Any environmentally aware timber harvesting company has spill kits on all of their machines. Our Master Logger Certification demands that we meet this requirement. While out in the woods any machine can develop a problem which can cause a hazard to the environment. Diesel, hydraulic fluid, or oil can spill from a machine. While a machine is smack dab in the middle of 100 acres and a spill occurs, the operator needs the tools to take care of that spill immediately. Thus the need for spill kits on every machine.

We purchase special pads that are about the size of a cloth table napkin. These pads can absorb 25 times their weight. When an operator experiences a spill of any kind, they immediately throw pads on the spill to begin absorbing the offending liquid. The next step involves shoveling the tainted soil into a container. That is where the contractor bags come in. So the container that carried the tools to clean up the spill becomes the container to carry away the tainted soil.

We have a spill kit in the service truck and one on each machine. Our service truck stays on or near the landing (where the trees land). So when something happens on the landing there’s a spill kit available to clean it up. Then each of the skidders has a spill kit secured in their cabs, as well as the feller buncher.

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