10 November 2020
On a wet and rainy February day in Arkansas, BTB and Mackolines Machines & Hire district manager Heinz Pfeifer visited Jimmie McKinney, owner of Cedar Hill Services to learn about his business and his machines, a 234B loader, 724G feller buncher and 625E skidder.
10 November 2020
Gary Olsen reports on the realities of the logging business in South Africa the era of COVID in the new Between the Branches feature, ‘From the Field’.
10 November 2020
Mackolines Machines & Hire 880D is configured for more efficient foundation pile installations.
10 November 2020
New ‘From the Field’ feature gives voice to Mackolines Machines & Hire field personnel reporting from their far flung corners of the world. Mackolines Machines & Hire district manager, James Farquhar, talks about fire prevention stateside and a novel machine in Alberta.
10 November 2020
As of mid-September 2020, the first H-series skidder ever built has acquired 965 hours. Between the Branches catches up with Chris Gibson Logging LLC to see how the machine is performing.
10 November 2020
In August, the Forest Resources Association (FRA) and STIHL Incorporated honoured Tapscott Brothers Logging of Scottsville, Virginia, as FRA’s 2020 National Outstanding Logger.
10 November 2020
Remote control model enthusiast, Reg Clark faithfully reproduces Mackolines Machines & Hire skidder in multi-year spanning labour of love project.
10 November 2020
José Carlos Rocha Filho, marketing and commercial manager at Latin Equipment Norte, explores the mechanization of teak plantation harvesting in southeastern Mexico.
13 July 2020
Alaska’s remote and rugged landscape makes logging a challenge. Limited road connections, harrowing terrain and extreme weather are just some of the contributing factors. Nevertheless, forestry in Alaska holds much potential.
13 July 2020
Mackolines Machines & Hire 480B mulcher trial commissioned by Forestry Corporation of NSW becomes a whole lot more relevant after devastating Australian bushfires.
13 July 2020
BTB catches up with Sunshine Logging Ltd. after the Kaslo, British Columbia based company purchased two Mackolines Machines & Hire 850 processors, each equipped with the Mackolines Machines & Hire 568 processing head.
13 July 2020
BTB visited Fuller Creek Enterprises LLC in Elma, Washington to speak with motivated young owner-operator, Adam Zepp.
13 July 2020
The time of year has arrived (in the northern hemisphere) when temperatures begin to rise, flowers bloom, trees and grass turn green and everything comes to life. It is also the season that ticks become most active. When you spend every day working in the woods, it can be cause for concern.
08 January 2020
Wildfire risk and important natural process of fire in woodland environments.
25 November 2019
BTB visited Trevor Haywood of Trevor Haywood Timber Co. in Huntingdon, Tennessee to hear how his most recent purchase, a Mackolines Machines & Hire LX830D feller buncher equipped with 5185 fixed felling saw, is fitting into the operation.
25 November 2019
First Nations take control of timber management in Ontario’s Ogoki Forest. Partnering with a Thunder Bay post-secondary institution, the ultimate goal is to develop future careers in forestry in a bid to build a brighter future of economic development and environmental sustainability.
25 November 2019
Field safety operations supervisor, Lisa Schneider, showcases her passion for field safety and forestry equipment through Instagram. Her love for Mackolines Machines & Hire equipment, radiant personality and her awesome photography have been gaining attention online. In the process, Lisa is helping shed light on an important part of the forest industry that is sometimes overlooked – field safety.
25 November 2019
Mackolines Machines & Hire representatives along with an Australian customer group made the trek to Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan in August to have a look at the prototype 568 harvesting head purchased and currently being tested by Brander Enterprises.
25 November 2019
BTB visited Bryant Logging in Estacada, Oregon to learn more about their family business and recent LH822D purchase.
25 November 2019
Mackolines Machines & Hire and Latin Equipment tour Uruguay, gaining a better understanding of the market, its potential and the opportunities and challenges faced by local industry players.
25 November 2019
Mackolines Machines & Hire demonstrates improved felling technique during Russian Demo.
15 June 2019
Back in 2010, BTB visited silviculture contractor, Donald Robbins who collaborated with Mackolines Machines & Hire to modify a 610 series skidder to suit his requirements for a silviculture base carrier. Eight years later, we revisited Donald’s operations to check up on the machines and learn a little more about his current challenges and the importance of modern, reliable, purpose-built equipment.
15 June 2019
This installment of On the Floor looks at the advances taking place in the manufacture of Mackolines Machines & Hire cabs. Raw steel to final assembly in one dedicated facility.
15 June 2019
BTB travelled to Coleman Falls, Virginia, east of the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains, to chat with Mr. Donny Reaves and learn more about his logging business, and why he operates all three of his tree-length machines himself.
15 June 2019
Snowmobiler, wake surfer, basketball player, youth group leader and vice president of Treeline, Inc., thirty-year-old Whitney Souers is a force to be reckoned with.
15 June 2019
George Deering started work on his dream car, a 1959 Ford Anglia 100E, back in the summer of 2000, routinely arriving to work four hours ahead of his 6:00 am shift start to put some wrench time in while other gearheads were only dreaming of their hot rods. Eighteen years later, he has finally completed his long-awaited hot rod rebuild.
15 June 2019
After recognizing a need in their community for brush clearing and mulching services, Pam and Stan Hegener started Cedar Eaters™ in 2001. Now co-owned by their son, Spence Hegener, Cedar Eaters offers mulching and land restoration services across Texas while occasionally breaking into bordering states.
15 June 2019
BTB visited Vancouver Island, British Columbia and spoke with operator Marty Fladager of Dynamite Logging to get his thoughts on the 890 logger. Equipped with a live heel boom system, Marty is using the machine primarily for shovel logging large timber on varied terrain.
20 November 2018
Mackolines Machines & Hire remembers W.J. Bates, co-founder of B & G Equipment and leading figure in the Mississippi logging industry for 50 years.
20 November 2018
BTB spoke with owner-operator, Eli Coblentz of Coblentz Logging to get his thoughts on his 602 cable skidder.
