Fuel Chips Add Profit for Virginia Logger, And a Plus for Landowners: Sickal’s Logging Relies on Powerful Bandit Machine to Chip Slash and Debris
SHACKLEFORDS, Virginia — Ray Sickal decided to add chipping operations to his logging business a few years ago to produce fuel chips. There were two main reasons. “We decided to look into our first chipper to take advantage of by-products instead of leaving brush and...
Glotfelty Lumber Looks to Minimize Downtime: Stays with Komatsu Harvester
Maryland based family logging operation relies on Komatsu and Anderson’s Equipment for dependable service. Eric Glotfelty, age 40, grew up in a logging family and is part of the Glotfelty Lumber Company, Inc., of Oakland, Maryland. The company’s...
M.M. Wright Forges Ahead in Virginia Despite Challenges: Company Has Strong Ties to Barko as Customer and Dealer
GASBURG, Virginia — M.M. Wright Inc. is an award-winning logging company, but the owners say the wood industry and their related trucking operations are facing serious challenges. One thing has remained constant, though, for Stephen Wright and Frank Myers: their...
Upturn Lifts Virginia Logger: Darden Logging Gears Up with Cat Machines as Business Rebounds
Forest products industry rebounds in the Virginia city of Franklin, and Darden Logging gears up with new Cat equipment. FRANKLIN, Virginia — Mills are open again, and business is booming for Darden Logging. It was a long, uncomfortable stretch in recent years,...
A First for Caterpillar — Remote Operated Logging Machines: Equipment used successfully for Army Corps of Engineers project
Cat® forestry machines are being utilized via remote control for the first time in a project that ultimately may pave the way for wider application of the technology in the logging industry in order to increase operator safety. Cat® forestry machines are being...