Forestry
has always been an important industry for the Sweden, Norway and
Finland. They all have a lot in common, having large land areas,
where only small parts are populated by people and large areas of the
country is uninhabited due to small populations compared to the land
size. Large parts are covered by forest and has for ages been used to
become one of the leaders in delivering paper, paper pulp and wood
products globally. Sweden is actually the world’s second biggest
exporter of paper, paper pulp and wood products.

Sweden
has led the way for economic and social sustainability, 70% of Sweden
is covered by forest and the main trees grown for timber is the
Norway Spruce and the Scots Pine, which is quite similar for all the
Nordic countries, where you can also have birch being also a major
species. Pine and Spruce tend to be the biggest ones each
representing approximately 40% each and Birch around 10% and the
remaining 10% split on the other species. Forest is also a renewable
raw material that also reduces the CO2 in the atmosphere, as it is
able to store it until the wood is burnt.

The
Nordics use cut to length technology when harvesting forests, which
tends to be a more environmental method due to less soil disturbance
compared to skidding the trees. It also gives you cleaner wood and
you are reliant on fewer machines of higher technology, which
increases the safety due to protected cabs on the machines. You can
manage with having a harvester and a forwarder as your main machines
operating within the forest. This means thought that you will need to
make sure that you have the best equipment, so that you can avoid
problems by unscheduled downtime due to equipment failure. There are
a few equipment brans that have excelled as the best options and for
tires you have the global leader of forest tires, Nokian Tyres.

Nokian
Tyres has a long history in forest tires and have been the dominant
supplier of harvester
tires,
forwarder
tires
as well as skidder
tires.
They also produce forest tractor tires and the tires for your logger
trucks. For the logger trucks, you might need to have tires that can
perform well even when you have snow and ice on the roads and a tire
that can operate well both on and off road. When it comes to the
equipment that operate within the forest, you will need relentless
grip on the challenging surfaces that you will face in the forest,
which can be anything from swamps, to slippery rocks, where the grip
and durability is of utter importance.

When
it comes to forest tires, you know where to look for durable tires
that can operate regardless of weather or surface conditions. Tires
that are some of the most cut and crack resistant tires on the
market, that can deliver the most operating hours even in difficult
circumstances.