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Forced Efficiency
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Canadian Forest Industries
- Article date:
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April 1, 2008
- Author:
- Potratz, Russ
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Irving CTL contractor Timberline Logging increases production nearly 50% by moving to a newer, bigger harvester.
When Timberline Logging, of Wallagrass, ME, learned that rates were being cut by its customer, Irving Woodlands, the two-man company didn't panic. In fact, it did quite the opposite. The Toussaint brothers, Jacques, age 38, and Chris, 35 owners of Timberline, went on a strategic offensive by upgrading to Valmet's big 941 harvester with the new 370.2 head.
Timberline Logging is currently in its 15th year of operation. For the last nine years, the brothers operated a Valmet 911C harvester fitted with a telescopic boom and a Valmet 965 harvesting head. They were initially drawn to ...