Longer trucks save forest companies money, fuel

Add more axles to a log-hauling truck and trailer, to increase payload beyond the six, seven and eight-axle trucks currently in use. That’s a project of FPInnovations, the industry-government research and development group with operations in B.C. and across Canada.

a series by Tom Fletcher
Times are tough for the forest industry in northern and central B.C., and every efficiency loggers and mill operators can find makes a difference. With timber stands heavily damaged by the mountain pine beetle across the region, companies have to haul longer distances than ever, and new technology offers ways to increase productivity and reduce costs. …One of those new technologies seems deceptively simple. It’s adding more axles to a log-hauling truck and trailer, to increase payload beyond the six, seven and eight-axle trucks currently in use. That’s a project of FPInnovations, the industry-government research and development group with operations in B.C. and across Canada.

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