PACIFIC NORTHWEST EDITION
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December 19 2021 Vol. V • No. 26
“The Nation’s Best Read Construction Newspaper… Founded in 1957.” Your Pacific Northwest Connection – Patrick Kiel – 1-877-7CEGLTD – pkiel@cegltd.com
Infrastructure leading to timber harvesting sites can be challenging, especially during the dry season when low humidity makes wildfire an almost daily threat. In Oregon, difficult terrain is often an issue as well. Both conditions came into play when timberland giant Weyerhaeuser needed access to a new logging site near the
rugged coastline of southwest Oregon. For a solution, the company looked no further than nearby Coos Bay Timber Operators, located in North Bend, Ore. The project called for the creation of 1,880 ft. of new logging roads and 2,280 ft. of new logging tower landings. This required new construction and reconstruction to match meth-
ods used today with the appropriate terrain. Overall, the project had a cost of $26,000. A key piece of equipment was a Kobelco SK300, which was utilized for excavating and stump removal. This machine was the first high wide SK300 with a Oregon OSHA forestry cab. see TIMBER page 6