June 2010
This first edition of June takes a look the world’s largest grapple skidder and an accumulation kit that enables a harvesting head to also accumulate trees. We examine why the use of grease is so important (with more to follow in future issues!). New Zealand is about to embark on some exciting research on steep slope harvesting. On the environmental side, we see how much carbon is in a tree compared to everyday carbon emitted through energy...
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This second edition of May includes articles on an excavator from the future, innovative road construction tools, steep slope harvesting, staff motivation, information on the Finnish Forest Research Institute (Metla) and looking at whether a man can optimise a pine saw timber tree as well as a machine can. As mentioned in the previous newsletter, a newsflash is now included which is meant to quickly and conveniently update you on various glob...
Read More View NewsMay 2010
This edition of Logging-on sees the introduction of a newsflash . The newsflash is meant to quickly and conveniently update you on various global forest engineering matters, without having to read an entire article. This edition has a number of articles focussed on oil and fuel. The first describes oil analysis and why it should be carried out by all professional machine operators. Biodiesel is becoming more co...
Read More View NewsApril 2010 (2)
This is April’s second edition of Logging-on, which is now distributed twice per month. In this edition of Logging-on, we look at some research into the productivity of certain equipment used to harvest stumps and forward them to landing. We examine the use of cables, chains and synthetic ropes for choking logs or trees . Part three of the series on h ydrostatic transmissions brings this topic to an end (f...
Read More View NewsApril 2010
In this edition of Logging-on, we examine the effect of the earthquake in Chile on the major timber processing facilities. This was the fifth largest earthquake ever recorded, making it even larger than the recent earthquake in Haiti. True to the nature of the Chileans, they are getting back onto their feet quickly. There are many exciting new products available as well. The Timbear Lightlogg C is a forwarder/harvester combi machine that has ...
Read More View NewsMarch 2010
In this edition of Logging-on we take a look at a wide spectrum of Forest Engineering information. Some of the grinders in the Morbark product range can now be converted into chippers, and then back into grinders in a very short space of time. We look at some timber transport research, including emissions of logging trucks and methods of improving transport efficiencies. Hydrostatic transmission is becoming increasingly common in our forestry machine...
Read More View NewsFebruary 2010
Logging-on enters its second edition! Many thanks for all the comments which we received from many of you. We wish to emphasise again that Logging-on is an independent Forest Engineering newsletter. The primary objective is getting useful Forest Engineering information into your hands. With a world in fast-forward, it is sometimes difficult to spend the time to search for information that could possibly make a difference to your business. We k...
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