TimberWest - September/October 2015

A Family Affair Bryant Logging Beavercreek, OR

Designing His Own Solution Krume’s TM50R winch assist

Investment in Small Log Line

Oregon’s Rough & Ready Lumber Mill

Tech Review:

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Photo taken by Lindsay R. Mohlere of Zane Bryant of Bryant Logging, operating his 2013 Link-Belt 290.

A Family Affair

A Family Affair The way Mike Bryant sees it, the future growth of his company will depend upon the size of his family.

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Designing His Own Solutions Eric Krume designs the TM50R, a multipurpose, remote-controlled, 50’ winch assist system to make his operation, and others, more efficient and profitable.

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Woody Biomass Column As brutal wildfire season ends, can we choose differently next year.

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Investment in Small Log Line A $7 million investment in Rough & Ready Lumber Mill allows them to utilize a wide range of log diameters and species.

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2015 Lumberjack World Championships Northwest men and women make their mark at the 2015 event.

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Investment in Small Log Line

ALC Meeting American Loggers Council honors loggers at its annual meeting in Eureka, Calif.

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Tech Review A look at the range of forwarders available in the industry.

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Forest Service Chief Reviews Fire Season, Calls for Two-Part Solution to Fire Budget

U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell reviewed the 2015 fire season and provided insight into longer term trends and challenges for the agency during testimony before the House Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Subcommittee. Tidwell highlighted concerns over the increasing cost of suppressing wildfires, emphasizing that more than half of the agency’s annual budget now goes toward fire suppression.

Tidwell outlined two key issues the Forest Service is wrestling with that must be resolved by Congress.

First, the chronic increase in the portion of the Forest Service budget devoted to fire suppression must be stopped. The current rate of increase results in progressively less funding for fire prevention and restoration activities. In 1995, fire suppression made up 16 percent of the Forest Service’s annual appropriated budget—this year, for the first time, more than 50 percent of the budget will be dedicated to fire.

“Left unchecked, the share of the budget devoted to fire in 2025 could exceed 67 percent,” said Tidwell. “We are at a critical moment in the history of the Forest Service.

Urgent action is needed in order to ensure that the Forest Service does not become further hindered by the continually increasing percentage of our budget that is dedicated to wildfire suppression activities.”

Second, we must stop the practice of “fire transfer” that occurs when the cost of fighting fires in a given year is more than Congress appropriates for that specific function, and the Forest Service must deplete restoration, watershed, and recreation programs to pay for fire suppression. This fiscal year the transfer was a record $700 million.

OSHA Gives Oregon Forest Service Bad Marks

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced that the U.S. Forest Service in Oregon has been cited for multiple workplace safety violations over the past decade. Many of them were found at Malheur National Forest facilities.

The USFS will focus on a number of violations including, among others: • Failure to require employees to wear eye protection when working with caustic chemicals.

• Ladder flaws • Woodworking machines that could restart after power failures.

• Unacceptable guardrails • Seasonal housing with insufficient secondary fire exits.

Forest Service Releases Interactive Tribal Connections Map

The U.S. Forest Service released Tribal Connections, a new online interactive mapping tool that shows how lands managed by the agency connect or overlap with current tribal trust lands and lands tribes exchanged with the federal government prior to 1900.

This reference tool will help Forest Service employees and the public better understand historical treaties and the role they play in making current land management decisions.

“Our country has a deep, yet sometimes forgotten, connection to indigenous people and their lands, which all Americans now call home,” said Arthur “Butch” Blazer, Deputy Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment. “By showing historical and modern connections to public lands in one place, we can all understand that land management decisions should take into account more than what meets the eye.”

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A Family Affair

Bryant Logging stays small, lean, and efficient

By Lindsay Mohlere

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he way Mike Bryant sees it, the future growth of his Beavercreek, Oregon based company will depend upon the size of his family.

“I like the size we are now. Both my sons and two of their friends are operating the machines, and my wife Vicki does our books. I have another son, and if he wants to get into the business, I’ll find a way to get him involved. Right now, the greatest thing for me is to be able to work with my two older sons,” Bryant says.

In their early teens, sons Zane and Luke Bryant started out in the woods limbing and bucking logs on the landing, manning Stihl 044s with thirty-two inch bars. “I wanted to get the boys started early, learning how to work. I even had my daughter, Carly (Bryant) Davis bumping knots on the

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landing one summer for us. Handled a Stihl 026. Great little worker,” Mike says. Not long after that, Zane started skidding and Luke began falling timber.

Rounding out the Crew

Working with Mike’s sons, Shayne Jenkins and Joel Guenther round out the crew. Shayne grew up with both Bryant boys and has worked for the operation for more than four years. Joel joined the Bryant crew a year ago but was their Number One log trucker for years. “Joel had his own truck and hauled for us for years,” Bryant says. “We were able to get him on the payroll and in a loader. He’s a solid employee.”

Like most other logging operations, Bryant knows finding good employees is extremely difficult in this day and age. “It’s hard to find people that want to work in the woods and take the responsibility of the job,”

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he says explaining that Lucas was a journeyman plumber but chooses to work in the woods with the family. “Our crew has known each other since they were boys. Everyone cares about the job they do. Keeping it in the family is comfortable. It gives us more independence,” Bryant added.

More Machines than Men

With such a small crew, Bryant Logging usually works one side at a time, while Mike does smaller, private jobs. Another friend of

Above: Zane, Mike and Luke Bryant are the core group of the tightknit Bryant Logging operation. Right: The 1995 4300 Link-Belt and the 2014 290 Link-Belt work as a finely honed team processing and stacking logs.

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Zane Bryant operates his 2013 Link-Belt 290 with the same skill he shows at logging show log loading competitions. the Bryant boys, Kenny Daiker, works with Mike, doing whatever is needed.

Depending upon the work contracted, the company will run a shovel logging side or a thinning side. Zane explained that the company is primarily a shovel logging operation but does cut-to-length thinning work to fill in the gaps.

“The logging business is competitive.

Thinning seemingly less so, probably because it’s harder and requires specialized equipment. We’ve got the equipment to do most ground based jobs,” he says, adding that the company does plan on continuing to update

equipment as it makes sense.

“The boys do the larger jobs, and I do some smaller, private owner ones on the side,” Mike adds. In addition to helping smaller land owners market and sell their timber, Mike’s major responsibility is to keep the company working.

To stay competitive in a highly competitive business, Bryant believes a small company must be willing to go the extra step while keeping production at a high level.

“On the side we’re working now, we’re taking poles. They’re not marked, but Luke has the ability to pick them out himself

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ContractorProfile while still maintaining good production. It’s all part of that extra step,” Zane says. “We’re always looking for ways to make ourselves more valuable. Taking the poles on this job is an extra step that helps keep our customers happy.”

Working as a precision team also pays off.

On average, Bryant Logging hauls 12 to 14 loads a day, pounding out over 14 MMBF a year.

On the current shovel side, Zane Bryant puts a 2013 Link-Belt 290 through its paces stacking decks with the same intensity he exhibits when competing in log loader competitions at the Estacada Timber Festival and the Oregon Logging Conference in Eugene, Oregon.

At the landing, Joel uses the company’s 1995 Link-Belt 4300 loading trucks. Lucas Bryant handles the processing, operating a 2014 Link-Belt 290 equipped with a Waratah 624 Super Processor head.

Shayne completes the package with a 2002 Caterpillar 525B grapple skidder, hauling trees to keep the shovels going at top production.

When Mike Bryant takes on a small, private job, he typically employs a 1994 LinkBelt 2800 and a 1977 John Deere 440C grapple skidder.

Bryant Logging finds thinning a little less competitive, which works for them.

The company prides on constantly looking for ways to add more value and make customers happy.

Partial to Link-Belts

“We’re partial to Link-Belt shovels,” Mike says. “My first loader was the 2800 and I still use it. It’s a good little loader. Same with the 4300. The newer 290s have great fuel efficiency. They use about three gallons an hour less than the 4300. Over the course of a day, that’s a huge savings!”

In addition to the fuel savings of the Link-Belts, Bryant feels comfortable working on the machines. “You get familiar with a machine. They’re easier to work on. And we get good support from Triad Machinery.

They’ve got a good crew.” (continued on page 10)

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The key to Bryant's success is doing high quality work. "All of our work comes from word of mouth,” says Mike Bryant.

Zane also indicated that Link-Belts were one of the last manufacturers to go to the Tier Four engine. “Our two new machines have Tier 3s. We didn’t want to have to deal with the new maintenance requirements of the Tier Four engine until they get the bugs worked out,” he says.

