The power built into Bandit equipment is exemplified by the reach of Bandit Industries. The company sells equipment ranging from hand-fed and whole-tree chippers to stump grinders and waste reduction recyclers around the world.

Bert Cregg, associate professor in the Department of Horticulture and Department of Forestry. Photo by G.L. Kohuth

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The AutoSplit removes more than 4 inches of material from the bottom of the round, splitting it into even pieces, and cycles automatically. “It’s kind of a different take,” observed Timmins. Some companies have tried to copy it, he noted, which he considers a compliment.

                He buys mainly hardwood. While oak is the dominant species, he also buys walnut, ash, cherry, and maple. He also buys some softwood logs for firewood he sells to people who like to burn it outdoors in a fire pit. All his firewood production is sold seasoned.

A sizeable share of the wood chipping machinery market is brought in by the increasing construction activities and growing demands for sophisticated furniture. Advent of remote-controlled wood chippers and similar technology-led revolutions have broadened the scope of innovations, which is expected to deliver promising growth opportunities to the wood chipping machinery market in the upcoming years.

I just recently upgraded my wood splitting from a sledge and wedge to an hydraulic splitter. I like the slower speed of the hydraulic splitter. I would be concerned about safety and breakage issues with the faster kinetic machine. I cut and split wood only for personal use, so I am not concerned about speed. If I were a commercial wood monger I would be more interested in speed and these machines may be attractive. But, for now, I will stick with the tried and true hydraulic machines.

                “We sell approximately 28,000 yards of mulch annually,” said Johncock. “That’s the equivalent of about 200 semi-truck loads in 50-ft. trailers. Mulch sales account for approximately 19 percent of company sales.”

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Independence Day: Resurgence is the sequel absolutely no one wanted, not even Will Smith. The conspicuously Smith-less cast of characters from the original find themselves battling the alien menace once again, including David Levinson (Jeff Goldblum) and his father Julius (Judd Hirsch). In the initial alien attack, we’re rewarded for our ticket money with the deaths of several characters, including the apparent death of Julius.

Too bad they had to get clever and tie in a business enterprise with the dire warnings. Now I’m all confused — so we need to Firesmart but we need this machine to do it now? (And I share Russ Hobbis’ bemusement.) I don’t dismiss concerns about fire, but I do wonder why every single time the threat is mentioned as Gladish describes it — that nothing but fire suppression has been the norm for half a century. We’ve been firesmarting for at least 20 years, yet we keep hearing that conditions remain hopeless. Loeks did another report about 8 or so years ago where this clearcut/conversion came up (and it looked pretty sweeping on his maps), now he’s attached technology to it. Seems like he should be able to point to at least one project by now that followed that report. I suggest they clean up their messaging and stop trying to convince people by scaring them and selling them something at the same time. Calling anyone stupid because they’d appreciate hearing a more coherent strategy isn’t helping your cause, David Loeks.

Since this is the first Morbark Demo Days after the company acquired Rayco in November 2017, participants were able to see a demonstration of Rayco forestry mulchers and aerial trimmer, and even try their hand at using the equipment. The event culminated today with demonstrations of equipment for the forestry, biomass, recycling and tree care markets. The equipment models demonstrated were: