Earlier in September, The Northern Logger attended the Great Lakes Logging and Heavy Equipment Expo in Escanaba, Michigan. The show is organized by the Great Lakes Timber Professionals Association (GLPTA) and alternates between Escanaba and Green Bay, Wisconsin every year. Thousands of loggers, foresters, and others attended the show, and there were over 163 exhibitors selling all kinds of equipment, from skidders and forwarders to feller bunchers and cut-to-length harvesters.
It’s not too often that you get so many forest industry professionals gathered all in one place, and we took advantage of that. To get a sense of the show and the current business climate of the Great Lakes and mid-west region, we interviewed several attendees and exhibitors, from Menominee Tribal Enterprises to the Director of Forest Sales and Marketing for Komatsu Forest, who talked about the Forwarder Operator Challenge.
Interviews are with:
1. Bob Edwards – Resource Manager, Timber Products Company
2. Dan Maruszczak – independent timber hauling owner-operator
3. Rainer Shooter and Jason Swartz – Menominee Tribal Industries
4. Aaron Beishlag, independent logger, and John (Jusse), retired power saw operator
5. Marcus Stiegerwaldt – Director of Forest Sales and Marketing, Komatsu Forest
Read our article in the October issue of the Northern Logger entitled “Great Lakes Logging” for more information. To subscribe to The Northern Logger and Timber Processor magazine or become a member of the Northeastern Loggers' Association (NELA), visit https://www.northernlogger.com/
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