Other machines in the Bryant stable include a 1994 Case 850 Crawler, a 2002 TimberKing 711 with a Waratah 470, a 1972 Peterbilt dump truck, and a 1984 Trail King TK 40 equipment trailer.

Most maintenance is handled by Mike and his crew. Bryant also uses Sandberg & Son in Molalla, Oregon, when the situation warrants.

Keeping on Through Rough Times

The company knows how to weather what the industry throws at them. In 1972, Mike Bryant bought a D4 CAT when he was still in high school intent on getting into the logging business. Unfortunately, an accident took him out of the game. He didn’t get back to logging until a neighbor asked him to log his ground. From that inauspicious beginning, Bryant restarted his career and punched his way through the good times and the rough times, including the latest recession.

“We didn’t do anything for over nine months straight,” Mike says. “It about buried us, but we survived.”

One of Mike’s survival tactics through the rough waters was to mail out an introduction letter, business references, and an equipment list to private landowners, timber consultants, mills, and all. Basically he contacted anyone and everyone looking for work.

It took a while, but in the end a timber consultant put Bryant Logging back to work, and the rest is history.

However, Mike’s efforts from seven years ago are still paying off. Recently, he received a call from Andy Weathers, who is now working as a harvest manager for Weyerhaeuser.

Weathers, new to the job at the time, needed to boost production and dug out Mike’s information he received in 2008. That conversation eventually led to Bryant Logging taking on the company’s first contract with Weyerhaeuser Columbia Timberlands.

“All of our work comes from word of mouth,” Mike says. “But the key is doing a good job. We enjoy doing a good job for the people we work for. That, and being able to work with friends and family, is my biggest reward.”

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Designing His Own Solution Eric Krume designs the TM50R, a multi-purpose, remote-controlled, 50’ winch assist system to make his operation, and others, more efficient and profitable.

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uring the Olympia Logging Conference, Eric Krume, owner of Krume Logging & Excavation and also co-owner of Summit Machinery, got up to speak. Typical of these types of events, many people were only halflistening. Some were even checking their cell phones.

When Eric said, “Nobody’s building much for the logging industry. I think we’re going to have to do it ourselves. So, I did,” folks perked up.

Eric described his TM50R, a cable-assist attachment, which he designed and manufactured. With it he consistently works 70 to 80 percent slopes. By the time Eric showed the audience pictures of jobs where roads never had to be built (a huge savings) and dangerous hand felling had been eliminated, cell phones had long been forgotten.

By the end of his talk, people were excited. This person wasn’t complaining about the industry. Quite the opposite. Eric had seen a problem and designed the solution.

“You have to make a profit, or you can’t stay in business. Simple as that,” he said. “Now I’m able to do stuff nobody else can do so I can compete.”

More Mechanization

TimberWest caught up with Eric recently

EquipmentProfile MillProfile to find out more about his TM50R and winch assist logging.

“They [the industry] have been playing around with this kind of stuff for a couple years. And I’d been thinking about it and watching what’s going on,” he says. “I think it’s here to stay. I think we’re going to have to learn how to do it.”

He had just completed a 70-acre Weyerhaeuser job near Sedro Woolley, that wouldn’t have been feasible previously, because it would have had to be entirely hand felled. Eric, however, was able to cut it using his new attachment.

“It’s just mechanizing. It ups the production on the yarders by a significant amount— around 30 to 50 percent. But for most of the stuff I do, it ups it by 100 percent. If I can get ten loads hand cut, I’ll get 20 loads mechanically felled. So it makes a big difference.”

Designing the Attachment

When Eric set out to design the attachment, he knew it had to be versatile, because a “one-size fits all” doesn’t work well in the industry. “I tried to build a machine that we could traction assist with, that we could yard with, and also do different things with. We didn’t want a situation where if we weren’t winch assisting, all our investment was tied up.”

Eric also had to stay within crane rules, which is a 3x safety factor. And he

incorporated things he’d learned working with the DNR, Weyerhaeuser, and other companies, including some in New Zealand.

“It’s just a Northwest spin on some stuff that’s been going on down there.”

Eric spent about three months putting the TM50R together with the help of his team at the Summit Machinery shop. It was time well spent, he says. “The alternative was to spend $500,000 to $1.5M dollars for one machine. I just didn’t want to spend that money to try something out.”

Eric currently has the TM50R mounted on a 330-size track hoe. Since it’s an attachment, there was little modification to the machine. And since it’s remote controlled, Eric says, “It runs from the other machine, so it’s still kind of a one-man operation, even though it’s two machines.”

Hard at Work

Eric has been using the attachment for about six months now, on 70 and 80 percent slopes. “On an 80 percent slope, I can slack (continued on page 14)

Krume has found that with the TM50R he has been able to increase production as much as 100 percent. He has also been able to save money by needing fewer roads built.

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EquipmentProfile my line—the cable that’s tied to the other machine—and the machine that’s down over the hill, it’ll just sit there. So I’m not on any slope. With the cable assist, I can get right back up the hill with no struggling.”

“From an operator’s standpoint,” he adds, “I’ve worked on steep ground my whole life.

Now it’s a whole different thing. And it’s very, very simple. We’ve got a remote controlled drum and we’re assisting a machine up and down the hill with a big cable.”

The TM50R is also a great use of older equipment, ideally 250-350 class machines.

“When you put a machine on the hill, and you’re using it as a winch assist machine, I literally put my throttle at one-quarter throttle and it sits there and idles all day long.

That machine will last for a hundred years.

So an old machine that just runs reliably is all you really need.”

Designing for Others

There’s been some interest in Eric’s attachment. He is currently building machines for two other contractors. Although the new machines look different, they have the same drum and control.

“I mounted one on a log loader, and I’m mounting one on an old Madill feller buncher. I’m still of the opinion that we can

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mount this on pretty much any machine that’s got pumps on it,” says Eric. “It keeps the costs down. With the modification, and adding video and remote control and drums and everything that requires the winch assist, we’re in the $150,000 to $250,000 range.”

More Solutions Ahead

Eric enjoys designing solutions for loggers. “My shop is kind of a prototype shop.

We’re very quick acting, and if you can dream it up, we can build it.”

Eric says there are others like him in the industry, who know what the problems are and they’ve got ideas, but unlike him they’re uncomfortable with designing and manufacturing. For those folks he says, “See me! We can sit down and work together and see what we can do.”

He adds with a smile, “I like developing stuff. I never dreamed I’d be doing it. I’ve always built stuff and raced cars and done all that, but nothing like what I’m doing now.”

Simplicity

In a nutshell Eric says the TR50M is about safety and production “Everybody wants safety, but nobody wants to pay for it. This has both. It’s more productive by the nature of it, and it’s much safer for everybody

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because you’ve got less fewer guys on the ground.”

When asked if he will go steeper than 80 percent, he says not right now. “There are companies in New Zealand that are on 100 percent. I’m not willing to go there at this point because if something were to go wrong, it requires a cable on that machine to

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EquipmentProfile Krume, who has been working on slopes from 70 to 80 percent, says the TM50R is versatile and can be mounted on a variety of machines with little modification.

hold it on the hill. Without it, it will tip over or slide. The ground I’m on right now, you could take the cable off and just sit there.”

Operator Certification

Even though the new technology will create a greater level of safety on the job, Eric would like to take things a step further,

especially for operators on steep slopes.

“I’ve been talking with Weyerhaeuser and FP Innovations and WorkSafeBC, and I’d like to see them put something in place where we certify our operators, just like you would do an airline pilot. Get them loading logs and just verify that they have experience doing that, get them out on the ground

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untethered and let them work flat bottom machines on steeper ground and verify that they’ve done that. Then move them into a leveling machine, untethered, verify that they have whatever experience people want them to have. And then move into traction assisted. The person in the seat has to have a good idea of what he can and can’t do.”

He adds, “We don’t want to put inexperienced people on the hill. If they don’t feel comfortable, they don’t belong there.” He’d rather be proactive now than wait for someone else’s rules down the road.

In the meantime, more people are calling Eric about his new attachment, including some of the operators he competes with. He may have to decide at some point if he will be a logger or a machine manufacturer.

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Idaho Sustainable Forestry Tour for Educators

The concept of sustainable forestry came alive for a group of educators and counselors who invested a week of their time in an on-the-ground forest tour and learning experience.

Forty-three participants including elementary, high school, and A/P level teachers and school counselors participated in the Idaho Forest Products Commission’s annual “Sustainable Forestry Tour.”

