Folks at the U.S. Forest Service Southern Research Station selected harvest systems that met the specifications for this project and to demonstrate a variety of system combinations.  The number of systems were limited by the acreage on the site near Munising, Michigan.  All of the systems were cut-to-length designs.

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Steel-tracked harvester & 6-wheeled forwarder.
Fabtek FT133 steel-tracked cut-to-length harvester with a 21’ articulated boom (35,000 lbs).
Fabtek FT346b 6-wheeled forwarder with Olofsfors ECO-TRACK, 104" wide (27,700 lbs w/ 12 ton capacity).
http://www.fabtek.com/

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6-wheeled harvester & 8-wheeled forwarder.
Valmet 911.1 6-wheeled cut-to-length harvester with a 32’ telescopic boom (37,000 lbs).
Valmet 840 8-wheeled forwarder, 110" wide (27,500 lbs w/ 12 ton capacity).
www.partekforestusa.com

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Steel-tracked harvester & 8-wheeled forwarder.
Timberjack 608s steel-tracked cut-to-length harvester with a 25’ articulated boom (47,140 lbs).
Timberjack 1010 6-wheeled forwarder with Olofsfors ECO-TRACK, 105" wide (27,560 lbs w/ 11 ton capacity).
www.timberjack.com

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6-wheeled harvester & 8-wheeled forwarder.
Ponsse Ergo 6-wheeled cut-to-length harvester with a 33’ telescopic boom (34,172 lbs).
Ponsse Caribou 8-wheeled forwarder, 104" wide (26,676 lbs w/ 11 ton capacity).
www.ponsse.com

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Small steel-tracked harvester & ATV extraction.
Harvest Systems:  Tapio 600S harvester on Link-Belt LS1600 base with a 21’ articulated boom with stroking cut-to-length harvester head (19,100 lbs).

Remorques 900TR 4-wheel forwarding trailer for use with all terrain vehicles.
www.u-forest.ca/Rem_Tract_A.htm

NovaJack FT3500 4-wheeled Forestry trailer for use with all terrain vehicles
www.novajack.com/english/

Robinette’s Iron Arm, trailer-mounted clam loader

Olofsfors ECO-TRACK System                                             Photo Library

All of Olofsfors Tracks is made of carbon manganese steel alloyed with boron.  After hardening the track is approximately 500 Brinell.
http://www.olofsfors.se/eng/index.html