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be tailored to individual skill levels
and specific harvesting conditions.
“It’s so much faster,” said
Lucas Melcher, Harry Melcher &
Sons. “There’s no fatigue at the
end of the day because you are not
moving your arms back and forth
all day.
“You just push the ‘magic
button,’ as we call it, to engage
the system, and then simply use a
single joystick.”
L-Series wheeled feller
bunchers
Understanding the challenges
loggers face daily, the L-Series
wheeled feller bunchers are
reliable and productive machines
designed to tackle tough jobs.
“So many things impress us
about the L-Series feller bunchers
– the strength, speed, agility, and
structural integrity,” said Kip Smith
from Kip Smith Forest Services.
“I keep going back to the speed.
The faster and more efficiently an
operator runs the machine, the
more we produce. And the machine
is very capable in that respect.”
Boasting an impressive
power-to-weight ratio, the
L-Series machines offer steady
multifunction performance even in
wet or hilly conditions. The optimal
weight distribution and longer
wheelbase i