Sept. 9 to 11, 2021, at the Upper Peninsula State Fairgrounds in Escanabe, Mich. The event is co-sponsored by the Great Lakes Timber Professionals Association (GLTPA) and Fabick CAT. The Great Lakes Logging and Heavy Equipment Expo is a three-day gathering that takes place throughout the Lake States region of the United States. Click for more...

With Help From Michigan AgrAbility, Area Loggers Overcome Injuries →

For Duane Berg, owner and founder of Berg Logging in Gladstone, Mich., business was booming in 2010 — right up until he fell off a roof. "I got injured in November 2010. Besides [being] a logger, I was a construction worker, and I was helping one of my friends do a job," Berg said. Berg's T10 vertebra was severely injured in the fall, leaving him paralyzed from his waist down. This created a vicious circle: he was forced to run his business remotely, which led to production difficulties. Click for more...

Weiler H157 Harvester Hits the Market →

The new Weiler H157 track harvester and updated PF48 harvesting head is replacing the 501HD harvester. The same spacious cab offered on the larger size class H457 will be standard on the H157. With a new cab maximizing operator visibility, providing an open field of view to the work area and upwards through a large skylight, it also features a front window emergency escape, an intuitive color touchscreen monitor, multiple storage compartments and numerous charging ports. Click for more...

Ussery Services Forestry Mulching Hosts Demo Event →

Traditionally, a manufacturer will work with a contractor for sourcing a location to hold a product demo and does the lion share of the work to coordinate all aspects and to bring in attendees. Such was not the case for a recent contractor mulching demo event in Sterling, Ga., just outside the city limits of Brunswick. Event host George Ussery of Ussery Services Forestry Mulching has been so impressed with his mulching products purchased from FAE, his carrier machines from his local John Deere dealer, and pretty much the industry as a whole, he decided to hold a demo event. Click for more...

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