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Between the Branches Archive


Steeper and Safer


Owner of Forestal Corte Alto Limitada, Gerardo Giroz and his sons talk about steep slope harvesting in Chile and explain how Tigercat and Latin Equipment have helped the company develop safer and more productive operations.


Forestal Corte Alto team members.

544 Gets Full Marks in Quebec


BTB visited the operations of Les Forestiers J.M.G. Inc. based in Desbiens, Quebec to check in on the prototype 544 harvesting head.


Buckwild with Bubbarudy


BTB travels to southern Mississippi to meet with social media personality, Levi Spring. He talks about his goals, promoting logging to young people, and his passion for Tigercat equipment.


Levin Spring standing amongst Tigercat machines.

Chilean Forest Classroom


BTB met with Francisco Sandoval, a shovel logger instructor from Chile, to learn about a logging training program and how Tigercat machines have become a valuable learning tool for future Chilean machine operators.


Francisco Sandoval, shovel logger instructor

Road Lining Challenges


Dan Mouatt tackles tough terrain and steep slopes on New Zealand’s North Island with both conventional ground-based and cable logging crews, while overcoming the added challenges associated with road lining.


Monarchs of the Woods


Queensland contractor GMT evolves safe, efficient and flexible steep terrain Tigercat harvesting system to tackle the state’s sustainable hoop pine plantations. Managing Director Adan Taylor takes us through the history of a family business and talks about advocacy and strategic thinking.


What’s Your Job?


Chris McMillan’s feature covers roles, responsibilities and contributions of various Tigercat team members. This time around we look at the career of veteran Tigercat designer, Jon Cooper.


Jon Cooper at desk

Rumasal: Forest to Sawmill


BTB travels to the Maule region of Chile to learn about the success story of forestry company Rumasal, told by Forestry Operations Manager, Pablo Ignacio Muñoz Müller.


The Daily Grind


Florida-based land clearing and recycling company with two decades of organic material processing experience purchases two Tigercat 6900 grinders.


A Tigercat 6900 grinder working in the field

A Competitive Drive


Darío Valdés talks about passion for the forestry industry, growing and modernizing a company, and always aiming to win.


Virtual Training in Alberta


In early March Irfan Zardadkhan and Gregor Scott from the Tigercat electronic systems group, and district manager James Farquhar travelled to the remote community of La Crete, Alberta. Their mission was a Tigercat simulator start-up.


Andy Driedger, owner of Garden River Logging Ltd. (seated) takes the processor simulator through its paces. Philip Unrau, CEO of FTEN Group of Companies at left, along with Gregor Scott from the Tigercat electronic systems group, and forestry consultant, Jon Goertzen at right.

Three Generations


For the Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan based Tourand family, operating equipment is in the blood.


3 loggers

Chilean Company on the Cutting Edge


Jorge Victoria talks to Carlos Barrenechea Gutiérrez, operations manager at Agrifor Doña Isidora, to find out more about the various initiatives the company has implemented, such as the intensive use of telematics, and the training and inclusion of women in its workforce.


Carlos Barrenechea (operations manager)

Loads of Success in Michigan


BTB travels to Michigan to visit Mike Delene, owner of MD Contracting to talk about the reliability and versatility of his Tigercat AC16 carriers for woodyard duties.


Two Tigercat loaders working in a woodyard.

Southern Processing


BTB went on a tour to visit customers in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana who have made the switch from pull-through delimbers to a Tigercat processing head. We wanted to understand the motivation for the change, the challenges involved and what benefits have accrued. We discovered that three different contractors are looking at it three different ways.


Tigercat roadside processor

Can-Do Attitude


We caught up with Sabrina Cantu at the 2023 Pacific Logging Congress Demo. She was one of several operators who piloted Tigercat equipment during the demo. Sabrina operated Tigercat’s newest harvesting head model, the 573, mounted on an 875E carrier, processing at roadside.


Picture of 25-year-old Sabrina Cantu

Becoming a District Manager


High level customer service sets Tigercat apart from its competitors.


Rob Selby, Tigercat district manager

A Life in the Woods


Roland Murphy has spent a lifetime in the Virginia woods. His invaluable experience, strong work ethic, and passion for the job enrich his coworkers and contribute to a successful, high quality logging operation.


Crew image Virginia

Safe, Productive and Sustainable


Guest contributor, Ryer Becker, talks about timber harvesting in the northwestern US and how productivity, safety and sustainability have been positively impacted by advances in equipment and technology.


LS855E

On the 1165


Jon Cooper is VP engineering for CTL products at Tigercat. He explains some of the unique design features of the 1165 harvester and how these features are benefitting harvesting contractors.


1165 Harvester

Forestry Dozer


South Carolina contractor pulls the trigger on a TCi 920 dozer. His purchase decision is based in large part, on the strength and reputations of Tidewater Equipment and Tigercat Industries.


Mark Abercrombie

Flying High in Colorado


BTB visits a unique high elevation logging operation in Keystone, Colorado.


Colorado Mountains

Finite Element Analysis Li Quan


Tigercat has a reputation in the marketplace for producing high-quality, durable, and well-designed products. Every employee who works on a machine from the research and development stage through to the aftersale support plays an important role in the process. This series will look at different roles within Tigercat, introducing the team members who perform specialized tasks.


Li Quan

Forestry Frontier in Colombia


Latin Equipment Norte (LEN) delivers full-tree eucalyptus system in Montería, Colombia. José Carlos Rocha Filho, marketing and commercial manager at LEN, provides an overview of the new harvesting endeavour.


Columbia Crew

A Seasoned Professional


Maryland-based contractor, FD Eure Inc., is owned by Franklin Eure. His 83-year-old father, Frank, is on the job every day operating a Tigercat feller buncher. BTB visits to learn about his very long professional life and what keeps him motivated to crank up his machine before dawn each morning.


Frank Eure

EXPOFOREST 2023


Tigercat goes big with Tracbel at large-scale live forestry exhibition in Brazil.


Machine Art


Business administrator by day and painter by night, 23-year-old Ariana Franco has recently completed a painting of a Tigercat 720G feller buncher, commissioned by Latin Equipment Argentina.


Tackling the Hills of Kentucky


Murphy and Sons transitions from drive-to-tree feller bunchers to leveling track carriers while following a steep and steady path of growth and expansion. Ronnie Murphy talks about salvage operations in a unique national forest.


More than a Forwarder


Erik Ollas explains how his new 1055C forwarder is more than a machine.


Thriving in El Dorado


J&R has grown from a small business to a large-scale California producer. In addition to harvesting and hauling, the company has steered into postharvest site preparation and road building. Robert D’Agostini Jr. and Saul Jimenez walk us through the operations.