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Interesting information - Safety technical notes and risk assessments
2018-02-22 08:57:03

These very useful free for download guides, cover the entire spectrum of forestry activities.

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Interesting information - Reduce your diesel consumption and sell the carbon offset!
2018-02-22 08:56:47

The Carbon Offset Aggregation Cooperative (COAC) will assist machine owners reduce fuel consumption, and then sell the resultant carbon offsets.

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Interesting information - Producing your own bioenergy from wood biomass using a portable energy plant
2018-02-22 08:56:36

Producing energy on-site in forestry could create many business opportunities. We examine an article that investigates the advantages and disadvantages of using wood to produce electricity.

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Interesting Information - International Road Maintenance Handbook
2018-02-22 08:56:21

The International Road Maintenance Handbook – Practical Guidelines for Rural Road Maintenance, is free for download from the web.

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Interesting information - Innovative steep slope logging products from Herzog
2018-02-22 08:56:08

Herzog Forsttechnik produces innovative equipment modifications to enable logging on steep slopes.

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Interesting information - Hydrostatic transmissions - Part 3
2018-02-22 08:55:12

This is the third and final part in our discussion on hydrostatic transmissions(HST). In this issue we examine open and closed circuit and loop HST systems.

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Interesting information - Hydrostatic transmissions - Part 2
2018-02-22 08:54:43

In this issue we continue our discussion on hydrostatic transmission (HST), looking at different types of HST construction and the four different functional types.

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Interesting information - Hydrostatic transmissions - Part 1
2018-02-22 08:54:31

Many purpose built forestry machines make use of hydrostatic transmission (HST). But what is hydrostatic transmission and why would we use it?

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Interesting Information - Comparing the specifications of forest machines
2018-02-22 08:53:02

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.

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Interesting Information - Tips for using harvesters and processors more efficiently - part 2
2018-02-22 08:52:41

This follows on from the January issue, where simple techniques to increase productivity, reduce fuel consumption and minimise wear and tear on the carrier and processing equipment are highlighted.

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