During the week-long hands-on, on-the-ground experience, participants were immersed in all aspects of the forest products industry from nurseries and plantations to logging and wood and paper manufacturing. Throughout the tour, forest professionals, landowners, business owners, and representatives from state and federal agencies gave presentations about their role in the ongoing cycle of sustainable forestry.

“This is an experience that changes the way educators think about forests, forest products, and manufacturing,” commented Michelle Youngquist, IFPC Education Coordinator.

Participants also learned how to take their experience back to the classroom and share with their students through a variety of activities, materials, and teaching aids. The tour is made possible by over 60 sponsors including the Idaho Forest Products Commission. www.idahoforests.org/tour.htm

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AFRC files Lawsuit

On August 31, the American Forest Resource Council (AFRC) joined its members, Swanson Group, Rough & Ready Lumber, Seneca Sawmill Company, Seneca Jones Timber Co., Freres Lumber Co., Hull-Oakes Lumber Co., Starfire Lumber Co., C & D Lumber Co., South Coast Lumber Co., Boise Cascade Wood Products, and Douglas Timber Operators, as well as individuals Rob Freres, Scott Keep, and Bob Ragon, in filing a new lawsuit in federal District Court in Washington, D.C. The lawsuit is aimed at forcing the BLM to fulfill its commitment under the O&C Act to sell timber from the O&C lands in western Oregon.

The lawsuit covers all six BLM Oregon Districts. The new Swanson III lawsuit combines the elements of two earlier cases — Swanson I and Swanson II.

Sierra Pacific commits $6 million to OSU Advanced Wood Products Laboratory

Sierra Pacific Industries, one of the largest lumber producers in the United States, has committed $6 million to the College of Forestry at Oregon State University to support construction of an advanced wood products laboratory.

The project is part of OSU’s Oregon Forest Science Complex initiative, which will create a new home for the college on campus.

In the 20,000-square-foot laboratory, faculty and students will develop products like cross-laminated timber—the engineered wood panels at the center of growing global interest in substituting wood for steel and concrete in high-rise buildings.

Fire Borrowing and Related Impacts

On September 15, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the Forest Service will need an additional $250 million to help fund fire suppression, in addition to the $450 million requested in August. The record amount of $700 million will have to be “borrowed” from other accounts within the Forest Service budget.

The Forest Resources Association (FRA) reported that the funds will be borrowed from the following accounts: K-V Funding - $197 million Restoration and Improvements - $161 million Salvage Sale Fund - $63 million Brush Disposal - $38 million Hazardous Fuels - $23 million Timber Sale Pipeline Fund - $17 million

Timber Management Related Total: $499 million

Tom Partin of FRA wrote, “With over 8.8 million acres burned this year by wildfires, the Forest Service can ill-afford to have needed management dollars taken from their budgets. Currently, the Forest Service treats approximately 250,000 acres per year by mechanical thinning to reduce fuels and overcrowded forests. When fire borrowing is activated and management budgets are reduced (this year by $499 million) the Forest Service will never get in front of the massive problem of fire-prone and unhealthy forests.”

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The September 2015 Economic and Revenue Forecast is now available on DNR’s website. The next forecast will be available at the end of November 2015.

Bottom line for Timber Revenue was as follows: Revenue for FY 15 is $13 million more than forecast in June, resulting in a 20132015 biennial revenue of $313 million. Revenue for the 2015-2017 biennium decreased by $13 million to $394 million, down three percent from June’s forecast. www.dnr.wa.gov/about/fiscal-reports/quarterly-economic-andrevenue-forecasts TW

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As Brutal Wildfire Season Ends, Can We Choose Differently Next Year?

By Barbara Coyner

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Wildfire Close to Home

e have hopefully just

about finished a brutal wildfire season, although some western states still smolder or face risk. It’s no accident that some of these fires occurred near, or in, overstocked national forests, although drought and climate issues also contributed. But a look at a smaller wildfire near my home in northern Idaho can illustrate that prudent thinning and even some grazing can ward off fast-traveling wildfires. In the process of thinning, we can reduce health and property hazards and maybe turn some of the wood waste residue into green energy.

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With a lack of snow pack, early melt-off, and hot dry days, August weather conditions were ripe for a fire breaking out near a Harvard, Idaho, homestead. The fire was only eight miles from my family’s home, on the edge of what has long been called the asbestos forest, because it has never had a major burn. As sparks quickly ignited in the tinder dry woods, firefighters responded, with tankers delivering support to keep the wildfire inside a 1,300-acre perimeter.

High winds blasted flames through the timber, as smoke choked our air, and we pondered potential evacuation plans.

Interestingly enough, the wildfire nearly stopped in its tracks where the landowner

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had prudently thinned his trees and grazed his sheep. His wife said state firefighters were particularly impressed with what they saw in terms of forest stewardship.

Burned or Biomass

“Forest stewardship” is not merely a pleasant tag line for timber companies.

Most logging contractors know that hammering forests with over-aggressive logging is not the answer, but prudent thinning is.

As Malcolm North, a researcher for the Forest Service at Davis, California, said in a September 16, 2015 article in the Wall Street Journal, “Thinning is a great tool. I often joke (continued on page 20)

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WoodyBiomassColumn (continued from page 18) we need to get beavers on crack out there to start chewing down trees.”

Yet thinning of forests still gets a bum rap—or a blank stare. An Idaho Forest Products Commission representative at a recent county fair noted that one woman loved the Commission’s bumper sticker that advocated thinning, but the woman said she was against all logging. Go figure! Did she think thinning involves a giant lawn mower mowing down brush? If chainsaws and logging equipment are the perceived enemies,

then by extension, so is woody biomass.

And therein lies the rest of the problem.

People who can’t get behind prudent thinning—or even define it—will not be fans of woody biomass and its potential to provide for some of our power and fuel needs.

That might of course be subject to change if and when a wildfire ravages the person’s neighborhood or home in the future. The plain reality is most people, if correctly informed, would rather have a forest thinned and woody biomass used, than have a wildfire destroy everything they own. As I write this, fires are not completely out in the West

and those who lost homes in this year’s inferno might want to consider advocating for forest thinning, particularly in overstocked and undermanaged national forests. It just makes sense.

Getting the Message Out

In our currently politically charged culture, it’s hard to inform and make a case for better federal forest management. Recently a friend advised me to sign a petition to increase federal funding for fighting wildfires.

Really? Does she know how that funding works and all the hidden little contracting deals that bloat wildfire funding? Does she know the peculiar rules now in place for fighting fires? And does she know that there might be a better way, perhaps providing more funds for thinning, upgraded timber industry infrastructure, maybe even woody biomass power generation or cellulosic ethanol research?

It is a fact that western forests are a special management scenario, and these days even environmental groups such as The Nature Conservancy recognize that. This year the group hired loggers to thin trees on part of its 2,600 acres of private forestlands near Lake Tahoe. If The Nature Conservancy is hiring loggers to thin, we are in a new day.

As the Wall Street Journal article notes, “…thinning is challenging work, due in part to mill closures across the West.”

Transportation charges mount up, especially when there is no local mill nearby. A Forest Service representative said costs for thinning have now doubled, averaging $2000 per acre. Yet 52 percent of this year’s $5.1 billion Forest Service budget is allocated for firefighting, up 16 percent since 1995. Those dollars have already gone up in smoke, with Forest Service funds for thinning now being raided. What would all that money have bought in terms of proactive management and thinning?

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Clearly we need to get past arguments and costly litigation that stall important forestry work, because our western forests require special care—as they always have. We should not be complacent about managing and protecting our federal forests, which continue to make all adjacent forestlands vulnerable, as well. We need to thin. And once that thinning occurs, we need to use the wood wastes to our advantage. If it means subsidies for timber and energy industry infrastructure, transportation and other active management, that is far better than padding firefighting budgets. Yet this very day, we waffle on our national policy—as if there won’t be another terrible fire season next year.

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Investment in Small Log Line

The Rough & Ready Lumber Mill upgrade resulted in the creation of more than 60 jobs.

By Tony Kryzanowski

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has brought back a familiar sound to Josephine County, Oregon, located just north of the California border— the sound of trucks, mobile equipment, and sawmill blades from the Rough & Ready Lumber mill, after nearly a year in mothballs.

Sawmill co-owner, Link Phillippi, says the investment was made possible from a partially forgivable $1 million loan from the state’s Strategic Reserve Fund resulting from their creation of more than 60 jobs, and $4 million to $6 million from both state and

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federal New Market Tax Credits meant for development in distressed areas. The reopening of the sawmill has put 70 people back to work in this area of high unemployment.

“The retooling of the mill allows us to utilize a wide range of log diameters and species and lines us up with the local log supply better. That has made all the difference,” says Phillippi.

Mill Closes in 2013

In an all-too-familiar story for southern Oregon, Phillippi says it wasn’t a lack of lumber sales that precipitated the sawmill’s closure in 2013. It was a lack of access to wood fiber within a reasonable distance to

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keep the third-generation sawmill running. Owned by the Krauss family, the mill was founded in 1922 by the grandfather of Phillippi’s wife and business partner, Jennifer Krauss Phillippi. Many of the sawmill’s customers have been with them since the business began and were eager for them to reopen.

The story of Rough & Ready Lumber’s closure reads like the tale of a man dying from thirst while being surrounded by an abundance of water. Located near the town of Cave Junction, Rough & Ready (continued on page 24)

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(continued from page 22) Lumber is within easy driving distance to the Rogue River- Siskiyou National Forest, the Klamath National Forest, the Six Rivers National Forest, and the Medford District of the Bureau of Land Management. About 70 percent of the county is federal forest.

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recovery from the size of commercial wood fiber available to the sawmill, leaving Phillippi much more optimistic about its future.

He also senses a change in the public’s perception of the role careful logging can play in national forests, as questions are raised about the need to maintain the overall health of these forests and the potential for forest fires if some measure of forest management doesn’t occur.

“If there is one thing that the federal government needs to wake up and start doing quite a bit it’s to start managing some of their forests by fire-proofing them and starting to remove some of the excessive fiber caused by years of successful fire prevention,” says Phillippi.

Investment in Small Log Line

Supply and Production

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The sawmill is a two-line mill that processes Ponderosa pine, Sugar pine, and Douglas fir. Currently operating on a oneshift basis, Phillippi hopes to bring on a

MillProfile The large log line can process logs in the 24” and over diameter range, while the small log line process logs from 6” to 30” diameter. second shift once the economics and wood supply issues align.

At present, the sawmill produces high volumes of shop and industrial, random width, pine lumber, in five quarter and six quarter thickness and typically in 16’ lengths sold primarily to remanufacturers, particularly window and door manufacturers. Their Douglas fir line is primarily structural dimension lumber and timbers. The product ratio is about 75 percent pine and 25 percent Douglas fir. The sawmill will process 30 million board feet of logs annually on a singleshift basis.

The large log line will process logs in the 24” and over diameter range, while the small log line will process logs from 6” to 30” diameter.

“We had to downsize in 1995 and shift our focus so that we were about 90 percent dependent on the private wood supply [versus public forests],” says Phillippi. “That was quite a change, but the log supply dictated that we had to make an adjustment.”

That trend continues today, with supply coming from about a dozen large, industrial landowners in southern Oregon and northern California, within 100 to 150 miles from the sawmill. Given that it is the only pine sawmill on the west side of the Cascade Mountain Range, it has a niche in terms of sourcing its wood supply.

At its peak in the early 1990s when wood fiber from public lands was plentiful,

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the sawmill had over 200 employees operating both onsite mills on a two-shift basis.

That fell to about 145 employees once the public timber supply retracted, with a further reduction in shifts and employees to 85 by 2002, with a focus on operating the large log line almost exclusively.

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MillProfile out 200 miles to find enough wood,” says Phillippi. “It got to be so that the transportation costs were too high, and we decided it was time to pull the plug.” It was the uncertainty of the log supply that precipitated that decision.

New Focus

With financial support from the state, the sawmill owners decided to invest in their small log line and reopen the mill because they realized that the diameter of local logs was becoming smaller and smaller.

“We just said that we needed to align our sawmill manufacturing more in line with the timber supply within 100 miles of our operation,” says Phillippi, “and that required us to invest in our small log mill, which has allowed us to saw logs more efficiently.” The result has been more production per hour, fewer employees, and a more competitive business Phillippi describes the large log line as a lower technology cutting mill with three dimensional scanning in front of the headrig, but a situation where the operator is still making all the decisions when to turn the log, how deep to cut, and what products to manufacture from each log.

By contrast, he describes the refurbished small log line as a higher tech, optimized, higher speed mill, processing a lower quality of smaller log, but achieving high production per hour.

The sawmill reopened in September 2014. The focus was to design the small log line so that it could process larger cants.

Prior to the capital investment, logs on this line had to be broken down to 6” cants before they could be processed further through an edger on the outfeed.

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Between the sawmill and planer mill at Rough and Ready Lumber, there is a Wellons wood-fired boiler, 12 double-track dry kilns, and a 1.5 megawatt cogen power plant. to an operator-controlled bucking system.

Logs are conveyed to the Maximil overhead 24’ end dogger with an existing 6’ Klamath Iron Works quad saw with chipper heads.

Boards are processed through an existing Sherman 6” X 42” board edger. To allow the small log line to process larger cants, Rough & Ready lumber invested in a USNR optimized, 12” double-arbor gang edger with optimization scanning provided by Baxley to process the cants. They replaced a single band resaw line with a Letson and Burpee 5’ twin resaw. Lumber from the edger, gang edger, and resaw line all converge on a single landing table.

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“This investment has allowed us to saw 6” to 30” logs pretty efficiently on our small log line, and we can also take some of the wood that we are running through our large log mill,” says Phillippi.

From the landing table, the lumber is processed through a Lucidyne grade mark reader, leading to a USNR Irvington 24’ automatic trimmer and a Newnes 40 bin, J-bar sorter. After the sorter, there is a USNR Lunden 24’ sticker/stacker with all new PLC controls. Stacked lumber proceeds to the dry kilns. Between the sawmill and planer mill, there is a Wellons wood-fired boiler, 12 double-track dry kilns, and a 1.5 megawatt (MW) cogen power plant.

About $2 million was also invested in the planer mill to accommodate the higher production from the sawmill, including a new infeed and outfeed system, a higher speed, rebuilt Stetson-Ross 614 D1, 8” X 25” planer, a Lucidyne grade mark reader, a USNR Irvington trimmer, and a 17-bin USNR Irvington sorter, leading to a Flow Tech stacker.

Both lines of the sawmill, as well as the planer mill, are now back into full production.

“We are in a poor, rural community in southern Oregon that has an abundance of federal public forests that can provide an awful lot of opportunity,” says Phillippi. “It’s a good thing to have this mill running, providing jobs and an economic lifeline for one of the poorest areas of the state.”

He estimates that with the sawmill operating, they are providing about 600 direct and indirect jobs.

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Unique Operator Challenges in Steep-Slope Logging

By Nate Burton, Technical & Safety Services Manager, Association of Equipment Manufacturers

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expand in steep-slope harvest efficiency.

Harvest innovations go back at least as far as Jeremiah, when he cut the cedars of Lebanon to rebuild the temple.

In this generation, we’ve seen the development of leveling-cab tracked bunchers in the 80s. Pat Crawford’s engine-down and then engine-up Timbco designs were eagerly adopted for obvious efficiency.

Industry sources report that tethered machines (‘traction winch’ equipped harvesters and forwarders) are fast taking over where high lines and carriages have previously been used.

Steep-slope operators should consider these points.

1. More physical stress. When the operator seat is tilted from level, no matter which way it has you leaning—forward, back, or to one side—fighting gravity for hours boosts muscle strain and fatigue. Multipoint seat harnesses may help, but consider working out like a NASCAR driver.

2. Watch your appendages! A heavy cab door facing up or down hill is tough when entering or exiting—gravity may suddenly pull the door open (and the operator clumsily out with it), or gravity may suddenly close it, smashing fingers, hand, or arm. Injury is more likely when carrying items.

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every day—the machine, winch, cable, anchor point, and everything securing the machine (and operator) on the slope.

Lastly, search machine documents for guidance and warnings, AND accessory and attachment manuals, too!

Go home good!

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Lumberjack World Champ

By Kenneth Bonnes

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he 56th Lumberjack World

Championships had a new twist — the addition of the Double-Jill Crosscut. With this new women’s event on the roster, the Hayward, Wisconsin, venue provided an extra chance for those ladies who excel at the crosscut to, well, excel at the crosscut.

