Chains are most commonly used for choking of trees or logs. However steel ropes are also used and synthetic ropes are becoming more prominent.
Forest Engineering Southern Africa (FESA) is an association representing members of the South African Forestry Industry. It focuses on the development and promotion of Forest Engineering (harvesting, ergonomics, roads and transport).
Wood Resource Quarterly reports that even though there is a global slowdown, there is still an increasing demand for wood pellets, and new pellet production plants are being built.
2009 was a difficult year for all forestry equipment manufacturers. This was no exception for Ponsse, but improvements in the last quarter of 2009 and improving market conditions in 2010 point towards much better results for 2010.
Like most companies, Swedish based Husqvarna had a trying year in 2009. Market conditions were weaker than 2008, with retailers being hesitant to increase stocks.
Wood Resource Quarterly reports that the pulp and paper manufacturers consumed 75 million tons of woody biomass during 2009.
These include a new membership system and a members only resources page.
CRC for Forestry is an Australian national research consortium with its headquarters in Hobart, Tasmania. It has a strong Forest Engineering component through one of its research programmes.
Future Forests Research (FFR) provides an overview of how logging cost reductions on steep terrain can be achieved.
Case brings us the third part of the series on hydraulic system maintenance.