Sennebogen - Mon February 08, 2021
Atlas Tree Surgery Launches New Era of Tree Care With Growing Sennebogen Fleet
Rich Kingsborough is feeling pretty good about his growing fleet of green machines. Since receiving his first Sennebogen tree care handler in August of last year, he has added six more machines, and more are on the way....
Fecon - Tue January 19, 2021
Hawaiian Contractor's Mulching Operation Heats Up
The tropical climate of Maui attracts thousands to the island for vacations, special events, or just to escape the stress of the mainland. But this past summer — the hottest on record for Maui — sparked not only tourists, but a massive wildfire....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Tue January 12, 2021
R&L Excavating Assists in Wildfire Recovery
Robert Leininger, president of R&L Excavating Inc. of Sweet Home, Ore., bought his first piece of equipment — a front end loader — from Feenaughty Machinery Co. in Eugene about two years ago....
Associated Press - Wed December 30, 2020
Colorado Looks to Logging Industry to Revive Forests
GOULD, Colo. (AP) Stunned by unprecedented megafires, Colorado is embracing logging — mowing holes up to 140 acres in beetle-infested lodgepole pines — in an effort to revive out-of-balance forests....
Global Market Insights - Mon December 14, 2020
Forestry Equipment Market Forecasted to Hit $17B by 2026
Rising incidences of wildfire across the world will have a major impact on forestry equipment market outlook over the next decade, according to a report by Global Market Insights Inc. Further, foresters and loggers are heavily dependent on these equipment to manage the task assigned to them....
Orgeon Logging Conference - Tue October 20, 2020
Oregon Logging Conference Raises Funds for Fire Relief
Due to the wildfires on the west coast, specifically in the state of Oregon, Scott Melcher, president of the Oregon Logging Conference, issued the following statement:"The historic wildfires that are burning across our wonderful state have shaken our industry to the core....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Wed October 07, 2020
Heavy Equipment Operators: First Responders
As firefighters worked nearly 20 major wildfires across the west coast, including California and Oregon, crews counted on the help of heavy equipment operators to get the infernos under control. Some of the wildfires had already been burning as the Labor Day weekend drew to a close, but when a historic windstorm blew across the already bone dry Pacific Northwest that evening, fires ignited across the state of Oregon....
AASHTO - Tue September 22, 2020
California Gets 'Quick Relief' Funds for Wildfire Damage
The Federal Highway Administration recently issued two packets of "quick release" Emergency Relief or ER funds to California (and Oregon) agencies to pay for repairs to transportation infrastructure damaged by wildfires raging across several western states....
Lucy Perry – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Thu February 27, 2020
Fire Crews Battle Wildfires With Big Guns
The National Interagency Fire Center logged at least 48 large fires in 12 states last summer in the United States. When conditions set the stage for fire disaster, heavy equipment helps battle blazes. Putting in fire breaks to slow fire advancement, creating a safe area where firefighters can conduct burnout operations, and clearing out damaged trees are just some of the ways heavy machinery is necessary to fighting wildfires in the United States and abroad....
ADOT - Tue May 21, 2019
ADOT, Partners Expand Healthy Forest Initiative to Reduce Wildfire Risk
After the largest wildfire in state history burned more than 538,000 acres of eastern Arizona forest, the Arizona Department of Transportation and other groups launched a partnership in 2014 that included easing weight restrictions on certain state highways to help timber companies remove small trees and other vegetation that could fuel catastrophic fires....