Northwest Woman Makes Her Mark

Erin LaVoie of Seattle, Washington was back, and so were Nancy Zalewski (WI), Lindsay Daun (pronounced “Down”) (IL), and Denise Ott (MN). Add to those four a competitor from Santa Rosa, California: Andrea Furber-Card. Zalewski, Daun, and Ott have all, at one time or another, held the title of world champion in the single crosscut. Furber-Card was not there merely to watch (she was back after a nine-year absence) but came with the intent of putting her own name on the list of champions.

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Most events had surprises. But one that didn’t was the Women’s Underhand Chop, the only chopping event for females.

LaVoie had won it in 2014 with a time of 30.43 seconds, and speeding up in 2015, LaVoie’s axe made its final swing in just 26.755 seconds. Following were Amanda Beams (Australia), Zalewski, Martha King (PA), Kate Witkowski (WI), and Sheree Taylor. LaVoie and Zalewski had tallied important points while Daun, Ott, and Furber-Card had not.

Going solo on the misery whip is grueling. LaVoie had owned the Women’s Single Buck last year, being the only entrant to notch times that were under sixteen seconds. “Under sixteen seconds” didn’t cut it in 2015 as Daun sliced the last fiber at the 14.91 mark. Times between 15 and 16 seconds were respectively registered by LaVoie, Zalewski, and Furber-Card. Tracie Henning (NY), and Ott rounded out the field of six.

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Daun and LaVoie had made the finals.

With the strong showings, Lindsay Daun earned the title of All-Around Women’s World Champion—her first all-around championship.

The men’s all-around winner would be a repeat. But not the repeat that everyone expected.

Men’s Competition

Jason Wynyard had won the all-around title in 1999—and every year thereafter. For sixteen consecutive years, the muscular New Zealander had fought off every attempt to remove the coveted crown from his head.

And the seasoned warrior was back to do battle again.

After a sizable field of competitors had been trimmed down, Saturday’s events opened with the Hot Saw where Wynyard won with a time of 6.075 seconds through 20” of Eastern White Pine. Laurence O’Toole (Australia) and Cecil Starr (Ontario) finished 2nd and 3rd, respectively. David Jewett was in the finals but was disqualified; a disappointing start for the New Yorker.

LumberjacksCompete World Jill & Jill Champions Andrea Furber-Card (left) and Denise Ott are assisted by oiler/ wedger J.P. Mercier.

pionships Next was the Standing Chop where O’Toole led the field with 22.555, followed

by Dale Beams (Australia) and Wynyard.

Beams was in the money again on the Springboard, leading Martin Komarek (Czechoslovakia), O’Toole, and Nathan Waterfield (NY).

As usual Brian Bartow (Molalla, OR) made his presence known by finishing 2nd to Cassidy Scheer (MN) on the 60’ pole and taking the championship by swapping positions with Scheer in the 90’ climb.

Switching from single-bits to crosscuts, Jewett was in his glory as he ripped through the pine log in 14.375 sec. Following were Adam LaSalle (MN), Wynyard, Jason Lentz (WV), O’Toole, and Arden Cogar, Jr. (WV).

With little time to catch his breath, Jewett switched from a crosscut with one handle to a saw with two as he teamed with (continued on page 32) Brian Bartow (right) and Cassidy Scheer do battle on the 90’ poles.

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LumberjacksCompete (continued from page 31) Lindsay Daun in the Jack & Jill, to notch another championship. Then came the Double Buck where J.P. Mercier took Daun’s place.

Jewett won yet again.

Wynyard came back to win the Underhand Chop with O’Toole finishing 2nd, but the efforts of neither man were sufficient to prevent Jewett from absconding with the Men’s AllAround Championship title. A repeat? Yes, it was a repeat, for Jewett had won that honor one other time—in 1995.

Regaining the crown after a twenty-year absence from the throne is a significant feat in itself, but there is more to the story. This writer was present on the day that Dave Jewett—at another venue—took an unusually long time to complete a springboard event. Exhausted, he remained seated high on a springboard through the following event as he simply was too tired to climb down. After returning to New York, it was discovered that Dave was suffering from kidney failure and needed a transplant. His father was his donor. Dave regained his health, his strength, and his form. The rest is history. And a phenomenal history it is.

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Close Call - Chainsaw Accident

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Baker, a Hayward native now living in Poulsbo, Washington.

This would be a sweet homecoming for the up-and-coming lumberjack competitor.

Testing his Rotax 325cc hot saw the day before the competition, Trevor lit it up. All went well until saw chain touched wood. Apparently the name of that chain is “All Hell” because, in the vernacular of oldtime lumberjacks, all hell broke loose.

In Trevor’s words: “I started the saw and hit the throttle and as soon as I hit the wood with the chain it snapped and flew up and slapped me across the face, across my safety glasses.

Despite his wounds, Trevor Baker made it to the semi-finals. (Oiler/ wedger Jeff Skirvin)

(Thank god I was wearing my glasses!) The glasses smashed down on my face and exploded, all before I really even knew what hit me. With a chain speed of over 200mph, any little thing going wrong has a chance for devastating results. After I realized what happened. I saw the chain was gone and stayed calm as I could be, turned the saw off, set it down and pulled what was left of my glasses off and my ear muffs and threw them down. Only then did I realize how bad I had been cut as blood started to pour from my face and arm. Tiffany Messmer, my girlfriend who happens to be a nurse out here in Seattle, grabbed towels and started to get pressure on my wounds to stop the bleeding.”

An inspection of the chainsaw revealed holes and a notch where a sizable, triangular piece of the chain guard had broken out. Apparently a cutter had punctured the guard that would have kept the chain from flying forward. Centrifugal force caused the chain to whip. And the “whipping post” was Trevor’s face. The photos depict how close he came to losing an eye, a grim reminder that we all need to wear safety equipment.

Having a nurse for a girlfriend doesn’t hurt either.

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American Loggers Council Annual Meeting in Eureka

Attendees at the 21st annual American Loggers Council got a first hand look at logging in the redwood forests of northern California on green Diamond resource Company property near Eureka, CA (photo courtesy of Green Diamond Resource Company)

By Mary Bullwinkel

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Anderson Logging co-owner Myles Anderson, the American Loggers Council (ALC) held its annual meeting in Eureka, California, September 24-26.

Attendees were able to get a first-hand look at logging in redwood forests of northern California on Green Diamond resource Company land near Eureka. The woods tour included observation of active logging operations featuring a 6255B Thunderbird/Madill yarder—one of the two pieces of equipment being produced by Thunderbird when the company was purchased by Madill. Green Diamond Resource representatives said the yarder has the power of a Thunderbird and the operator ease of a Madill. A Caterpillar 330 loader was operating on the landing of the logging operations.

As the outgoing President of the American Loggers Council, Anderson received legislative recognition from California lawmakers Jim Wood, Mike McGuire, and Rob Bonta. Anderson expressed his appreciation for the opportunity to serve as President of ALC. “The American Loggers Council is one big family,” he said,

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“including the finest loggers and the finest people in the world.”

Montana logger Floyd Quiram and family, doing business as Quiram Logging, were recognized as the 2015 Logging Business of the Year. As Quiram accepted the award he also complimented Anderson and his northern California logging operations. “As long as the Anderson family is around, California will be okay,” Quiram said. “He is a first rate logger, operates a first rate business, and has done an outstanding job representing ALC.”

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Anderson said the success of Anderson Logging would not be possible without the dedicated employees. “From the top to the bottom, they are the reason our business is successful.”

Other awards presented during the ALC annual meeting, included one given to Great Lakes Timber Professionals Association Executive Director Henry Shienbeck, who received the ALC President’s Award and one give to Frank Myers of the Gahsburg (continued on page 38)

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Myers said to prompt change, one has to do more than complain, “One must be informed and take action…be proactive, and not reactive.” He urged loggers and timberland owners to take elected officials to the woods. “Show them what you do,” Myers said, “and be proud of what you do. It’s a small commitment of time,: he added, “but the payback is huge.”

More than 250 people attended the

Myles Anderson of Fort Bragg, CAbased Anderson Logging was recognized for his leadership role of the American Loggers Council.

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Annual meeting and many attended a luncheon, which included Congressman Tom McClintock discussing management of U.S. Forest Service lands. Congressman McClintock is Chair of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and the Environmental Regulation. He mentioned the devastating fires that have occurred and the additional damage, which results when salvage logging does not occur.

Congressman McClintock said when salvage logging does not occur, “vast tracts of forests are left to rot…and then become second generation fire habitat.” He said the first step to restoring sound (public) forest

management was a federal bill that passed the House of Representatives in July (HR 2647), and is now awaiting action in the U.S. Senate.

