Great Lakes Timber Professionals Association - Wed August 18, 2021
Product Showcase: Offering New Value, Performance
CrossTrac Equipment is focused on delivering machine solutions for loggers that maximize value, performance and reliability. The company said it has established a strong leadership position with innovative products, and backs them up with product support that understands the unique needs of loggers....
Tigercat - Tue August 10, 2021
Tigercat Releases LSX870D Shovel Logger
Tigercat has introduced the LSX870D shovel logger. Based on the popular LX870D series track carrier platform, the machine is designed for extreme duty steep slope logging. With the choice of attachments including the new Tigercat BG13 grapple with a live heel boom or the SC08 shovel clam grapple, the LSX870D is suited to pre-bunching and shovel logging in challenging terrain....
Oregon Logging Conference - Tue July 27, 2021
Oregon Logging Conference Returns With In-Person Event
The Oregon Logging Conference will return for an in-person gathering after the COVID-19 pandemic canceled last year's live event. The 2022 conference will take place on Feb. 24 to 26, 2022, at the Lane County Convention Center and Fairgrounds, in Eugene, Ore....
Great Lakes Timber Professionals Association - Tue May 25, 2021
Great Lakes Timber Professionals Association Announces Equipment Expo
Postponed one year due to the pandemic, the 75th Annual Great Lakes Logging and Heavy Equipment Expo will take place Sept. 9 to 11, 2021, at the Upper Peninsula State Fairgrounds in Escanabe, Mich. The event is co-sponsored by the Great Lakes Timber Professionals Association (GLTPA) and Fabick CAT....
Doosan - Tue March 09, 2021
Family Business McLaughlin Logging Thriving in Idaho
In Idaho, you can find forest for miles. These trees are a resource and a way of life for many who live there. Being surrounded by endless forest can transport you back to a simpler time. But there's another thought that it can bring to mind — finding a way to survive....
Nortrax - Mon February 22, 2021
Nortrax Supports Mechanized Logging Operations Program
Nortrax announced its continued support of the Mechanized Logging Operations Program, which will resume this summer on June 28, 2021. The program is an educational joint venture of the Maine Community College System and the Professional Logging Contractors of Maine, along with other industry partners....
Associated Press - Wed December 30, 2020
Colorado Looks to Logging Industry to Revive Forests
GOULD, Colo. (AP) Stunned by unprecedented megafires, Colorado is embracing logging — mowing holes up to 140 acres in beetle-infested lodgepole pines — in an effort to revive out-of-balance forests....
Oregon Logging Conference - Thu December 03, 2020
2021 Oregon Logging Conference Cancelled
Due to the extended State of Emergency in Oregon and the restrictions that remain in place regarding COVID-19, the Oregon Logging Conference board of directors has announced the cancellation of the 2021 Annual Logging, Trucking, and Heavy Equipment Expo at the Lane Events Center and Fairgrounds in Eugene....
DC Equipment - Thu October 01, 2020
DC Equipment's Falcon Winch Assist Provides Safety, Simplicity, Productivity and More
The Falcon Winch Assist is the only hydraulic winch machine on the market that provides crews with safety, simplicity, productivity and more, according to DC Equipment. Practical and versatile, the Falcon Winch Assist system can be fitted to all major excavator brands more than 30 tons in weight....
Doosan - Tue September 22, 2020
Barging In . . . How Smith Island Finds Its Sea Legs
It's rare that construction equipment has sea legs. Smith Island is a young company built to offer a solution to a specific problem. And it turned out that the solution meant making its machines comfortable working in a seaside location....
