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Truck Pre-Trip Inspection Video Available
A note in the Timber Bulletin from the Minnesota Timber Producers Assn. (MTPA) reports that the Minnesota Trucking Assn., in conjunction with the Minnesota State Patrol’s Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Div., has produced a video demonstrating the proper procedures for a pre-trip inspection…
Survey: Vermont Logger Damages
A survey on the damages wrought by summer 2023 wet weather and flooding shows the Vermont’s loggers took a big hit in business damages. Wet summer weather affected many Vermonters who work on the land, and loggers were no exception, say state officials…
Ponsse Manufactures Its 20,000th Machine
The 20,000th Ponsse forest machine has been completed at Ponsse’s factory in Vieremä, Finland—a Ponsse Bear harvester with Ponsse H8 harvester head for Norwegian customer, Lågen Skogsdrift AS. “It’s great to see that machine number 20,000 is coming to Norway and to a customer with whom we have had a…
Stihl Reveals 2023 Hearts of Stihl Grant Recipients
Stihl has announced the winners of the 2023 Hearts of Stihl program, an initiative to care for the environment through the preservation of America’s state parks. The 2023 winners, representing the nation’s six state park regions, were each awarded a $20,000 grant to help fund sustainability, recovery, conservation or environmental education programs…
Logger Lights Up Family Christmas
Zach Emerson, co-owner of Emerson & Sons Logging of Groton, Vt., always wanted to grow Christmas trees. Then in 2016, he learned he and his wife, Tracy, were expecting their first child, a daughter to be named Riley. “So that spring I decided it would be a great time to plant some bare-root balsam fir trees,” he remembers…
Husqvarna Launches Online Learning Platform
Husqvarna is ushering in a new era for online learning with the launch of Pro Insider, a state-of-the-art web-based learning management system providing users with interactive learning opportunities for professional products and solutions, in addition to industry best practices. Husqvarna Pro Insider offers short, high-quality video courses on topics from personal protective equipment (PPE) and equipment usage to product technology and accessories…
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