As Myles Anderson passed the ALC President’s gavel to Florida logger Richard Schwab, he wanted to also thank his family, including wife Stacy, parents Mike and Maribelle, and grandparents Don and Marie.

“I knew from a young age that I wanted to be a logger,” Anderson said. He represents the third generation of his family to be involved in Anderson Logging.

Quiram Logging from Montana was named the American Loggers Council Logging Business of the Year. Pictured are Floyd Quiram (at podium), wife Sandy and family.

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Equipment Displays Open 7a.m. - 8a.m.

Opening Session Breakfast - Wheeler Pavilion – Sponsor: Caterpillar & Peterson Cat 8:00a.m. – 11:00a.m.

President’s Address – Jeff Unger, 2016 President, Oregon Logging Conference Oregon State University Forestry Program Update – Dean Thomas Maness, Dean of Forestry, Keynote Speaker – Wiremu Lee Edmonds, Building Identity…Creating Leaders, Tuakiri Ltd, NZ Sponsor: Waratah 9a.m. - 4p.m.

Chainsaw Wood Carver – Outside Demonstration Area 10a.m. - 1p.m.

Elementary School Education Tours 10:30a.m. – 12:30p.m.

Exhibitor Hands On Seminar – “Log Roll Out” / “End Products”-Outside Display Area -2PL credit 12pm-6pm Lars Larson Show Broadcast Live Remote Onsite – Exhibit Hall - Sponsor: General Trailer 12p.m. - 1p.m.

Free Time to View Equipment Displays 1p.m.

Meeting Called To Order - Wheeler Pavilion 1:30p.m.

Operators of the Year Presentation – Oregon Department of Forestry 2:00p.m. - 4:00p.m.

“Better Ideas / New Technology In Logging” 1 OPF Credit 1) “Linear Rock Crushing”, Matt Bostrom, Advanced Land Management LLC, Lebanon, Oregon 2) “Revisiting Tethering Systems in the Pacific Northwest” - Frank Chandler Jr., C & C Logging Co., Kelso, WA 3) “New Innovations for the Logging Industry”, Speaker TBA, Southstar Equipment Inc., Canada 4) “Eye for an Eye”, Brian Tuor, Cable Logging Consultant & Trainer 5p.m. - 6:30p.m.

Sawdust Bowl “Hosted Beer & Wine” – Performance Hall, Convention Center FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2016 - Program Sessions Held At Lane County Fairgrounds 7a.m. - 4p.m.

Registration - Main Convention Center Lobby 8a.m. - 5p.m.

Equipment Displays Open 7a.m. - 8a.m Hosted Breakfast - Wheeler Pavilion – Tickets included with PAID registration 9a.m. - 4p.m.

Chain Saw Wood Carver –- Outside Demonstration Area 8:30a.m. - 11:30a.m.

“Oregon Forest Practices Act Compliance Audit” Seminar - Wheeler Pavilion – 3 FP Credits Part 1: Overview of the Audit: Paul Clements, Compliance Training Coordinator, Oregon Department of Forestry, Salem, Oregon Part 2: Industry / Stakeholder’s Perspective Part 3: Overview of What We Do Well According to Audit Results Part 4: Top 6 Non-Compliance Items: Relation to ORFPA and Remedies for Improvements 8:30a.m. - 10:30a.m.

“Washington Forest Practices” Seminars - SE Meeting Room Exhibit Hall, 2 WAFP or 1 PL Credit “Tools for Safe Yarding” 10a.m. – 11a.m.

Business Seminar 1 – SW Meeting Room – Exhibit Hall – 1 PL Credit “Log Market Update” 10a.m. – 11a.m.

Exhibitor Hands On Seminar 1 – “Log Roll Out” Outside Display Area – 1PL Credit 11:30a.m. – 3:30p.m.

“OLC” Log Loader Competition – Sponsors: Triad Machinery and Link-Belt - Outside Display Visit www.oregonloggingconference.com or call 541-686-9191 1:00p.m. – 2:00p.m.

Business Seminar 2 - SW Meeting Room – Exhibit Hall - 1 PL Credit “Oregon Projects Update” 1:30p.m. - 3:30p.m.

“Making Safety Real” Seminar – Wheeler Pavilion – 2 PL Credits “This seminar will emphasis practical boots on the ground safety” 1) “Logging Fire Salvage Safely”, Don Persyn, Roseburg Forest Products, Roseburg, Oregon 2) “Cable Logging Safety, Setup & Efficiency”, Brian Tuor, Cable Logging Consultant & Trainer

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“Washington Forest Practices” Seminar - SE Meeting – Exhibit Hall - 2 WAFP or 1 PL Credit “Cultural and Historic Preservation” 2:30p.m. - 3:30p.m.

Business Seminar 3 – SW Meeting Room - Exhibit Hall – 1 PL Credit “Cross Laminated Wood and Tall Structures” 2:30p.m. - 3:30p.m.

Exhibitor Hands On Seminar 3 - “Tire & Wheel Safety“ presented by Les Schwab Tire Center Outside Display Area - 1 PL Credit 5p.m. - 6:00p.m.

Sawdust Bowl “Hosted Beer & Wine” Performance Hall, Convention Center EVENTS HELD AT THE EUGENE HILTON 12:30p.m. - 3p.m.

LADIES’ DESSERTS FOR DREAMS – Charity Benefit for Boys and Girls Aid Society.

Enjoy Decadent Desserts Donated from area Restaurants and Bakeries Visit www.oregonloggingconference.com or call 541-686-9191 to order tickets.

7p.m. – 11pm OLC Celebration Buffet Dinner & Dance – Playwrights Hall, Eugene Hilton 7p.m.

Doors Open - Hosted Beer & Wine Tasting 7p.m. – 9p.m.

Buffet 7:30p.m. – 11pm Dancing to Bump In The Road SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2016 - All Activities Held At Lane County Fairgrounds 9a.m. - 2p.m.

All Exhibits Open To Public – Convention Center & Parking Area Family Fun and Education Activities – Wheeler Pavilion Wood Carver – Outside Demonstration Area High School Forestry Skills Competition - Outside Display Area 10a.m. - 12p.m.

“OLC” Log Loader Competition – Sponsors: Triad Machinery and Link-Belt - Outside Display Area Visit www.oregonloggingconference.com or call 541-686-9191 New speakers are being announced weekly.

Keep up-to-date by visiting www.oregonloggingconference.com Register Now Online Or Call 541-686-9191

McMurtrey joins Tigercat product support team Based in Elmira, Oregon, Nate McMurtrey will focus on providing after-sales technical support to Tigercat’s expanding customer base in the Pacific Northwest. Nate has been working on product support for heavy-duty equipment for more than a decade. He brings numerous qualifications in engine diagnostics troubleshooting, and repair, as well as electronic engine control troubleshooting, to his new role.

LBX Company Announces LBX Capital

LBX Company LLC announced the formation of LBX Capital, a financial services organization that will provide retail and wholesale financing exclusively for Link-Belt excavators, material handlers, and forestry machines in the U.S. LBX Capital will offer a comprehensive financing program with some of the best financing rates in the industry, including more competitive lease residuals with 24- month term options. Dealers and customers can expect higher approval rates of weaker credit customers and faster processing speeds, supported by a field sales support team dedicated exclusively to the LBX Capital program.

Bandit Industries Adds Three New Dealers

Hyundai Supports Breast Cancer Awareness

In recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month(October), Hyundai Construction Equipment Americas has been selling custom pink shirts and wristbands through participating Hyundai construction and forklift dealers across the United States and Canada, with 100 percent of the proceeds going to “It’s The Journey Inc.” It’s The Journey is a Georgia-based nonprofit organization that raises funds and awareness for regional organizations focused on breast cancer education, screening, early detection, supportive services, and continuing care.

The pink Hyundai “Digging for a Cure” T-shirts sell for $12 each.

The pink Hyundai wristbands sell for $5 each.

Bandit Industries continues to add to its network of dealers in North America with the addition of three new dealers. All locations will offer Bandit® equipment and world-class support and service to our customers.

These new dealers and locations further increase the quality of service and support Bandit customers receive in Georgia, Alabama, and the northwestern United States, carrying the latest large and small Bandit equipment.

