Logging-on’s first issue of August continues with Cummins giving us an overview of engine technologies as we move from the 2020’s through to the 2040’s as well as the general future of transportation. We examine the increasing trend of using biomass and ...
Logging-on’s second issue of July has a strong focus on long haul transportation, with its obvious relevance to timber transport. Cummins begins by giving us an overview of engine technologies as we move from the 2020’s through to the 2040’s. MAN shows u...
Logging-on’s first issue of July brings a new safety and health document produced by the FAO, ILO and the United Nations that has a specific focus on how forestry jobs are changing, considering aspects such as climate change, age and gender; and how this is ...
Logging-on’s second issue of June begins with Volvo Trucks demonstrating that safety features are becoming increasingly technology driven. The new safety features help protect pedestrians and other users, such as cyclists. Komatsu Forest have introduced majo...
Logging-on’s first issue of June brings several new products to the logging and forest engineering market. We begin with the new G-Series harvesters from Eco Log that have completely new cabs. Kesla bring nate drive to their smallest tractor forest trailers,...
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...
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...