BTB 47: M.T. SYKES LOGGING
Published on: Friday 1st 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-Tigercat harvesting operations.
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BTB 47: Steep Slope Logging in Chile
Published on: Saturday 25th November 2017
An update on the processes, technologies and advancements at work in Chile's challenging steep slope and cable assist logging operations.
BTB 47: LX870D FIRST IMPRESSIONS
Published on: Saturday 25th 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.
BTB 47: Word of Mouth: On Sexton Lumber
Published on: Saturday 25th 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.
BTB 46: TIDEWATER DEMO DAY 2017 HUGE SUCCESS
Published on: Friday 4th August 2017
A perfect spring day greeted 1,500 guests at the second, highly successful Tidewater Demo Day held outside Valdosta, Georgia on May 6th.
BTB 46: 1085C FIRST IMPRESSIONS
Published on: Friday 4th 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.
BTB 46: WHEN YOU’RE ON A GOOD THING, STICK TO IT
Published on: Friday 4th August 2017
This article originally appeared in Australian Forests & Timber News, May 2017. Reprinted in part with permission.
BTB 46: OVERCOMING CHALLENGES IN QUEBEC
Published on: Friday 4th 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.
BTB 46: 25 YEAR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
Published on: Friday 4th August 2017
2017 marks the silver anniversary of Tigercat.
BTB 46: CTW EQUIPMENT OPENS NEW STORE
Published on: Friday 4th August 2017
New CTW location in Rose Hill, North Carolina improves support for Tigercat customers.
BTB 46: CAPTURING VALUE IN THE ADIRONDACKS
Published on: Friday 4th 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.
BTB 46: INLAND, PRINCE GEORGE GETS NEW FACILITY
Published on: Friday 4th August 2017
Tigercat’s British Columbia dealer, Inland, inaugurated an impressive new facility in Prince George in grand style with a facility tour and meeting for its sales team and vendors April 24-25, 2017.
BTB 46: Oral History
Published on: Friday 4th August 2017
More memories of Tigercat's early years.
BTB 46: An Oral History of Tigercat
Published on: Friday 4th 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 Tigercat team members look back for the answers.
BTB 46: PARNELL PERSPECTIVE
Published on: Friday 4th 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.
Tilman Logging Unleashes Tigercat In South Central Virginia Woods (Southern Loggin’ Times, May 1993)
Published on: Tuesday 20th June 2017
There’s a new breed of cat roaming the woods of south central Virginia and according to Ed Tilman, owner of Tilman Logging Inc., based here, the Tigercat 726 harvester cuts no corners when it comes to quality.
Newcomer On The Block: 853E Feller Buncher
Published on: Tuesday 13th June 2017
This article originally appeared in Logging and Sawmilling Journal, October 1994. Reprinted with permission. A prototype Tigercat 853E purpose-built buncher handles B.C. slopes with ease.
It’s A Tigercat Eh, Y’all
Published on: Tuesday 13th June 2017
The Canadian built machine is a market hit-in the southern US. Reprinted with permission from Logging and Sawmilling Journal, November 1993.
On The P-r-o-w-l
Published on: Thursday 8th June 2017
Tigercat leaps into the fray with strong machines; more new products forthcoming. Originally appeared in Timber Harvesting, January 1997. Reprinted with permission.
BTB 45: SUCCESSFUL 2017 OLC
Published on: Wednesday 12th April 2017
The pacific northwest logging community gathered for the 79th Oregon Logging Conference (OLC) in February in Eugene, Oregon.
BTB 45: NOW THAT’S A SNOW PLOW!
Published on: Monday 10th April 2017
This year, instead of having the Tigercat 620E skidder parked for the winter months, Utah's Barco LLC decided to utilize it as a very powerful snow plow.
BTB 45: A SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP
Published on: Friday 31st 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 Tigercat LX830D feller buncher for the companies multi-million dollar grading business.
BTB 45: TWO SIDES OF A DEVALUED COIN
Published on: Friday 31st 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.
BTB 45: CONEXPO 2017 IN LAS VEGAS
Published on: Friday 31st March 2017
Tigercat exhibited its off road industrial products and street cutter on the world stage of CONEXPO – CON/AGG 2017 in March.
BTB 45: DRIVEN
Published on: Friday 31st 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.
BTB 45: HEATING HOMES IN SWITZERLAND
Published on: Friday 31st March 2017
Clohse Group LUX sells first Tigercat machine into Switzerland -- a DW610E dual winch cable skidder skidder fitted with a Palfinger crane.
BTB 44: HOT MISSISSIPPI TURNOUT
Published on: Monday 21st November 2016
The extreme heat didn’t stop the crowds of over 7,000 from showing up for the 15th biannual Mid- South Forestry Equipment Show, held August 26-27 in Starkville, Mississippi.
BTB 44: TIGERCAT FPT EVERYWHERE
Published on: Monday 21st November 2016
Tigercat customers worldwide will see the benefits of Tigercat FPT engines as the Tier 2 configuration is offered in addition to the Tier 4f.
BTB 44: MOTOR-MANUAL: PINE HARVESTING IN STEEP TERRAIN
Published on: Monday 21st 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.
BTB 44: LAST 822C LEAVES THE FACTORY
Published on: Monday 21st November 2016
Out with the old and in with the new as Tigercat retires C-series and introduces D-series platform worldwide.