04 December 2017
The Wik Timber project based in Weipa and Aurukun on the remote Western Cape York Peninsula of Australia purchases two Tigercat 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-Tigercat 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 Tigercat 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 Tigercat 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 Tigercat 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 Tigercat harvesting systems for a new operation in a remote part of South Africa.
31 July 2016
LH855D is the key ingredient to Michael Roundy’s new thinning system in Utah’s beautiful Dixie National Forest.
31 July 2016
By the name alone, Forrest York was destined for the woods. Recently switching to Tigercat equipment within the last year, Forrest talks to BTB about how he got into logging and how Tigercat now plays a key role in his bottom line business.
31 July 2016
A 2000 model 630B skidder spent fourteen years operating in extreme Canadian winter conditions before undergoing a substantial transformation.
31 July 2016
A pair of Tigercat utility carriers are used in delicate hydro pole replacement application.
04 April 2016
Musketts in Tasmania choose Tigercat harvesting system for challenging hot logging scenario.
04 April 2016
Tiwi people take control of acacia plantation operation and begin to build stronger economy
on remote Melville Island off the north coast of Australia.
04 April 2016
Dopson is a well-known name around the Tigercat factories. Charlie and Timmy Dopson are partners of Dopson Timber LLC and their enthusiasm and loyalty to the Tigercat brand is undeniable.
04 April 2016
BTB discovers how two unique Tigercat 1075B scarifiers are efficiently preparing the soil for replanting in Sweden.
01 November 2015
BTB visits Michael Bedgood Logging in Shreveport, Louisiana to talk about the commonality between the two pursuits of logging and football.
01 November 2015
Treeline’s Brian Souers talks about business, changing equipment requirements and his quest for parts commonality.
