News Articles - March 2016 - Issue 2

Tips for buying a new excavator
2018-02-22 11:24:46

Make sure that you understand the many important items that need to be considered.

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Tips every logger should use to make the felling task safer
2018-02-22 11:24:00

Felling of trees with chainsaws is a high risk activity. However, following a few basic safety rules will keep your operators safe.

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Tigercat releases new Tier 4 Final D-series harvesters
2018-02-22 11:15:46

The H855D and LH855D harvesters are available in Tigercats North American and European markets.

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Recent research publications
2018-02-22 10:50:28

"The effects of number of stems per stool on cutting productivity in coppiced Eucalyptus plantations”

"Harvesting Eucalyptus energy plantations in Brazil with a modified New Holland forage harvester”

"Process mechanization models for improved Eucalyptus plantation management in Southern China based on the analysis of currently applied semi-mechanized harvesting operations"

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Volvo Trucks adds crawler gears to its I-Shift family
2018-02-22 10:41:48

This allows the trucks to start moving from a standstill with heavy loads in difficult forestry conditions.

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Newsflash - What's happening in Forest Engineering?
2018-02-22 10:36:40

Tigercat brings the benefits of its E-series skidders to Australia and New Zealand

Ponsse manufactures their 11,000th logging machine at their Vieremä factory

New John Deere 700K SmartGrade™ crawler dozer

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Winching on difficult terrain: do younger or older crews experience higher workloads
2018-02-22 09:58:03

Researchers set out to answer this question by examining a tractor-mounted winch operation.

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Conferences and Exhibitions
2018-02-22 07:44:10

To see the full list of international logging, roading and trucking conferences and expo’s, please click the “read more” tab.

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