Per Jonsson wrote a new post, Lars Bruun, one of the great pioneers in forestry machinery, has left us 1 day, 16 hours ago
The sad news have reached us that Lars Bruun, the man behind the Mini-Bruunett and many other inventions, has passed away, 87 years old. He will be remembered as one of the great pioneers in the development of […]
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Per Jonsson wrote a new post, Engineered wood and wood components – an introduction 3 days, 15 hours ago
In a previous article, we wrote about where we find the material wood in our everyday life. It turned out that we have it everywhere around us. But people, the public, don’t understand that it often is wood that […]
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Per Jonsson wrote a new post, USA raises duty rate for Canadian lumber 5 days, 18 hours ago
According to Reuters, the US has decided to almost double the duties on Canadian softwood lumber from most producers to 17,9 %. The current rate for most companies is about 9 %.
The USA raises the duty rate […]
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Per Jonsson wrote a new post, Logging season is here 1 week, 3 days ago
Time flies, as they say. The winter is around the corner. That means that it is time to start the chainsaw up and hit the forest for many of us. So – it’s time to prepare.
Logging season is here
I only wor […]
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Per Jonsson wrote a new post, Ponsse grows in Russia 2 weeks, 1 day ago
On the 11th of November it was the grand opening of Ponsse’s new service center in Tomsk, Russia. Large stocks of spare parts and efficient logistics will provide the customers with short service times and quick s […]
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Per Jonsson wrote a new post, Green turns to black – What´s going on in the green World? 2 weeks, 1 day ago
We must change our way of life to save the earth. We must stop the climate changing for the worse and make it change for the better instead. But how? The leaders of the World meet to discuss the problem but never […]
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Per Jonsson wrote a new post, AirForestry goes for thinning with a drone! 2 weeks, 5 days ago
Just as I claimed there is no giant steps insight in the development of forest machinery, something turned up.
AirForestry is a new Swedish start-up company whose idea is to cut trees with a drone. The drone […]
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Per Jonsson wrote a new post, Odd machines that could have been something(?) 3 weeks, 3 days ago
Today’s forestry machinery wasn’t born overnight. It took some thinking and testing before the machines looked like they do today. But to be quite honest, the differences are minor if you look at the machines from […]
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Per Jonsson wrote a new post, Testing – Norwood HD36 Bandsaw 3 weeks, 4 days ago
During spring and summer 2021 the sister-site Skogsforum.se has tested the portable bandsaw Norwood LumberPro HD36. It´s a petrol-powered version of the saw and it was, for us, the first real test of a product […]
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Per Jonsson wrote a new post, Ended deforestation by 2030 – the leaders of 105 countries have agreed 1 month ago
At the ongoing UN Climate Change Conference, COP26, the leaders of 105 countries have made a declaration where they agree to “halt and reverse forest loss and land degradation by 2030 while delivering s […]
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Per Jonsson wrote a new post, Vimek presents a new forwarder! 1 month ago
The north Swedish machine manufacturer Vimek has been a bit secretive about their new forwarder. Some leaks have occurred, but all details haven’t been presented. Last week, Torbjörn at the sister-site Sk […]
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Per Jonsson wrote a new post, Stihl presents LogBuch – a new GNSS amplifier 1 month ago
The cloud-based use of the Stihl LogBuch makes voice-controlled mapping through a smartphone-app possible. This can be useful in forestry and park management in cities. To increase the precision in mapping and […]
This might be the solution that is needed for the documentation of pruned tree. The lack of documentation is one of the major reasons forest owners can not get paid well for ‘pruned logs’. Mills worldwide have been reluctant to pay more for these logs because what the outside of the log looks like is no guarantee of the wood quality on the inside. Mills have been disappointed to many times.
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Per Jonsson wrote a new post, O(l)dd forestry machines 1 month, 1 week ago
Let´s go back in time. Forest machines didn´t always look like they do today. That´s natural, but to appreciate what we have today it might be good to look back now and then. Luckily enough there are people ke […]
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Per Jonsson wrote a new post, Cranab gets large order from Russia 1 month, 1 week ago
The north Swedish crane manufacturer Cranab moves forward. An order of 100 truck cranes makes the Russian company Logisopt one of Cranab’s largest customers.
Cranab gets large order from Russia
Cranab are m […]
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Per Jonsson wrote a new post, Wood-Mizer LT70 bandsaw – the heart in a sawmilling line 1 month, 1 week ago
The American manufacturer of portable sawmills, Wood-Mizer, has shown how a complete sawmill could be built around their bandsaw LT70 HD Wide. With the bandsaw as the heart of the system, other functions could be […]
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Per Jonsson wrote a new post, Restrictions are gone – time to meet! 1 month, 1 week ago
During the last one and a half year we have lived under restrictions due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Forestry shows have been canceled and postponed and the machine manufacturers have had limited possibilities to […]
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Per Jonsson wrote a new post, Malwa wants to electrify urban forestry 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Together with RISE, Research Institutes of Sweden, Malwa is about to develop a battery powered combi machine. The project aims to get to a modular battery exchange system that allows sectors like forestry and […]
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Per Jonsson wrote a new post, Moving a forest machine between sites 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Modern forest machines are not built for the streets. The transmission, often hydrostatic is made for the terrain and make the machines very slow on roads. It´s a matter of planning to avoid long moves so that […]
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Per Jonsson wrote a new post, The Swedish forwarder market back to normal with green dominance 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Each quarter, the Swedish forwarder market* is analyzed by Torbjörn Johnsen who works for the two sister sites iSkogen.se and Skogsforum.se. The conclusion per 30th of September 2021 is that the market has cooled […]
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Per Jonsson wrote a new post, The European Commission made unannounced inspections in the pulp industry 1 month, 3 weeks ago
According to a press release from the Commission on 12th October, unannounced inspections were carried out in locations in several member states at companies active in the wood pulp sector.
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We are dammed if we do, and dammed if we don’t. Forestry and the products we produce are part of the solution. We akso need to stop living such a disposable lifestyle. Apple are finally stopping producing electronics that unrepairable.