Tennessee Logging Family Sticks with Change to Cut-to-Length
By Nick Sampson MCKENZIE, Tennessee – About 10 years ago Batton Enterprises was looking to make a transition to cut-to-length logging. The Battons found their solution, a Keto harvester attachment, and have stuck with the brand ever since. Batton Enterprises is a...
N.H. Father-and-Son Business Produces Logs, Biomass, Mulch
CONWAY, New Hampshire – When it came time for Fadden Chipping and Logging to replace a track feller buncher, it was almost a foregone conclusion the company would buy a TimberPro. After all, they had two TimberPro machines and have a longer history than that with the...
Truck Driver Hurt by Improperly Secured Load
Background On a winter afternoon in the Southeast, a truck driver arrived at a reload yard to transfer a load of crossties onto rail cars for transport to a treatment facility. The crossties were processed from mixed hardwood logs and were approximately 8 feet, 6...