Jul 29, 2013 | American Loggers Council, Industry Events, Industry News
Peterbilt hosts American Loggers Council Summer Board meeting Hemphill, Texas (July 29, 2013) – Members of the American Loggers Council (ALC) gathered on July 26 through July 27 in Grapevine, Texas for their Summer Board of Directors meeting that was hosted by...
Jun 26, 2013 | American Loggers Council, Editorials
By Danny Dructor, ALC Executive Vice-President Many years ago, I remember a trip I made with my family to an amusement park where we enjoyed spending the day seeing the sights and riding the rides. One of the biggest excitements came when I found out that I was tall...
Jun 3, 2013 | American Loggers Council, Editorials
By Mark Turner – Turner Logging Recently, during an Associated Oregon Loggers (AOL) executive committee meeting, I learned there was a timber company executive who was very concerned about the looming shortage of logging contractors. He wanted to know what AOL could...
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...
Mar 7, 2013 | American Loggers Council, Editorials
On Tuesday, February 26, 2013, ALC Past President Matt Jensen carried the loggers’ message to Washington. Matt testified before the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulations, primarily about the differences that exist between...
Jan 7, 2013 | American Loggers Council, Editorials, Federal Legislation, Federal Regulations
By Danny Dructor, Executive Vice-President By the time that this editorial goes to press in February, a delegation of the American Loggers Council will have already made its way to Washington, DC to measure the mood of the members of the new Congress, or in better...