July/August 2009
Timber Harvesting’s July/August issue spotlights the owners of Babineau Logging in West Enfield, Me., Kurt and David Babineau, who modified their cut-to-length approach to better deal with operating restraints and conditions. Also highlighted are Wisconsin’s Smola Bros.; a possible future of machines with hybrid electric drivelines, as presented at the ElmiaWood ’09 forestry trade fair; and Idaho operations, such as Ward Brothers Inc., that salvage dead trees and saw them into “green” products. A section of the issue features manufacturer updates of chain saws, pole saws and accessories.

The PPT-280 Power Pruner features a new class 28.1cc Power Boost Vortex engine for plenty of cutting power.

Crosscut saws, animal skidding, chain saws, Scandinavian harvester: The pedigree for Smola Brothers follows a familiar pattern, with one generation teaching and encouraging the next.

Global practitioners of forestry converged in a forest near Jonkoping, Sweden June 3-6 to examine and evaluate new and improved forest management tools, tree harvesting-processing machinery, biomass recovery equipment and related supplies and services.

Some lament a weak national economy and a forest products industry that is struggling.

Oregon state police and Douglas County sheriff’s deputies arrested more than 20 protesters who were blocking a logging road in the Elliott State Forest near Reedsport on July 8.
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