FMI Equipment is a locally-owned small business serving eastern Washington, northern Idaho, and western Montana. It is a fully authorized dealer for Terex Compact, Takeuchi, Echo/Shindaiwa, Scag, Exmark, and Bandit hand-fed chippers and stump grinders. With over 100 years of combined experience in logging, compact equipment, construction, and landscape industries, they are more than prepared to handle their customers’ equipment needs. fmiequipment.com

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Forwarders HSM

The world class German Manufacturer HSM offers a wide range of forwarders. With the 238 hp FPT engine, it is no problem to carry loads from 11 tons to 20 tons. HSM’s Bigfoot forwarder, with its 940mm wide tire is the best solution for wet terrain.

HSM has been a forerunner in the steep slope technology for 10 years. The Force Synchro-Drive with its powerful HSM winch makes it the ultimate choice for slope specialists. It is available with a cable length capacity up to 500m and a pulling force up to 15 tons. The heavy-duty construction and the Rexroth hydraulic drive components offers a reliable and powerful solution for the loggers.

John Deere says it’s the only manufacturer that offers three options of forwarder cabs. Available options include a rotating option, a rotating and leveling option and the most recent addition, a fixed cabin option for loggers who are satisfied with a traditional cab. Within the cab, mini-lever joysticks are conveniently located in the armrests, for intuitive, effortless fingertip control of all functions. Operators can easily adjust machine settings through the TimberMatic F-12 control system if equipped with the PC or HPC, and even control their own settings. www.johndeere.com

Komatsu America

HSM offers a wide range of crane that delivers 102 kNm to 173 kNm lifting moment. The HSM high-speed drive offers a smooth transmission operation at low speed, meaning outstanding fuel consumption.

The Ecommand control system is user friendly and offers extended settings and diagnostic possibilities to the owner’s service team and drivers. The Econnect remote diagnostic system is available to support customers and maximizes uptime.

HSM’s forwarders are built to work in tough and harsh environment with no compromise on safety, performances and comfort. www.hsm-forest.net

John Deere

Strong, smooth booms, fuel-efficient PowerTech™ engines, and durable transmissions are just some of the benefits loggers have come to expect from John Deere forwarders. From the nimble 1010E to the powerful 1910E, John Deere’s E-Series Forwarders offer a variety of features and options to make forestry professionals more productive and profitable.

A notable feature of the E-Series is Intelligent Boom Control (IBC). IBC allows the operator to control the grapple placement by simply moving the two main control levers. One lever controls the height of the grapple, while the other manages its extension from the machine. No longer does the operator have to control the boom, stick and extension with simultaneous movements of these three separate functions. IBC shortens the learning curve for new operators and dramatically decreases fatigue for all.

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Komatsu’s big 865 and 895 forwarder models represent the next generation of highly productive machines designed to maximize performance, operator comfort and fuel efficiency.

The Komatsu 865 model has a payload rating of 16.5 tons and is powered by a 212 hp engine. The massive 895 model has a 259 hp engine and boasts a 22-ton load capacity. Each engine is EPA Tier 4 Interim compliant and combines power and high torque with exceptional fuel economy. An updated cooling system with larger radiator and variable speed fan control dramatically increases cooling while also reducing fuel consumption.

Both forwarders feature a new Hydrostatic Transmission (HST) with an integrated transmission control unit that responds faster to changes in load and terrain. The hydrostatic motor has a builtin retarder function for over-speed control. The HST also features cruise control and a constant engine RPM travel mode to improve fuel economy. This intelligent HST combines with Komatsu’s proven “Comfort Bogie” portal bogie design to provide the ideal

TechReview combination of traction, speed, ground clearance and comfort in all driving conditions.

Komatsu forwarders feature a new, larger cab with updated styling and functionality to increase comfort while the larger windows also improve the operator’s lines of sight. The ergonomic seat and Komatsu “Comfort Controls”, combined with the powerful yet easy-to-use MaxiXplorer control system, create an exceptional working environment for greater productivity and comfort compared to prior models.

Outside the cab, twelve powerful LED working lights more than double the illumination to the work area. www.KomatsuForest.US

Logset Oy

Logset Oy manufactures forwarders equipped with the company´s own control system and measuring device. The Logset GT forwarders offer efficiency, durability, usability and productivity, with low fuel consumption.

The GT forwarders range from the 4F to the large 12F GT (20ton capacity). All embrace the high Logset standards in terms of reliability, low running costs and power to enhance productivity.

The 12F GT has been developed to carry huge timber volumes in extreme conditions. It’s powered by a 300 hp engine and has an amplified tractive force of 250 kN. This massive forwarder shows outstanding performances in the most challenging terrain thanks to the new, patented DeX (decelerate assistant and protection system). www.logset.com

Ponsse

The new PONSSE ElephantKing forwarder is designed for extremely demanding conditions and heavy loads. The ultimate tractive force, powerful engine and its 20-tonne carrying capacity guarantee efficient timber transportation both on sloping sites and during long transports.

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TechReview (continued from page 43) The exceptionally powerful PONSSE K100+ loader, the load space with a cross-sectional area of 6.25 m2 and the flexible drive transmission and loader control system ensure the position of the PONSSE ElephantKing as one of the most effective forwarder on the market.

The durable frame structure, strong bogies, sturdy cylinderpowered frame oscillation lock complete with the high ground clearance ensure smooth operation and carefree operating hours, even under difficult operating conditions.

Plenty of optional equipment is available in addition to the comprehensive PONSSE ElephantKing standard equipment. www. ponsse.com

An operator can switch between a processing head and grapple in 15 minutes. Swinging with the boom makes the operator more efficient at loading trucks and decking logs at the landing, and is exceptional on steep ground terrain. When logging, steep ground loading trucks can be a real problem because of narrow roads and landings. The TimberPro forward can load off the front of the machine

Tigercat

Tigercat forwarders, ranging in capacity from 14 to 25 tonne, are designed to achieve high production and lowest cost in the most demanding transporting applications. They are built tough for high duty cycle applications, heavy loads and challenging terrain.

In 2014 Tigercat released the F195T85 crane. The company says it’s capable of lifting 20 to 30 percent heavier loads at the same reach compared with other forwarder crane on the market. The company also states that the crane boasts 22 to 66 percent more slew torque than competing cranes.

on a steep slope or cut bank directly onto the truck. Its high capacity payload increases productivity especially on longer distance skids.

With the articulation joint centered in the lower chassis, there is no off tracking of the rear bogie, which allows a big machine to work in tight selective cut applications. Heavy built chassis and booms offer structure durability. www.timberpro.com TW

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Tigercat released the second generation F195T85 hooked crane in 2015. Its profile is designed to increase the working envelope of the crane for reduced machine travel and improved productivity. The crane really shines when used in combination with Tigercat’s new low-wide extendable bunk system with a maximum area of 7.5 m2.

The low-wide bunks are angled to reduce overall gate height and eliminate the need for a vertically sliding gate. In combination with the hooked crane, the low-wide bunk system significantly reduces the chance of contact with the gate or bunk stakes. Operator visibility and ergonomics are enhanced. The operator enjoys a clear sightline to the top of the load. In addition, the grapple stays within the operator’s view through the entire loading and unloading cycle for reduced operator strain.

The second generation F195T85 hooked crane comes standard on the 1075 and 1085 and the low-wide bunk system is available for both the 1075 and 1085 series forwarders. www.tigercat.com

TimberPro

TimberPro is not your typical forwarder. The TimberPro continues rotation upper turntable is a unique design that offers real advantages over the Scandinavian style forwarder. The 360-degree rotation allows the operator to easily repair forest trails by placing forest debris in front of the machine. This feature also allows the TimberPro forwarder to be a true combo machine that can work as both a harvester and forward without sacrificing efficiency.

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Title of Publication: TimberWest, Journal of Logging & Sawmilling Publication No. 0248-58 Date of Filing: Sept. 30, 2015 Frequency of issue: Bimonthly Number of issue Published Annually: 6 Annual Subscription Price: $22 U.S., $35 CDN Complete Mailing Address of known office of publication (street, city, county, state, ZIP): 300 Admiral Way, Suite 105, Edmonds, WA 98020, (Snohomish County) Complete mailing address of headquarters or general business office of publisher: 300 Admiral Way, Suite 105, Edmonds, WA 98020 Name and complete mailing address of (Publisher): Sheila Ringdahl, 300 Admiral Way, Suite 105, Edmonds, WA 98020. (Editor): Diane Mettler, PO Box 26, Eatonville, WA 98328 Owner name, complete mailing address: Rob Stanhope, TimberWest Publications, LLC, 211 E. 1st St. North Vancouver, BC V7L 4L2 Known bondholders, mortgages, and other security holders owning or holding 1 percent or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages, or other securities: None Tax status (purpose, function, and nonprofit status of this organization and the exempt status for federal income tax purposes: Has not changed during preceding 12 months No. Copies of Average No. Publication title: TimberWest, Journal of Logging & Sawmilling Single Issue Copies Each Issue date for circulation data below: July/August 2015 Published Issue During Proceeding

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Wallingford’s Inc.® introduces new products

Wallingford’s has introduced new products with its line of BABAC® Traction Products. This Made in the U.S.A. product line now includes an extremely aggressive

Cummins Tier III engine with updated controls and cooling system that is built to operate in hot climates. The carrier is ideally suited for DelFab’s own DF718 Hot Saw with 18” capacity.

