Forestry is northern Saskatchewan’s second largest industry generating over $1 billion in forest product sales annually and creating nearly 8,000 jobs. Brander Bros. is one of Saskatchewan’s largest forestry businesses. They break industry boundaries testing out new technology and Tigercat Machines prototypes that aren’t used anywhere else in the world. They have been long time customers of … Read More
Tigercat Releases 602 Cable Skidder
In 2017, Tigercat developed and released its most compact skidder platfrom, the 602 series. The prototype 602 skidder was sent to France last summer to be fitted with a Belgian designed and manufactured swing boom for use in mountain regions of Europe.Now the 602 is available as a cable skidder suited to pockets of North … Read More
Tigercat Releases E-Series 855
Tigercat continues to evolve the purpose-built 855 forestry carrier platform with the introduction of an improved cab. The 855E machine platform can be configured as a harvester, feller buncher or shovel logger and is well recognized and field proven in some of the toughest forestry applications and climates on the planet. The 855 E-series carriers … Read More
Tigercat Releases 2160 Loader Forwarder
Tigercat’s new 2160 loader forwarder is well suited to mill yard and a variety of tough duty off-road industrial applications. The 2160 has a 27-tonne payload capacity and is equipped with Tigercat’s WideRange® drive system and Tigercat-designed and built bogie axles for high tractive effort, quick travel speeds and mechanical reliability.The upper assembly is equipped … Read More
Tigercat Celebrates Silver Anniversary
Established as a Canadian corporation January 20th 1992, 2017 marks the silver anniversary of Tigercat. Starting out as a small company with a single prototype and no distribution, Tigercat has come a long way in just 25 years. The design of the first prototype machine, the 726 drive-to-tree feller buncher, started in 1991. “We began … Read More
Thomas Logging Drive For Success
Two brothers with a lifetime of experience and a penchant for hard work have a drive to succeed and are proving it just two years in. – Paul Iarocci Gary and Darren Thomas are third generation loggers who have worked in the bush for practically their entire lives. Hailing from Pelican Lake First Nation near … Read More