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New Products - Refinement Of Tigercat Carriers
Tigercat has carried out a number of improvements on their 855C, 860C and 870C tracked carriers. The affected products include the H855C/LH855C harvesters, LS855C shovel logger and the 860C/870C feller bunchers.
Newsflash - What's Happening In Forest Engineering?
Improved chainsaw motors for harvesters
Volvo green truck technology at IAA
FP Innovations – Skidding logs tops forward versus butts forward
Husqvarna – Improved trading conditions
Caterpillar – Enhancements to Cat HF201 and HF221 felling heads for tracked feller bunchers
Newsflash - What's Happening In Forest Engineering?
Logging research – Wood recovery from different harvesting systems in blue gum plantations.
Biofuel research – Age and height relationship on fuel properties for common plantation species.
Biomass processing – New feed wheel engagement option for chippers from Bandit.
Newsflash - What's Happening In Forest Engineering?
IVECO releases the new STRALIS Hi-Way
Barko Hydraulics acquires Norco assets (including Puma Equipment)
Nokian to manufacture wider and straighter Forest King skidder tyre
Komatsu scores top marks for calculating weights on forwarders using crane scales
BPW launches its new ECO Air COMPACT air suspension system
Bandit offers knife sharpening service to any hand-fed or whole tree chippers
Recent Research Publications
“Harvesters for short rotation coppice: current status and new solutions”
“A comparison between excavator-based harvester productivity in coppiced and planted Eucalyptus grandis compartments in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa”
“Effects of cutting patterns of shears on occlusion processes in pruning of high-quality wood plantations”
“Design of forest energy supply networks using multi-objective optimization”
“Possibility of determination of daily exposure to vibration of skidder drivers using a fleet management system”
Recent Research Publications
“Advances in agricultural machinery management: A review”
“Grinding of Stumps, Logging Residues and Small Diameter Wood Using a CBI 5800 Grinder with a Truck as a Base Machine”
“Evaluation of the Hitman PH330 acoustic assessment system for harvesters”
“Increasing resilience of timber supply: How a variable buffer stock of timber can efficiently reduce exposure to shortfalls caused by wildfires”
“Cost estimates of post harvest forest biomass supply for Canada”
“Ground-Based Thinning on Steep Slopes in Western Oregon: Soil Exposure and Strength Effects”
Recent Research Publications
“Productivity of harvesters and forwarders in CTL operations in northern Sweden based on large follow-up datasets”
“The effect of a slack-pulling device in reducing operator physiological workload during log winching operations”
“Priority list bucking on a mechanized harvester considering external properties and stiffness of Douglas-fir”
“An economic model for integrated roading, yarding, and hauling operations on two alternative harvest unit landings”
“Evaluation of tree forwarding by farm tractor in patch cutting of poplar plantations in Northern Iraq”
“An accurate and fast method for moisture content determination”
“Productivity and cost analysis of semi-mechanised and mechanised systems on the Viphya forest plantations in Malawi”
“The potential supply of biomass for energy from hardwood plantations in the Sunshine Coast Council Region of South-East Queensland, Australia”
Newsflash – What’s Happening In Forest Engineering?
Forest Operations and Road Management Courses presented in New Zealand and Australia in May
Logset Oy and Brazilian heavy equipment dealer PESA have signed a dealership agreement
Hiab launches the search for the 2018 World Crane Champion
Fecon customers now have direct access to Fecon Connect
Sampo Rosenlew has acquired ownership of the bankruptcy estate of Logman Oy
Interesting Information - Comparing The Specifications Of Forest Machines
During equipment selection, we often need to compare the technical specifications of various machines. But downloading or printing masses of spec sheets of different manufactures and machines is very time consuming. Here is a website which allows us to carry out thorough comparisons.