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European Logging Show Elmia Wood Moves To Biennial Event 

European Logging Show Elmia Wood Moves To Biennial Event  Starting in 2025, Elmia Wood will host its trade fair every two years instead of every four. This change is made possible through a new land agreement at Bratteborgs gård, that extends until 2029, with a...

New From Tigercat: 120 Winch Assist

New From Tigercat: 120 Winch Assist The new Tigercat 120 cable assist, the second model in Tigercat’s cable systems product line, leverages the company’s deep experience in steep slope harvesting systems to create cable systems that complement the ground based...

New From Tigercat: 6500 Chipper

New From Tigercat: 6500 Chipper Tigercat has officially launched 6500 chipper after more than a year of successful field operations involving multiple retail units. The 6500 is a heavy-duty down-swing drum chipper designed for high production and maximum flexibility....

Colorado Biomass Power Plant Set For Auction

Colorado Biomass Power Plant Set For Auction Eagle Valley Clean Energy in Gypsum, Colo. filed for bankruptcy in spring 2024, after the facility closed abruptly in November. Officials report an Illinois real state company has the leading bid to acquire the facility and...

New From Tigercat: 250E Knuckleboom 

New From Tigercat: 250E Knuckleboom  Tigercat has replaced the 250D loader with the new and improved 250E model for tasks such as delimbing, slashing, merchandising and loading trucks. Among other improvements, the latest 250 series iteration has an improved...

Oregon Dept. of Forestry Seeks Operating Loan

Oregon Dept. of Forestry Seeks Operating Loan State forestry officials are seeking changes to the way the state funds firefighting efforts after the agency had to ask the Oregon State Treasury for a $60 million loan to tide the agency over until it can get more money...

Yosemite Seeks New Colorado Feedstock Study

Yosemite Seeks New Colorado Feedstock Study Officials with Yosemite Clean Energy recently announced a $300,000 grant from the USDA Forest Service Wood Innovation Fund that will support a feedstock analysis and a pre-engineering study to develop a wood waste...

New From Waratah: 624HX Harvester Head

New From Waratah: 624HX Harvester Head Waratah Forestry Equipment has launched an all-new HX line with its 624HX harvester heads. Building on generations of Waratah HTH attachments, the new extra-large harvester and loader-processor heads have been redesigned for...

John Deere Rolls Out TimberMatic Maps Auto Pickup Feature For Skidders 

John Deere Rolls Out TimberMatic Maps Auto Pickup Feature For Skidders Industry-exclusive Auto Pickup within John Deere TimberMatic Maps makes it easier for skidder operators to collect production information while enhancing the ability to monitor job progress....

American Loggers Council Gathers In California

American Loggers Council Gathers In California    The American Loggers Council marked its 30th anniversary with its 2024 annual meeting on October 1-4 in Sonora/Jamestown, Calif. The theme of the meeting was “The American Logger: A Legacy of...
Wallingford’s, HSP Gripen Of Sweden Announce Partnership

Wallingford’s, HSP Gripen Of Sweden Announce Partnership

Wallingford’s Inc. is pleased to announce a new partnership with HSP Gripen of Sweden, one of the largest global manufacturers of forestry, construction, and terminal grapples. Wallingford’s Inc., with headquarters in Oakland, Me. has distribution facilities in New Hampshire, Oregon, Quebec, and Alberta. Founded in 1975, Wallingford’s is the largest wholesale distributor of logging supplies in North America. In December 2021 Wallingford’s, Inc. became a member of the pewag Group, a leading global company in traction devices and industrial chain solutions—founded in 1479 and headquartered in Austria…

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2024 Oregon Logging Conference Preview

2024 Oregon Logging Conference Preview

Drawing loggers from around the Pacific Northwest and some much farther, the 86th Oregon Logging Conference (OLC) February 22-24 provides key resources for logging contractors including sessions covering the latest in regulatory issues and business management topics along with the big draw: Hundreds of exhibits and displays highlighting the latest in…

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Weyerhaeuser Completes Carbon Credit Sale

Weyerhaeuser Completes Carbon Credit Sale

Weyerhaeuser announced an agreement for the sale of nearly 32,000 forest carbon credits at $29 per credit. This agreement marks Weyerhaeuser’s first transaction in the voluntary carbon market and represents the sale of all credits issued by American Carbon Registry for the first year of the company’s Kibby Skinner Improved Forest Management (IFM) project in Maine…

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Bandit Names Craig Davis CEO/President

Bandit Names Craig Davis CEO/President

Craig Davis is the new CEO and President of Bandit Industries, as announced by former CEO Jerry Morey. Davis joined Bandit in 2018 as sales director and has also been a part of the Bandit management board, overseeing marketing and parts management…

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MAT Planning New Michigan Forest Show

MAT Planning New Michigan Forest Show

The Michigan Assn. of Timbermen Board of Directors recently approved the launch of the organization’s first major summer event, featuring industry exhibits, logging equipment, milling innovations, emerging technology, entertainment, food and fun for the whole family. The Michigan Forest Products Show will debut in 2024 on August 9-10 in Gaylord, Mich. at The Ellison Place…

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Study Shows Site, Rotation Affects Carbon Sequestration Rate

Study Shows Site, Rotation Affects Carbon Sequestration Rate

Forest modeling research at Oregon State University’s College of Forestry shows a tract’s productivity is the top factor determining the rotation time that allows for the most above-ground carbon sequestration. Using OSU’s 11,000 acre McDonald-Dunn Research Forest as a study area, researchers inventoried more than 300 tracts known from past activities that varied widely in productivity levels. The data was run through modeling software that predicts changes in vegetation due to natural disturbances or management activities…

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TrackWeight Means No More Guessing Loading Trucks

TrackWeight Means No More Guessing Loading Trucks

The new generation BRT5 Series 3 scale from TrackWeight is the result of more than 20 years of research aimed at always optimizing truck loads more efficiently. It is more precise than previous generations, is easier to install, features a more sophisticated and compact design, is made of ultra-tough components, and components are under a three-year limited warranty…

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New From John Deere: 900 MH-Series Tracked Harvester With Intelligent Boom Control

New From John Deere: 900 MH-Series Tracked Harvester With Intelligent Boom Control

John Deere has released its latest operator assistance control feature, Intelligent Boom Control (IBC), for the 900 MH-series tracked harvester. The development of this model is a result of global collaboration between the John Deere wheeled cut-to-length (CTL) and full-tree forestry teams, aiming to implement IBC’s field proven technology into MH-series of tracked harvesters…

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Samsara Camera Connector

Samsara Camera Connector

Samsara, a pioneer of the Connected Operations Cloud, announces Camera Connector, a new product that connects side, rear and interior vehicle camera feeds to Samsara’s Connected Operations Cloud. By bringing cloud connectivity to third-party cameras for the first time, Camera Connector allows organizations to leverage existing…

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