New York Lumber Company Buoyed By Solid Market for Ash Export Logs
FISHS EDDY, New York – Russell Bass & Sons Lumber got along with a small logging crew for a long time, hiring other logging contractors to harvest stumpage, too, and buying ‘gate’ logs. In recent years, though, it added a second crew as it has been riding the...
Michigan Logger and Crew Tackle Tough Hardwoods on Upper Peninsula
HANCOCK, Michigan – Rob Lamanen, the owner of DBM Forest Products, decided to switch to cut-to-length (CTL) logging operations seven years ago. Choosing the equipment was easy. Easy because Rob had already settled on the manufacturer of the machines he wanted. It...
Sun Glare Causes Near Miss
Background It was a sunny day in January in the Appalachians. The temperature was in the 40 with moderately dry ground conditions. A forester was visiting a logging site and had a discussion with the owner of a logging crew who described a near-miss incident involving...