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Dealer Rules

Apr 01, 2008; Jamieson, Scott ... FIRST CUT Eight simple, but tough, rules for getting a logger's business Some 10 years back, when my oldest daughter Tara was just three, humourist Bruce Cameron came out with his "Eight Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter", which have since been expanded to 10. If you ...

TH575 head a hit for Tigercat

Apr 01, 2008; Anonymous ... Tigercat reports that the initial batch of its new TH575 harvesting heads has accumulated thousands of operating hours over the course of 2007 in a variety of conditions, showing high uptime and reliability. The heads are working in spruce, pine, and poplar in Canada, as well as pine jobs in the ...

Cat adds two forwarders to line-up

Apr 01, 2008; Anonymous ... With two new 7- and 11-tonne forwarders added to the line-up, Caterpillar is quickly filling in any gaps in its CTL offerings. The forest supplier has already completely revamped its 6WD, 14-tonne Cat 564 and 8WD, 5-tonne 574 forwarders, including new Tier 3 173-hp engines with extra torque. Cat ...

Chipping up a storm

Apr 01, 2008; Anonymous ... The RAYCO RC 16.5 drum-style brush chipper gives contractors and municipalities a 17'' (43 cm) capacity machine loaded with features designed to maximize productivity and keep maintenance at a minimum. With a fuel capacity of 189 litres (50 gal), the 140 hp Cat diesel will run all day without ...

Stronger shortwood grapples from Hultdins

Apr 01, 2008; Anonymous ... Hultdins is now introducing a complete new generation of SuperGrip short wood grapples, including additional new model sizes. The SuperGrip Series II grapples are much stronger than the previous standard SuperGrip models, and the new "S" models are lighter and handle the same work loads as the ...

Sole Provider

Apr 01, 2008; Jamieson, Scott ... ESC Harvesting keeps it simple, using a uniform fleet of logging gear to supply its main customer in southwestern Alberta. Einstein once said that we should make everything as simple as possible, but no simpler. Words to live by for today's logger, where everything from public ...

A Road Less Travelled

Apr 01, 2008; Harris, Roger ... BC's logging roads aren't what they matically for mining and oil-and-gas development. Very crowded, and called "resource roads" now, they help make log hauling one of the most dangerous occupations in our timber harvesting sector. A case in point is Joseph Leroux. He died one spring ...

Forced Efficiency

Apr 01, 2008; Potratz, Russ ... Irving CTL contractor Timberline Logging increases production nearly 50% by moving to a newer, bigger harvester. When Timberline Logging, of Wallagrass, ME, learned that rates were being cut by its customer, Irving Woodlands, the two-man company didn't panic. In fact, it did quite the ...

Cutting Through the HOT AIR

Apr 01, 2008; Menzies, James ... FPInnovations puts fuel-saving devices to the test, giving truckers hard numbers to decide where the ROI is. It's difficult to imagine a less aerodynamic tractor-trailer configuration than your typical square-nosed logging truck pulling an awkward load of timber behind it. Loggers love ...

BC City Bug

Apr 01, 2008; Sorensen, Jean ... Prince George based TDB Consultants has small gear but a big appetite for helping communities with their beetle battles. The mountain pine beetle (MPB) has ravaged Interior BC high-elevation pine forests, but the tiny insect with the boring disposition is also hitting stands within city ...

An Eye on HIGH

Apr 01, 2008; Robb, Fintan ... Satellite messaging is a new approach to worker safety in an industry with its share of challenges. The forestry industry faces significant challenges when it comes to worker safety. BC auditor general John Doyle stated in January that safety in his province's forest industry compares ...

MOTOR CITY NEWS

Apr 01, 2008; Elmer, Howard ... DETROIT SHOW UNVEILS NEW F150 AND RAM MODELS FOR '09. Green. In a word, that's what this year's Detroit Auto Show was about; and for a change it's not just lip service. There are wide and varied "green solutions" being offered by a majority of automakers - and while general consumer ...

CONEXPO 2008 a MONSTER

Apr 01, 2008; Anonymous ... Over 2,600 exhibitors and 144,600 attendees means there's something for everyone, even forestry folks, at this Las Vegas landmark event. In case CONEXPO 2005 wasn't big enough (it was), the 2008 edition held March 11-15 in Las Vegas, NV, was 21% larger and saw a significant boost in ...