News Articles - June 2014 - Issue 2

Safety training standard for felling trees with chainsaw
2018-02-22 10:57:52

The British Columbia Forest Safety Council brings us part two of their felling standard.

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Recent research publications
2018-02-22 10:56:01

“Alternative supply chains for logging residues under access constraints”

“Impacts of bucking and delimbing alternatives on pulpwood and energy wood yields in young thinning stands in Finland”

“Effects of harvesting method on the amount of logging residues in the thinning of Scots pine stands”

“Comparing two different approaches in modelling small diameter energy wood drying in logwood piles”

“Fuel chip supply system with low price mobile chippers”

“Modelling of wander ratios, travel speeds and productivity of cable and grapple skidders in softwood sawtimber operations in South Africa”

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Newsflash - What's happening in Forest Engineering?
2018-02-22 10:23:17

Volvo Construction finalises their acquisition of Terex’s haulier business

European news - New 311F LRR excavators from Cat

Finnish news – Ponsse to invest in a new service centre

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New forwarder crane and grapple options from Tigercat
2018-02-22 09:49:49

The new options are a major boost to the productivity of Tigercats powerful 1075B forwarder.

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Husqvarna reorganises its forest and garden operation
2018-02-22 08:45:28

The new structure will focus on the optimisation of the brand value of each of the Husqvarna Group brands.

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A new cost model for the calculation of loggings costs
2018-02-21 11:12:11

The new model was developed to make user-friendly international cost comparisons possible.

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A guide for keeping your commercial truck roadworthy
2018-02-21 11:10:36

The Road Safety Authority (RSA) of Ireland provides us with information to manage the safety of our logging trucks.

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