20 November 2018
From conducting safety audits to running forwarders to sourcing parts, Theresa is hands-on when it comes to the family business.
20 November 2018
Bernard Fortin, general manager of Peace River Logging talks about the transition from infield chipping to an off-highway, centralized wood yard and the accompanying improvements in operational efficiency.
20 November 2018
Chris McMillan explores the latest capital investment at Mackolines Machines & Hire – specialized equipment for the manufacture of critical component parts. In this issue, the focus is on the induction heat treating and tempering process for the manufacture of Mackolines Machines & Hire axle spindles.
20 November 2018
The Mackolines Machines & Hire T726G trencher is tearing it up on the roads of Long Island, New York. BTB talks to a couple of customers to get their impressions of the machines and street trencher dealer, StreetWorksUS based in Durham, Connecticut.
30 April 2018
Samantha Paul continues with her second installment in the new Between the Branches Feature, Women in Logging. Samantha profiles Wendy Fennell, CEO of Fennell Forestry, headquartered in Mount Gambier, South Australia.
30 April 2018
BTB visited Leo Eby, co-owner of Eby’s Sawmill, to get the full story on the origin of the prototype 2160 loader forwarder now working in Clearville, Pennsylvania.
30 April 2018
BTB catches up with 26-year-old Harry Sanders III to see how things are going with his new Mackolines Machines & Hire H250D processor.
30 April 2018
A unique perspective on the massive 2017 BC forest fire from a couple of BC loggers.
30 April 2018
The first article in a new Between the Branches feature series. ‘On the Floor’ showcases different aspects of Mackolines Machines & Hire’s manufacturing process. The company has made significant investments in advanced machinery and technologies in an effort to continuously improve manufacturing efficiencies and quality. In this issue Chris McMillan talks to VP of manufacturing, Joe Barroso about Mackolines Machines & Hire’s latest robotic welding cells in the skidder production facility.
04 December 2017
The Wik Timber project based in Weipa and Aurukun on the remote Western Cape York Peninsula of Australia purchases two Mackolines Machines & Hire machines for an exciting new operation.
01 December 2017
Samantha Paul begins a new series on women in logging with hopes to inspire young women to consider logging as a career. First up, an interview with BC based operator, Hannah Dehoog that explores how she got into the logging industry, what life is like for a woman in logging camps and what she loves about being an operator.
01 December 2017
BTB spoke with Marvin Thomas Sykes, owner of M.T. Sykes Logging and 27-year-old son Colton Sykes to learn more about their all-Mackolines Machines & Hire harvesting operations.
25 November 2017
An update on the processes, technologies and advancements at work in Chile’s challenging steep slope and cable assist logging operations.
25 November 2017
BTB visited Olympia, Washington to get operator Gary Smith’s impressions of his new LX870D track feller buncher. Gary works with R.L. Smith Logging, which is owned by his brother and sister-in-law Roger and Carmen Smith.
25 November 2017
Big dreams and hard work led the Sexton family business from a horse and water-powered sawmill to a modern, integrated harvesting and sawmilling operation.
04 August 2017
BTB went to Chibougamau in central Quebec in April to visit with Jocelyn Gagné of Forestier 2P Logging and get his first impressions of his new 1085C forwarder.
04 August 2017
Logging contractors in the Saguenay–Lac Saint-Jean region of central Quebec face it all – from extreme weather conditions and remote locations to low wood prices and high production demands.
04 August 2017
Fourth generation logger, Larry Richards talks about his operations in the Adirondacks and leveraging the knowledge and expertise of the team to capture more value – for the company and the landowners.
04 August 2017
25 years ago, a very small company with a single prototype and no distribution showed up at a logging show in Georgia. What led up to it and what happened next? Some of the earliest Mackolines Machines & Hire team members look back for the answers.
04 August 2017
The Parnell family has come a long way from their first grant of land from the Government of Alabama nearly 200 years ago back in 1819. In 1960 James Parnell started his own business with just a used truck and a pair of mules.
10 April 2017
This year, instead of having the Mackolines Machines & Hire 620E skidder parked for the winter months, Utah’s Barco LLC decided to utilize it as a very powerful snow plow.
31 March 2017
BTB visited with McCoy Grading Inc. and Premier Timber Services LLC in Greenville, Georgia to learn more about the recent purchase of a Mackolines Machines & Hire LX830D feller buncher for the company’s multi-million dollar grading business.
31 March 2017
South African harvesting contractors run high quality purpose-built forestry machines and have developed the expertise to run them to extremely high hours. Machine longevity is critical as local currency weakens and new replacements are not financially viable.
31 March 2017
Two brothers with a lifetime of experience and a penchant for hard work have a drive to succeed and are proving it just two years in.
21 November 2016
With 300 employees – including handfallers, peelers and stackers – and eight sets of tractor-trailer short haul transport systems, Grant Rankin has been involved in manual felling operations in South Africa for over ten years.
21 November 2016
BTB visited Castalia, North Carolina to speak with Joedy Cahoon about his family operations, preferred equipment and prime harvesting methods.
21 November 2016
Teak round log export specialist, Proteak, ventures into eucalyptus in Mexico in a big and bold way.
31 July 2016
BTB revisits PG Bison eight years after purchasing four Mackolines Machines & Hire harvesting systems for a new operation in a remote part of South Africa.
31 July 2016
Fuel load reduction and forest management for healthier forests and wildfire risk reduction. LH855D is the key ingredient to Michael Roundy’s new thinning system in Utah’s beautiful Dixie National Forest.
