Aug 6, 2014 | American Loggers Council, Business Impact, Call to Action, Economics, General, Industry News, News, Truck Weights
September 2014 By Danny Dructor, ALC Executive Vice-President For seventeen years, members of the American Loggers Council have been making trips to Washington, DC, promoting the idea that trucks hauling state legal weight limits for agricultural commodities,...
Aug 6, 2014 | American Loggers Council, Business Impact, Business News, Call to Action, Editorials, General, Industry News, News
August 2014 By Brian Nelson, ALC President Do you know where the products you use and the food that you eat come from? Chances are good that if you live in rural America then you probably do. Unfortunately, the vast majority of Americans who live outside of rural...
Aug 6, 2014 | Business Impact, Business News, Call to Action, Economics, Editorials, Federal Legislation, Federal Regulations, General, Industry News, News, Safety
July 2014 By Brian Nelson, ALC President Are you concerned about the future of the timber industry? If not, you are most likely in the minority. Mill closures, mergers, high cost of raw materials, shortage of qualified operators, the constant barrage of government...
Oct 23, 2013 | Business Impact, Business News, Call to Action
MTA NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS ROADSIDE CLEARING Click Link Below for Long Notice or the logo at left to visit the MTA’s Construction Contracts Page MTA: 2013.13 Roadside Clearing Notice to Contractors Nathaniel F. Carll Purchasing Manager Maine Turnpike Authority...
Aug 5, 2013 | American Loggers Council, Call to Action
By Mark Turner – Turner Logging In my previous article, I discussed how many of us got into logging and some of the challenges facing today’s loggers with respect to where the next generation of loggers is going to come from. It’s apparent that I’m not the only one...
May 14, 2013 | American Loggers Council, Call to Action, Editorials
By Danny Dructor If you are still in the logging business today, you have probably become very adept about calculating the cost of doing business. With the rising price of equipment and parts; consumables such as fuel, tires and lubricants; not to mention higher...