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.
Chain Saws, Accessories
The PPT-280 Power Pruner features a new class 28.1cc Power Boost Vortex engine for plenty of cutting power.
Wisconsin's Smola Bros.
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.
ElmiaWood Review
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.
New Life for Dead Trees
Some lament a weak national economy and a forest products industry that is struggling.
Timberscope
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.
Guestlines
International Paper (IP) is one of the oldest paper companies in the U.S. Founded in 1898 with the merger of 17 pulp and paper companies in the Northeast, it is today the largest pulp and paper manufacturer in the world.
Equipment World
Memorial services were held July 8 in Aynor, SC for former logger and logging equipment salesman Cliff Fowler, who died July 7. He was 70.
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