Timberjack

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Timberjack, a subsidiary of John Deere since 2000, is a manufacturer of forestry machinery for both cut-to-length and whole tree logging.

Originally Timberjack was a Canadian operation, started in Woodstock, Ontario, focusing on whole tree logging, but it was acquired by a Swedish-Finnish manufacturer that decided to use the "Timberjack" brand name.

A timberjack is also archaic jargon for a logger, or more specifically, the person who cuts down trees.

Timberjack may also refer to a tool used for holding one end of a log off the ground (jacking) while it is being bucked or measured. It is comprised of a peavey with a T-shaped foot at right angles to the handle and opposite the swing hook.

As of March, 2006, the Timberjack product line was discontinued, and John Deere, its parent company, became the largest single brand of forestry equipment in North America.

However, John Deere, while still amidst a legal battle with Harold Estes, Texas Timberjack, Inc., Lufkin, Texas, must still continue to make the Timerjack machines for him and only him, due to the laws in the state of Texas that prevent a manufacturer from closing on a retailer. Estes' assets are reportedly worth more than that of Deere's own "Nortrax" Retail Stores, whom have offered to buy Estes out.