Ben Wilson started the topic Elmia Wood or Swedish Forestry Expo 2022 in the forum General 1 year, 4 months ago
I’m looking to make a trip to Sweden in the spring of 2022 to go to a forestry show. I noticed there is now a rival To Elmia…can someone tell me which one is better? Differences between the two shows?
Ben Wilson replied to the topic What's the best firewood species? in the forum Firewood 1 year, 4 months ago
It is so great to hear how much thought goes into firewood from other countries. Here we bring home what the sawmill wont take….usually the half rotten junk (Old mountain pine beetle killed pine) and try to burn that in our stoves. Very little planning or thought goes into our firewood pile in northern British Columbia!
Ben Wilson replied to the topic Getting payed for letting the forest stand? in the forum Forest properties 1 year, 4 months ago
Sorry it has taken so long to reply. If there is something I am not aware of it.
Ben Wilson replied to the topic Getting payed for letting the forest stand? in the forum Forest properties 1 year, 5 months ago
New Zealand has a system….I don’t know much about it but they have a market price that fluctuates etc.
Ben Wilson replied to the topic What's new? in the forum Harvester 1 year, 5 months ago
Since the mid 1990s we have been contending with a large mountain pine beetle outbreak. The control and salvage effort meant huge areas of forest were clear cut. Very common to have openings that were (are still) thousands of hectares. Most of this ground wasn’t challenging; “pine flat” was the common descriptor. This meant a shift away from…[Read more]
Ben Wilson replied to the topic What's new? in the forum Harvester 1 year, 5 months ago
I guess everything is relative….harvesters are still pretty new where I am atno matter what shape they come in. And it is interesting to see old systems coming back. For a long time we tried to make hand fallers, self loaders, clambunks (to name a few) disappear. Now all are being talked about as “needed” to achieve our timber supply the…[Read more]
Ben Wilson replied to the topic Mechanization is the answer(?) in the forum Silviculture 1 year, 5 months ago
One of the factors is amortization of capital….short seasons (In northern climates) means narrow windows to get the next crop in the ground and therefore less ability to amortize a major investment. In natural forests in western Canada there is also a lot of variability a machine has to contend with. Of course it depends if you are planting…[Read more]
Ben Wilson replied to the topic Where are they used? in the forum Feller Buncher 1 year, 5 months ago
A related question I have is why did the feller bunchers “disappear” in Europe? For us here in North America (western Canada) they are a very useful tool in the tool box.
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