Month: March 2022
15 posts
Getting paid to let the forest stand – it´s true, it´s here
Swedish forest owners struggle with their profitability. Low timber prices, the lowest in Europe, are not only annoying…
Rottne launches a new H8 harvester
According to a press release today, Rottne launches a new version of the stand operating harvester Rottne H8.…
An ordinary Swedish logging company
Last year, we wrote about an extraordinary logging company. But as you may guess, there are ordinary logging…
What are the alternatives?
We have written about the low timber prices here in Sweden and the frustration that it has caused…
Millions of cubic meters of windthrow – a nightmare for Swedish forest owners
Two storms in south Sweden have caused over two million cubic meters of windthrow. Added to that, there…
Today is the International Day of Forests – let´s celebrate!
21st of March is the International Day of Forests according to the UN. In 2012, the United Nations…
The story of a spruce plant
Once upon a time, there was a machine demo that ended up in a lively discussion about ground…
Harvester heads – what´s available on the market?
Back in my days, we had the two-grip harvesters – a felling head in the crane tip and…
Husqvarna 550 XP G Mark II vs. Stihl 201C
In an article from the 10th of January this year, where I wrote about my chainsaw biography, I…
Bundlers – What happened to them?
Some 20 years ago bundlers for forest residue were the thing. Timberjack (nowadays John Deere) had one, Valmet…
