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  • Kenny's Loggin: Preparing The Spar Tree

    Preparing The Spar Tree
    by Ken Wilson

    A spar tree is the tree used as the highest anchor point in a high lead cable logging setup. 

    Kenny's Loggin: Preparing The Spar Tree

     

     
    In early logging days, loggers used “spar trees” to anchor a high lead cable. The spar tree was selected for height and strength as it needed to resist the weight and pressure of the logs it would help move. Once a tree was chosen for this task, a logger known as a “high climber” would remove the tree’s branches, one by one, and remove the top of the tree in order to attach the block and tackle and cabling.

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    Sep 23, 2021 - 4 years ago

  • From the archives: B.C. Equipment Dealer Attends Case National Excavator Rodeo Finals

    From the Supply Post archives, April 1986

    Local construction dealer, Arnold MacIntyre of Case Power & Equipment, Coquitlam, BC, attended a highly unusual rodeo — the Fourth Annual J I Case National Excavator Rodeo in Phoenix, Arizona.

    B.C. Equipment Dealer Attends Case National Excavator Rodeo Finals

     

     

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    Sep 23, 2021 - 4 years ago

  • Haver & Boecker Niagara Celebrates Fifth Year Hosting Mineral Engineering University Students

    Haver & Boecker Niagara continues its valuable partnership with the University of Toronto’s Lassonde Mineral Engineering Program by hosting a one-day course in Screening Basics and Mechanical Performance for its students.

    Haver & Boecker Niagara Celebrates Fifth Year Hosting Mineral Engineering University Students
     Haver & Boecker Niagara continued its valuable partnership with the University of Toronto’s Lassonde Mineral Engineering Program with a recent one-day course in Screening Basics and Mechanical Performance for its students. This year’s course was led by Liam Page, a graduate of the program who attended Haver & Boecker Niagara’s first course back in 2016.

     

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    Sep 23, 2021 - 4 years ago

  • The Crosby Group Acquires Speedbinders.com

    The Crosby Group, a global leader in lifting, rigging, and load securement hardware, has announced that it has acquired Speedbinders.com (“Speedbinders”). US-based Speedbinders is a designer and manufacturer of pioneering load binders for heavy duty load securement.

    The Crosby Group Acquires Speedbinders.com

     

    The Speedbinders products not only provide faster tie-down and release times for drivers, but also safer load securement with reduced strain and injuries. 

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    Sep 22, 2021 - 4 years ago

  • Trucking HR Canada Awards Top Fleet Employers

    Trucking HR Canada recognized 77 workplaces in the Top Fleet Employer program last week at the Top Fleet Employers Awards Gala.

    Trucking HR Canada Awards Top Fleet Employers

      

     

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    Sep 22, 2021 - 4 years ago

  • Duncan K. Davies Named Chairman of the Board of Resolute Forest Products

    Resolute Forest Products Inc. has announced that the board of directors appointed, effective September 13, Duncan K. Davies as an additional member of the company's board, and that Mr. Davies will succeed Bradley P. Martin as the company's non-executive chairman. Mr. Martin of Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited will continue to serve as vice chairman of Resolute's now eight-member board. 

    Duncan K Davies Named Chairman of the Board of Resolute Forest Products
    Kénogami, QC - paper mill

     

      

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    Sep 22, 2021 - 4 years ago

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