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Spotlight
Implementing partial cutting systems is
presenting regen challenges for Canadian forest managers.
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Clean-up
Harvesting A Timberjack 1270D
harvester is working well in the Nova Scotia woods for contractor Ronal
Graham Pulp. |
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High recovery/thin
kerf
Canfor's Fort St. John operation has invested $16
million in improvements that include a high recovery line featuring
thin kerf vertical curve sawmilling. |
Forest Expo
Builds Value
A bio-energy conference is among the new features
included at Forest Expo in Prince George, being held June 3 to 5. |
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The big lumber
producers get bigger
Logging and sawmilling journal's annual list of
Top 30 Lumber Producers shows that the largest lumber producers are
getting even bigger, in terms of production. |
Roll
Out the Barrels
BC's Okanagan Barrel Works has found a niche producing aspen and pine
barrels for markets as far away as Jamaica. |
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Prentice
ATL loaders support the move to cut-to-length
Slocan's Quesnel operation has made the move
to handling cut-to-length wood, and ha support on the log yard side
from two Prentice ATL 640 loaders.
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Guest Column:
working "on" the business
Consultant Debbie Woodward says loggers and sawmillers need to work "on"
their business rather "in" their business. |
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Low
overhead/high control contractor
Alberta logging contractor Gordon Lewis is passing
his philosophy of being a low overhead/high degree of control operator
on to the next generation of loggers. |
Handsome
payback The Boucher Bros sawmill
has invested $7 million and is now receiving a handsome payback, win an
increase in recovery. |
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Tech Update: Portable Sawmills
Here is a great overview of twenty portable sawmills designed for
production or custom cutting. |
Ponsse Ergo
harvester/Buffalo forwarder combo pays off
A Ponsse Ergo harvester and Buffalo forwarder
combination is paying off for New Brunswick contractor Gilbert Levesque. |
