News Articles - August 2010 (2)

Free driver training material is available off the web.

This table provides a comparison of these two tractive methods for harvesting equipment.

Tigercat expands its product range to other off road machine applications

Bell Equipment back to profitability

Morbark – Improvements to Beaver brush chippers

Caterpillar – New hydraulic excavator facility in the USA

AFM-Forest moves to a new manufacturing site

Olofsfors launches new brand names

This publication by the Forestry Commission focuses on slash removal after harvesting.

New thermal imaging can detect certain safety risks while the truck is moving on the road.

2-4 September 2010 - FinnMETKO - Finland.

17-18 September 2010 - Mid-South Forestry Equipment Show - Starkville, Mississippi USA.

23-25 September 2010 - APF 2010 International Forestry Exhibition - Staffordshire, United Kingdom.

23-26 September 2010 - Argentina Forest Fair - Posadas, Misiones, Argentina.

7-9 October 2010 - Sabie Forest Fair - Sabie, South Africa.

15 November 2010 - Expocorma - Santiago, Chile.

13-15 April 2011 - Expoforest 2011 (and XVI Seminar on harvesting and wood transportation) - Brazil.

11-13 October 2011 - Austrofoma - Rein, Austria.

29-31 March 2012 - AusTimber (and conference) - Mount Gambier, South Australia.

5-8 June 2013 - ElmiaWood - Jonkoping, Sweden.

These techniques provided by Komatsu can reduce bulldozer fuel consumption and improve productivity.

Bandit gives us some good advice on chipper maintenance.