[forester]

Great picture. Even better would be to put W in a Timbco feller buncher like this one on the left

These machines have become the thinning tool of choice for smaller trees on relatively gentle ground. The boom reaches out about ten feet, grabs the tree at the base, and saws it off. The machine then picks up the entire tree and lays it down, usually in piles of five to eight trees. A rubber tired grapple skidder then drags the piles to the landings, where the limbs are removed and the top severed. Some of the companies are then running the limbs and tops through a chipper and hauling out the chips for use as fuel to generate power.

The resulting impact to the land is minimal, and the health of the thinned forest improved dramatically. We have the technology, all we need is the political will to use it!

[Grampa Dave]

This looks like a great investment.

Does this company have stock that we can buy?

If so what is the stock ticker symbol?

[Dan Evans]

I recall something about how the U.S. is losing the technology to harvest the larger trees. I remember traveling through oregon about 1970 and seeing logging trucks stacked with four foot diameter trees going down the highway. Do they slill have those or has all that equipment has been sold to Canada?