The machine has plenty of hydraulic capacity to accept processing heads, directional-felling heads, shear heads, or mulching attachments. Visibility is excellent and fuel consumption is low. www.delfab.com

Komatsu’s Next-Generation of Tier 4 Final Harvesters

7/8” Multi®-Ring and 1” Multi®-Ring, as well as 7/8” Single, Diamond® and a half, and Double Diamond® chains.

BABAC Forestry and Heavy Equipment tire chains, built by hand in Winslow, Maine, are made of only the finest and highest quality boron alloy steel available. The process of manual welding provides the best results in quality control and customer satisfaction.

Exclusive to BABAC chains is their exceptional hardening process, which provides a uniform hardness and tensile strength throughout the steel. www.babactirechains. com

Komatsu America Corp. announced that it’s the first forestry OEM in North America to offer a complete line of Tier 4 Final wheeled harvesters. These new Komatsu 901, 911, 931, and 951 Harvesters represent a totally new generation of harvesters.

with heavy-duty raised steel rings that are machined and include integrated lifter attachments, providing superior drum integrity and concentricity; massive steel support frame with machined mounting pads and laser-aligned trunnion wheel mounts, allowing long drum lengths with consistent distribution of loading; modular and interchangeable dual trunnion wheel mounts with self-adjusting pivot point; simple modular cleaning brushes with external adjustment; and modular screen design for use of wire mesh or perforated plate screens. www. westsalem.com

T-MAR Yarding Grapple

The new T-MAR Yarding Grapple is designed for excellent balance and good wear with its unique hanging linkage. The leg has been designed with a small closed width and pronounced curvature for hanging onto

DelFab’s DF703 Phoenix

The DelFab Company announces the return of an updated 3-wheeled feller buncher to the forestry market. DelFab was the factory under contract with Komatsu through 2008 for the manufacture of the

The new cab design features first-class ergonomics, high-end automotive fit and finish, and a MaxiXplorer control and information system with seven new software options and a more powerful computer.

The lineup features powerful, yet more fuel-efficient, Tier 4 Final low emissions engines, and new higher lift capacity H-series parallel cranes with 360° cab/crane rotation and four-way cab/crane leveling. An innovative 3PS three-pump hydraulic system design produces significantly higher hydraulic working flows, and a new Hydrostatic Transmission (HST) generates higher torque. www.komatsu.com

WSM Introduces the Titan Trommel Screen

Valmet 603. DelFab has modernized this machine to meet market demand.

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This is the first grapple designed from a 3D model, making it possible to predict the balance and behavior of logs in the grapple in order to optimize the design more than would be possible with traditional design techniques. This also allowed T-MAR to identify and correct line wear points early in the design. The grapple can be both single and double reeved. The one shown is an 86” grapple ideal for ¾” machines. www.t-mar. com TW

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November 8-11 106th Pacific Logging Congress Convention, Big Island, HI 425-413-2808, www.pacificloggingcongress.org November 12-14 Tree Care Industry Expo, Pittsburgh, PA 603-314-5380, www.tcia.org November 18-20 ExpoCorma 2015, Concepciòn, Chile 56-688-7978, www.expocorma.cl January 12-14 Associated California Loggers 43rd Annual Meeting, Reno NV 916-441-7940, www.calog.com January 13-15 73rd Annual Truck Loggers Association Convention, Vancouver, BC 604-684-4291, www.tla.ca January 14-16 Associated Oregon Loggers’ 46th Annual Convention, Eugene, OR 503-364-1330, www.oregonloggers.org January 19-22 Association of Equipment Distributors (AED) Summit, Washington DC 800-388-0650, www.aednet.org January 28 3rd Annual Western Forest Industry Conference, Vancouver, WA 503-226-4562, westernforestry.org

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Full Forest Resource Utilization Calls out for More Attention Jack Petree

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f you work in the woods, you’ve seen a lot of wood wasted over the years; a few beautiful logs left lying on the ground to rot or—only slightly better— hauled off for pulp or biomass if enough fiber can be gathered to make up a load (and a market exists).

The irony of the wastefulness is that once milled into lumber and other forest products, the stems (either wasted or underutilized) at the source of the resource are often more valuable, on a board foot basis, than the trees being harvested and hauled. The difference is in the volume.

Full utilization of the forest resource is something the forest products industry has been too little interested in over the years.

It is something that cries out for more attention.

The wastefulness is a byproduct of the consolidation the Western forest products industry has seen in recent decades. It takes only a brief scan of the 2015 TimberWest Northwest Mill Locations map to confirm that with the exception of mills owned by the industry’s giants, precious few midsized mills cutting dimensional lumber, cedar products, shingles, and/or small logs remain of the hundreds that once existed throughout the west.

For many, the downsizing and consolidation has been devastating; for others, the changing industry has meant opportunity.

Regarding sawmills, for example, it’s almost a well-kept secret that there may be more sawmills located in more western communities today than ever existed at any one particular time in the past. Many of those mills are owned and operated by men and women who previously worked in the conventional timber industry but lost their jobs as this mill or that mill ceased operations.

Most of the new sawmills springing up across the west are cutting logs conventional mills are not interested in. Hence, the opportunity—opportunity for land owners looking to optimize value, for harvesters, for truckers interested in optimizing profitability, and for others as well.

In Eastern Oregon, Kendall Derby owns and operates In The Sticks Sawmill, Kiln, and Lumber Warehouse, a thin kerf portable sawmill operation based in Fossil. Kendall runs tens of thousands of board feet of

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Kendall Derby western juniper through his Wood-Mizer LT-40 hydraulic sawmill each year. The lumber, timbers, and other wood products Kendall creates go mostly to markets in Western Oregon. These markets are hungry for the sustainably produced fiber Kendall mills from what most have considered to be a “weed” tree.

Western Juniper is a species native to the interior dry lands of the west. Fire suppression and other factors have meant the tree has spread beyond its traditional range literally like a weed, consuming sage grouse habitat and sucking up scarce water like a dry sponge.

Kendall, who has a degree from Oregon State University in Rangeland Resources, has teamed with other sawmill owners focused on juniper and one of Oregon’s leading environmental groups, Sustainable Northwest, to build reliable markets for the “weed” tree—markets some believe have significant potential for growth in coming years.

Under the name Sustainable Northwest Wood, Sustainable Northwest has created a significant market for juniper, especially in the landscape lumber and timbers end of the regional marketplace.

“Sustainable Northwest Wood has provided my mill access to the Portland metropolitan area marketplace,” Kendall says.

“Fossil really is ‘in the sticks’ when it comes to a marketplace of any size. Without access to the Portland population, we could never grow our business to the point we would like to grow it. Sustainable Northwest Wood is dedicated to providing that market access to small mill owners like myself because of

their environmental ethic.”

Joining the effort, the Oregon State Legislature passed two bills this year, providing funding to help finance opportunities for juniper mills, increase harvest, and assist in marketing.

Among the challenges Kendall faces?

Difficulty obtaining the juniper logs he needs to maintain and build on the success he has seen. “Juniper generally grows in areas remote from larger marketplaces and is not a priority species for loggers,” he comments.

“It can take a lot of trees to make up enough logs for a truckload deliverable to a mill.”

Sounds like an opportunity for someone with a truck available, even on a limited basis.

Niche markets exist throughout the west, not only for juniper but for other species as well. Forest Service researchers and university academics have estimated that in the United States, billions of board feet of millable wood is discarded or left in the woods to rot or burn each year—witness beetle-killed pine.

The history of the forest products industry has been a history of cycles. In the first three-quarters of the 20th Century, small firms greatly outnumbered the giants of the day. Consolidation has been the rule in recent decades but today, in the opening decades of the 21st Century, it is time for the independent, small-business-oriented entrepreneur to seize the day, to once again rise and shine.

Jack Petree is a writer, advertising consultant, and President of Tradeworld Communications.

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