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Fecon Introduces FTX140FM Multi-Terrain Forestry Mulcher →

Fecon’s FTX140FM, with a 140-hp John Deere engine, features a hydraulic cooler, hydraulic reversing fan and the BH74FM or BH85FM Bull Hog mulcher. Stump cutters, standard winches and skidder winches are available. With the BH85FM Bull Hog mulcher, the FTX140FM weighs 15,100 lbs. and offers a 70-in. cutting width. The FTX140FM is designed for forestry applications; landclearing; orchard clean-up and removal; mechanical fuel treatments and mulching brush, branches; standing and fallen trees; root balls and stumps. Click for more...

Cat Sells Harvester and Forwarder Forestry Equipment Lines →

Caterpillar and Log Max of Grangarde, Sweden, announced that Log Max will acquire Caterpillar’s line of cut-to-length harvesters and forwarders used in the forestry industry. Caterpillar currently assembles three models of forwarders and four models of harvesters in Söderhamn, Sweden. The rubber-tired equipment is used to harvest and cut trees to a desired length and to remove loads of cut logs from the forest. Click for more...

Morbark Helps Tree Service Branch Into Mulch Giant →

Before Chris Cowart became president of Cowart Mulch Products and Cowart Tree Service, Sugar Hill, GA, he owned a simple tree removing business. Back then, before he would remove trees from a customer’s lawn, he would ask the customer if they would like the wood chips shot into their flower beds and other landscaped areas. In many cases, the customers said “yes.” When compared to market prices for retailed bulk, bagged wood chips and mulch, the customers were saving a considerable amount of money. Click for more...

Anderson Aggregates Excels at New Kind of Landclearing →

The first thing that Chris Anderson describes when talking about his landclearing business, Anderson Aggregates, is its great location in Mocksville, NC, north of Charlotte and south of Winston-Salem and Greensboro. Development is booming in and around these cities, in addition to Chapel Hill, Durham and Raleigh to the east, and Rockhill, SC. Regulations to control soil erosion are being enacted in several of these areas, and Anderson has added some important facets to his business both in response to the new rules and as additional business opportunities. Click for more...

John Deere, Timberjack Take Customers Into the Woods →

Eight Southeast John Deere dealers (known as Team South) hosted a two-day extravaganza for more than 900 logging customers on April 11 and 12 in Charlotte, NC. Guests arrived Friday, April 11 and were treated to dinner and entertainment. A “Log a Load for Kids” raffle also was held. On Saturday, breakfast and industry presentations were held at the Cabarrus Arena. There, several Timberjack and John Deere machines were on display. Click for more...

Anderson Aggregates Excels at a New Kind of Landclearing in NC →

The first thing that Chris Anderson describes when talking about his landclearing business, Anderson Aggregates, is its great location in Mocksville, NC, north of Charlotte and south of Winston-Salem and Greensboro. Development is booming in and around these cities, in addition to Chapel Hill, Durham and Raleigh to the east, and Rockhill, SC. Regulations to control soil erosion are being enacted in several of these areas, and Anderson has added some important facets to his business both in response to the new rules and as additional business opportunities. Click for more...

Zwicky Thrives by Advancing State of Recycling Industry →

As a 14-year-old schoolboy, Dave Zwicky was given the chance to realize his dreams. A local banker saw potential in a young man’s goal of becoming a successful excavating contractor. Backed by the banker and a co-signer, Zwicky bought his first piece of equipment, a backhoe. After more than 30 years in business, Zwicky shifted his company’s focus to organic recycling and landclearing. Click for more...

Heavy Equipment Cleans Up Storm Debris in Kansas →

At the end of January, a massive winter storm moved out of the southwest region of the United States sweeping into the Midwest dumping heavy snow, sleet and ice. In the Kansas City metropolitan area the combination of 4 in. of sleet and 2 in. of ice eventually left more than 350,000 customers without electricity. Area power companies called in utility crews from 12 different states to help restore service. Click for more...

Big East Equipment Named Link-Belt Earthmoving, Forestry and Material Handling Distributor →

LBX Company, manufacturers of Link-Belt earthmoving, forestry and material handling equipment, has announced the appointment of Big East Equipment Company Inc. as the authorized distributor of Link-Belt excavators, articulated trucks, timber loaders and material handlers in Connecticut and the New York City area. This appointment is effective immediately. Big East’s main office is located at 25 East Industrial Road, Branford, CT. Click for more...

Cat Invests in Forestry Future, Acquires Pioneer →

Caterpillar Inc. is now not only a leading maker of forestry equipment but also the industry’s largest dealer in the southeastern United States. The Illinois-based construction machinery giant has purchased Pioneer Machinery Inc., a South Carolina-based, family-owned firm that had accounted for nearly half the current forestry products sales in West Virginia, Virginia, North and South Carolina and Florida. Click for more...

Caterpillar Acquires Forestry Equipment Dealer Pioneer Machinery →

Caterpillar Inc. has purchased forestry equipment dealer Pioneer Machinery, Inc. Caterpillar will also purchase an affiliated used equipment company, Ironmart Inc., and finance company, Federal Financial Services Inc. After the acquisition, current Caterpillar dealers in the same six southeastern states will consolidate their forestry products operations and acquire a substantial ownership position in the new company. "Our goal is to become the primary supplier for forestry products and attachments," said John E. Click for more...

Forestry Commission Stocks Up on Firefighting Dozers →

The low-humidity South Carolina winters create peak conditions for forest fires, making the risk for blazes greater now than any other time of year. But the state is prepared with the recent purchase of 17 new Dressta TD-8H dozers that have been customized to aid in firefighting. Charlie Jones, equipment manager of the South Carolina Forestry Commission, said his organization purchased the dozers in January and received them in September. Click for more...

Maryland Tire Plant Topples With Earthmoving Force →

The Allegany County Public Works department of the city of Cumberland, MD, selected Earthmovers Unlimited, Kylertown, PA, to perform the demolition of the three- and four-story former Kelly Tire Plant. The building, which covers approximately six acres, was built in 1918 and is constructed of a riveted steel beam construction with wooden floors and a brick facade. Earthmovers is completing the demolition, constructing an on-site drainage system, and refurbishing the adjacent structures all within a six-month period. Click for more...

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