by Jacqlyn Kirkland | Aug 10, 2020 | News
Virginia Loggers Receive Tax Relief Following passage of a state law giving local governments the option, Virginia loggers are working with counties and other jurisdictions to adopt language exempting logging equipment and machinery from taxation—just as farming and...
by Jacqlyn Kirkland | Aug 10, 2020 | News
Komatsu Upgrades Tracked Feller-Bunchers To better meet customer needs, Komatsu is upgrading its XT-5 family of tracked feller-bunchers, adding performance and operator improvements, as well as covering the machines with a special 2-year/5,000-hour warranty program....
by Jacqlyn Kirkland | Aug 5, 2020 | News
With low registrations to date, and an indication by many of the meeting’s sponsors regarding policies restricting travel, some until January 2021, the American Loggers Council (ALC) has made the decision to cancel the 2020 Annual Meeting, scheduled for September...
by Jacqlyn Kirkland | Jul 8, 2020 | News
The Conservation Fund has purchased 15,408 acres of Maine woodland from Chadbourne Tree Farms LLC in Oxford County. The primarily white pine tract was assembled by the Chadbourne family over 150 years and includes the site of what is considered the first sawmill in...
by Jacqlyn Kirkland | Jul 7, 2020 | News
Tigercat recently completed its drive-to-tree feller-buncher lineup with the release of the 718G. One of the last Tigercat machines to receive a Tigercat FPT Tier 4 engine, it was a challenge to package the additional after treatment componentry required for Tier 4...
by Jacqlyn Kirkland | Jul 7, 2020 | News
A U.S. District Court Judge rejected an appeal and upheld a 2018 ruling ordering Timberline South of Gaylord, Mich. to pay $878,874 in back wages and liquidated damages to 50 employees for violations of the overtime and recordkeeping provisions of the Fair...
