Producing Fuel Chips Integral To California Loggers Operations: CLT Logging Puts New Morbark 50-48X Whole Tree Drum Chipper to Work
MONTAGUE, California — When Tristan Allen gets ready to buy a machine for his company, CLT Logging, Inc., the service and support of the manufacturer and its dealer are integral to his decision. “It’s all about support,” said Tristan, when it comes to buying...
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...
Ponsse Marks Big Factory Expansion, Shows Off New Machines, Technology: Company Hosts Global Forestry Industry Trade Media to Factory Tour and Demo
Vierema, Finland — Ponsse had a big reason to celebrate and a lot to show off recently, so the company invited writers and photographers from the global forestry industry trade media to visit its facilities in Finland. The company’s International Press Days events...
Safety Alert: Unsecured Pulpwood Log Damages Truck
BACKGROUND: On a clear, summer day in the Appalachians, a logging employee was driving (“spotting”) a load of logs from the log deck to a trailer drop site near the end of the woods road for pickup by a different truck. The road was dry and the terrain was rolling....