May is heating up, with a number of new products and solutions available to forestry companies and contractors. Logging-on’s second issue of May highlights some of these exciting developments, starting with a new silviculture carrier machine from Tigercat. T...
In this second issue of April, Logging-on brings news of the new Peterson 5710E horizontal grinder, featuring a larger rotor that can accommodate a greater number of grinding bits. While on the subject of biomass, we look at an attachment produced by Naarva th...
Logging-on’s first issue of April shows how technology on harvesters is able to now assist with identifying trees that should not be harvested. Komatsu Forest’s Maxifleet onboard computer system can achieve this by doing stem code visualisation. Ponsse has...
Logging-on’s second issue of March brings another innovative solution from Tigercat. They have now produced a niche skidder designed to extract high value timber in steep or sensitive terrain conditions. We examine an interesting fleet management solution fr...
The March 1 issue of Logging-on emphasises the constant move towards improved safety for operators of forest engineering machines, as well as the move towards more environmentally acceptable forms of power. Volvo enlightens us on the remote controlled excavato...
We start Logging-on’s second issue of February by bringing the new mid-size crawler log loader from John Deere. It features a combination of high engine horsepower and hydraulics capability, while maintaining a low machine weight for ease of transport. FAE i...
In Logging-on’s first issue of February, we look at the new 548 tracked excavator from Cat that can be used for log loading and other uses such as shovel logging. We then look at a new horizontal grinder produced by Bandit, which has multiple applications, w...
January’s issue of Logging-on starts with the celebration of the 50th anniversary of Waratah Forestry Equipment. It is a fantastic achievement that these innovative and robust harvesting heads have made their global success story from their humble beginnings...
Logging-on’s final issue of 2022 brings the disturbing news of the financial distress of Eco Log. This was brought on by the Covid situation as well as disruptions from the Ukraine/Russia conflict. There is light at the end of the tunnel though, as Eco Log h...
Logging-on’s first issue of November brings two new product offerings from Komatsu. The first is the new XT-5 tracked harvester and the second is a new range of grapples for Komatsu forwarders. ECHO have announced a new virtual learning platform for training...
In Logging-on’s second edition of October, we show an increasing trend towards the use of hydrogen as a potential fuel for long-haul transport. JCB as unveiled a new refuelling unit for their expanding line of hydrogen powered equipment. Cummins also educate...
Logging-on’s first issue of October brings tips and advice from Michelin on how to store and handle large off-road type tyres. Then we look at new dozers that fall into the size categories used in forestry applications. Cat has expanded features on its D...
This is Logging-on’s second issue of September. We apologise if you received it twice, but a glitch prevented it from being sent to the majority of our subscribers during September. In this issue, we begin with the news of the next generation D7 harvesti...
In Logging-on’s first issue of September, we bring news of the new harvester range being produced at the new Landrich production facility in Canada. Across to the mountains of Europe, we look at the new powerful Mounty cable yarder from Konrad – wi...
In this second edition of Logging-on, Ponsse brings news of their move into electric forest machines with the Ponsse EV1 forwarder. Ponsse have partnered with Epec, who already have significant experience in components for electric vehicles. John Deere have ma...