Per Jonsson wrote a new post, Restrictions are gone – time to meet! 20 hours, 39 minutes 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 day, 21 hours 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 2 days, 18 hours 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 4 days, 23 hours 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 week, 1 day 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.
Unannounced […]
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Per Jonsson wrote a new post, Machine “doctors” – the heroes of the forest 1 week, 2 days ago
All of us who operated a forest machine, knows that all machines have one thing in common – they break down, sooner or later. In most cases you can repair it yourself, but every now and then you need to call in t […]
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Per Jonsson wrote a new post, Swedish Forestry Expo postponed to 2023 1 week, 4 days ago
Only a few days ago I expressed my gratitude and hopes for 2022 as being the year when the forestry shows will be back for real, starting with the Swedish Forestry Expo in April. On Friday the 8th of October […]
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Per Jonsson wrote a new post, Premiere for the new Ponsse Scorpion in Sweden 2 weeks, 1 day ago
In February this year Ponsse presented the new generation of the Scorpion harvester. On the 6th of October it was for the first time shown in Sweden. Forestry.com was there.
The new Ponsse Scorpion
The […]
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Per Jonsson wrote a new post, The Forexpo show in Bordeaux 2 weeks, 2 days ago
The forestry show Forexpo should have taken place in Mimizan close to Bordeaux in southeast France in June 2020. Like many other shows it was postponed until June 2021, and then postponed again to September 2021. […]
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Per Jonsson wrote a new post, Paper from straw – 20 % less climate footprint 2 weeks, 4 days ago
On the 30th of September, the tissue manufacturer Essity inaugurated their pulp mill in Mannheim, Germany, that will use straw (wheat straw) as raw material. According to Essity, they do this to present a new way […]
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Per Jonsson wrote a new post, Komatsu Forest presents the next generation of Comfort Ride 3 weeks, 1 day ago
The forest machine manufacturer Komatsu Forest, situated in Umeå north Sweden, recently launched a new version of their cab damping system Comfort Ride. Apart from more efficient damping, a couple of other […]
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Per Jonsson wrote a new post, Komatsu 895 – designed to produce 3 weeks, 5 days ago
There was a time when forwarders became smaller and smaller. Low ground pressure and flexibility was more important than productivity. But whether you like or not, money rules. The large forwarders came back and […]
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Per Jonsson wrote a new post, Back to the roots 1 month ago
I normally don´t look back in time. I prefer to look forward as I think the future is much more exciting. But sometimes you just happen to bump into the past. That happened to me today when I visited the forest […]
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Per Jonsson wrote a new post, New battery charger from Stihl 1 month ago
In September 2021 Stihl in Waiblingen, Germany presented the first charger for multiple Stihl batteries, AL 301-4. It can charge up to four batteries of the Stihl AP system, or the backpack AR-batteries […]
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Per Jonsson wrote a new post, Strange forest machines 1 month, 1 week ago
I have been in many countries to look at forestry and, of course, the local machines that are used in forestry. Very soon I discovered that not everyone uses the machines that we are used to up here in northern […]
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Per Jonsson wrote a new post, APF are back! 1 month, 1 week ago
Another piece of good news reached us today. The UK based forestry show APF International Forest Machinery Exhibition, that was planned for September 2020, postponed to September 2021 and then postponed again, […]
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Per Jonsson wrote a new post, Time for harvest in the forest 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Not everybody thinks about it, but there is a harvest in the forest apart from the forest itself – berries and mushrooms. As we here in Sweden have our right of public access, meaning that anyone can go every f […]
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Per Jonsson wrote a new post, Testing Stihl FSA 135 as battery clearing saw 1 month, 3 weeks ago
In early March this year Stihl announced the release of a new series of battery powered tools for forestry and garden. Stihl FSA 135 is one of the products in the new series. We have chosen to focus on that as it […]
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Per Jonsson wrote a new post, Moheda M41T & M51T – New, longer, grapple loaders from FTG 1 month, 3 weeks ago
FTG recently presented a series of new grapple loaders called M41T and M51T. The difference compared to the earlier models, M40 and M50, is that the new loaders have longer reach and more slewing torque. Both […]
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Per Jonsson wrote a new post, Austimber 2020/21 throws in the towel 1 month, 3 weeks ago
The forestry show Austimber in Australia has, like many other similar events in the World, had a challenging time the last 18 months. Two times during 2020, the show was postponed due to Covid-19 and the Black […]
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