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Processing with
SANDERS
LOGGING
BTB catches up with twenty-six-year-old Harry
Sanders III to see how things are going with his
new Tigercat processor.
– Samantha Paul
L
ast summer Sanders Logging
purchased the first Tigercat
H250D processor - 575
harvesting head package to be sold
in Georgia. As a third-generation
logger, Harry Sanders has been
with the family business for a
little over three years. He has a
forestry degree from the University
of Georgia and has been working
in the woods since he was just
thirteenyears- old. Harry loves what
he does and is very passionate
about the industry. He is part of
the Young Alumni Committee for
the Warnell School of Forestry at
the University of Georgia, is on the
Board of Directors for the Bleckley
County Chamber of Commerce
and is on the Emerging Leaders
Committee for the Georgia Forestry
Association.
What initiated interest in
purchasing a processor for
your operation?
The first Tigercat H250D processor with a
575 processing head in the state of Georgia.
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We ended up buying the processor
because of the mill that we
haul to. We haul to Interfor, a
Canadian-based company that is
expanding in Georgia. They have
seven mills in Georgia and they’re
integrating their systems from
what they have in British Columbia
to what we have down here. And
to be productive and efficient, the
processor was the best way to go.
We thought that we could maximize
the process, so that’s when we
started looking into it. From the
get-go I knew I wanted a Tigercat
carrier. I just didn’t know what kind
of processor head.
Did you know of anyone else
in the area with a Tigercat
processing head?
There’s not many Tigercat
processing heads in the
southeastern US. I think there are
two in Arkansas, and I got those
guys’ phone numbers and I started
calling them to get feedback on
their experience.