The second Ark-La-Tex Logging Extravaganza will feature looks at the newest in logging equipment, plus a variety of other equipment and services, during its two-day run on a heavily wooded tract east of Natchitoches near the Red River.

Active live demonstrations of cut-to-length processing will be made by Ponsse USA, with the Ponsse harvester, and by a Daewoo track machine with a Keto 800 processor shown by BWC Equipment of Haynesville.

The demonstrations will be supported by Tigercat skidders from Patrick Miller Tractor Company of Many, Louisiana, which will also display other equipment.

Prentice loader from Scott Equipment in Monroe will be featured in the loading skill contest, with professional loggers competing for cash prizes. Other equipment from Scott will also be shown. Scott operates dealerships in Monroe, Shreveport, Alexandria, and DeRidder, Louisiana.

Nortrax South, the John Deere and Timberjack dealer will display, and run the professional skidder contest using Deere equipment. Nortrax has dealerships in Baton Rouge, Alexandria, Shreveport, and St. Rose.

Exhibitors of various equipment and services include:

Blanchard's Safety Training, Bermuda, LA
Chambers Delimbinator, Ackerman, MS
Consolidated Truck Parts and Many Gear and Axle, Monroe and Many, LA
Construction Safety Products of Shreveport LA
D&J Tire of Tioga, LA
Davis-Garvin Agency of Pineville LA
Despino Tire Service of Alexandria LA
Emergency Safety Consultants of Colfax LA
GCR Tire Center of Monroe LA
International Paper Texas Super Trees of Bullard TX
Marler Ford of Pineville LA
Moore & Grant Primex Tires of Alexandria LA
Nortrax South of Baton Rouge
NSU Folk Life Center of Natchitoches LA
Patrick Miller Tractor Co. of Many LA
Peterson equipment of Houston TX
Piney Woods Journal of Dodson LA
Ponsse USA of Montgomery AL
Scott Construction Equipment of Monroe LA
Timmons International of Alexandria LA
Vermeer Midsouth Inc of Shreveport LA
Walker's Trailer Sales of Monroe LA
Weeks Tractor Co. of Natchitoches LA

In addition to the equipment displays and demonstrations, the Louisiana Logging Council will sponsor a log auction featuring bidding on up to ten loads of logs.

A popular event also is the raffle to give away three Arctic Cat 4-wheel ATVs, plus a Ford F150 pickup truck.

A limited number of tickets are available on each of the raffle items. For the truck, 500 tickets at $100 each area available. The truck, purchased from Marler Ford, is a brand new 2004 model F-150 XLT extended cab 4x2.

Two Arctic Cat 650s have 1400 tickets at $10 each, and one Model 400 has 1000 tickets at $10 each.

Tickets are available from members of the Logging Council, and will be available at the Extravaganza until drawing time. Drawings for the 4-wheelers will be on Friday and Saturday, and for the truck, on Saturday after the log auction.

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