New innovations and operating practices suited to North American harvesting operations
- 20 April 2017, Kelso, Washington, USA
Steep Slope Logging 2017
What was covered?
- Find out what the world’s leading steep slope logging experts are doing
- Safely fell and bunch on slopes up to 100% without hand felling
- Learn how you can access valuable fibre productivity in difficult terrain
Who attended?
- Forestry managers
- Forest owners
- Harvest planners
- Harvesting contractors
- Technical foresters
- Forestry H&S managers
- Forestry consultants
- Plantation forestry researchers
Innovatek
Innovatek specialises in connecting and supporting businesses with the latest intelligence, technologies and innovations best suited to their operations.
Innovatek also produces Australasia’s two leading newsletters for the forest products industry, Friday Offcuts and WoodWeek.
Logging and Sawmilling Journal
Established in 1969, Logging and Sawmilling Journal covers both woodlands and timber processing sectors from the small logging contractor to the senior executive building state-of-the-art mills, wood energy and wood pellet facilities.
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TimberWest
Since 1975, each issue of TimberWest has been packed with valuable job stories on successful mechanized harvesting, wood processing techniques and equipment. Also inside you’ll find timely information on legislation, industry news, annual events, people profiles and products reviews.
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Programme
19 April 2017 | Pre-Conference
Evening Ice breaker20 April 2017 | Conference
Session 1 | International developments in steep slope logging- A paradigm shift in forest contracting: Mechanization down under
- The Falcon Forestry story: Recent advances and future plans
- When the logger is also the manufacturer: The Climbmax Approach to safe steep slope harvesting
- Building and operating a dual purpose system steep slope machine
- A world first: Remote controlled mechanical tree felling on steep terrain – early trial results
- An engineering approach to tethered harvesting: Development of the EMS tethering system
- A contracting approach to mechanical harvesting systems on slopes: Experiences and learnings
- Winch assist clam bunk harvesting/forwarding in BC – early indications of costs & performance
- Equipment suppliers: Technical views on steep slope harvesting mechanization developments
- Key industry-identified risk management issues for mechanised harvesting operations
- Practical outcomes from FPInnovations’ steep slope initiative
- PANEL: Can the Kiwi paradigm shift successfully translate to the Pacific Northwest?
21 April 2017 | Field Tours
- Tractionline/Summit Field Tour
- ClimbMAX Field Tour
