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
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.
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.
4 April 2016
Musketts in Tasmania choose Tigercat harvesting system for challenging hot logging scenario.
4 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.
4 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.
4 April 2016
BTB discovers how two unique Tigercat 1075B scarifiers are efficiently preparing the soil for replanting in Sweden.
1 November 2015
BTB visits Michael Bedgood Logging in Shreveport, Louisiana to talk about the commonality between the two pursuits of logging and football.
1 November 2015
Treeline’s Brian Souers talks about business, changing equipment requirements and his quest for parts commonality.
1 November 2015
BTB took a trip over the Atlantic to Scandinavia to visit Tigercat customer
Mats Danielsson, owner of MD Skog AB, in Borlänge Sweden.
1 August 2015
A visit with Eric Krume provides a glimpse into future possibilities for Pacific Northwest logging.
1 August 2015
Held every second year in Les Gets, a picture-perfect ski town in the French Alps, Les Cognées is a truly grassroots forestry event.
1 August 2015
Using the 610 platform, Tigercat and Clohse Group help a diverse group of French loggers fulfill a wide variety of skidding requirements, while providing excellent after sale support.
1 August 2015
C.K. Greene has made his mark in the Virginia logging industry and stays humble through all his recent growth and success.
1 April 2015
BTB recently visited J&B Logging Inc. in Oakland, Maryland to see how Jimmy Glotfelty’s 5185 fixed felling saw is working out.
1 April 2015
250D with AC16 carrier gets high marks in hardwood sawmill.
1 April 2015
Proper scarification is very important to accelerate the tree planting process. The fastest growing reforestation company in Canada, HRI, has turned to Tigercat’s, six-wheel 635E scarifier to get the job done.
1 November 2014
BTB recently visited the Cape Breton Highlands to see how the first 1135 harvester on the continent is working out. Truro, Nova Scotia based Highland Pulp Ltd. recently acquired the machine to perform ghost thinning.
1 July 2014
Tigercat dealers have sold many 880 loggers on the western half of the North American continent. This 880 is the first to land in a southeastern US mill yard.
1 July 2014
A brief history of the Tigercat shear and why it is a hot commodity on the Florida Gulf Coast.
1 July 2014
Performance and great support leads to steadily expanding 575 harvester head population in Saskatchewan.
1 March 2014
In just a couple of years, with AB Equipment at the helm, the Tigercat machine population in New Zealand has exploded from a handful of units to over 120.
