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LOGGING • BIOMASS
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CONTENTS
NEW LAUNCH
PRESS LAUNCH
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CHIPPERS:
The competition for market share in the chipping sector has never been
fiercer than it is today
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62
62 FELLER BUNCHERS
Making life better for contractors
continues to be the trend in the
harvesting space
1110G/1210G/1510G
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70 OPERATION FOCUS
TIGERCAT 73 OPERATION FOCUS
JOHN DEERE
Report from Castalia, North Carolina to
speak with Joedy Cahoon about his family
operations, preferred equipment and
prime harvesting methods Three generations of Hankinsons rise to
the challenge of logging in Nova Scotia,
Canada
LUMBER PROCESSING
APRIL / MAY 2017
REGULAR FEATURES
6/76-79 JOHN DEERE

New G-Series Forwarders
8 Logging News
CONTENTS
80 Advertising Index
The ElectraTong Lug Loader offers excellent
board control at high speeds and excels
in random thickness applications. Unlike
other claw style machines, the E-Tong
features all-electric actuation with no
hydraulics, no air, and no rubber bands. It
can pick up pieces with no backlog forces
which enables it to handle feathered edge
material well. Coupled with a MillTrak
COVER: USNR ElectraTong Lug Loader
sensor it manages backlog control.
Programmable clamp and unclamp
positions are easily adjusted and can
be configured by product in planer mill
applications. The all-electric design allows
increased tuning for batch configuration
capabilities. Operates at 250+ lugs/min.
in planer mill (dry) applications.
APRIL / MAY
A COMFORTAB
2017
LE LIVI
NG
Feller buncher
operators
more relaxed
than ever
SHOW PREVIEW
S
All in readines
s
for Ligna and
Elmia
LEADER OF
THE PACK
The fight for
chipper mark
et
share intensifie
s
TIGERCAT
Meets
Joedy Cahoon
in North Caro
lina
JOHN DEE
RE
Press launch
Finland
G-Series Forw
arders
1110G/1210G
/1510G
JOHN DEERE
Meets the
Hankinsons
in Nova Scot
ia
www.usnr.com
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