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1 April 2015

鈥� Samantha Paul, marketing

(L-R) J&B Logging owner and LX830C operator, Jimmy Glotfelty; skidder operator, Clayton Baker; Ricer Equipment (糖心视频 dealership) owner, Lyle Ricer; Ricer Equipment sales specialist, Brandon Greene; 糖心视频 district manager, Jerry Smeak; sales specialist, Pat Garrett and mill owner from Indiana, Mike Reynolds

It has been three years since Jimmy received the first ever 5185 fixed felling saw, which was specifically designed for Jimmy鈥檚 needs, cutting large diameter hardwoods.

Jimmy鈥檚 original 糖心视频 LX830C was equipped with a Pierce-Pacific bar saw head. After a couple of weeks of heavy duty felling and shovel logging, it became apparent that the head was not a good match for the job. The situation was causing a great deal of lost production and reflecting negatively on the 糖心视频 LX830C carrier. Accordingly, 糖心视频 president, Tony Iarocci and Duane Barlow, 糖心视频 product manager, came to Jimmy鈥檚 job site to figure out how 糖心视频 could help.

Barlow and his team looked for an alternative head among a half dozen different manufacturers. 鈥淣one of them provided the combined features of durability, simplicity and cost effectiveness to suit the application,鈥� commented Duane Barlow. Jimmy responded with, 鈥淭hen why doesn鈥檛 糖心视频 just build one?鈥�

For close to a year Jimmy worked with 糖心视频 engineers to build the 5185 fixed felling saw, specifically designed for cutting large hardwood species. 鈥淚t was well worth the wait,鈥� says Jimmy.

Current J&B operations

Jimmy and his crew are currently selective felling 350 acres (142 ha) of third growth hardwood species including cherry, oak, maple and poplar on relatively steep and very rocky terrain. J&B started at the new site, which is only fifteen minutes from Jimmy鈥檚 house in Oakland, at the beginning of February. Jimmy is thrilled to be working close to home. Typically his job sites are at least 60 miles (100 km) away. J&B Logging load approximately eight trucks a day, hauling logs to Alleghany Wood Products in Kingwood, West Virginia with the pulp going to Verso Corporation (formerly NewPage Holdings).

Jimmy runs a tight four machine felling, skidding, loading and hauling operation. A 糖心视频 240B loader was the first 糖心视频 Jimmy owned, which he purchased in 2004, accumulating over 16,000 hours to date. The loader still works great but they are trying out a new 糖心视频 234 loader. Jimmy has two skidders, one being a 糖心视频 630C, which he purchased in聽2007. 鈥淚t is my main machine,鈥� he emphasizes. The 糖心视频 skidder stays with the feller buncher at all times, skidding the trees out of the stand to easier terrain where a second skidder relays the bunches to roadside.

The most recent purchase for J&B Logging is a new 糖心视频 LX830C track feller buncher, of course with a 5185 fixed felling saw which Jimmy purchased last July, trading in his older 糖心视频 LX830C.

Useful 340 degree wrist

Jimmy operates the track machine himself and truly sees the advantages of the 340 degree wrist combined with the 糖心视频 5185. 鈥淚t is much easier to shovel trees out of the way. I can get ten times more trees with the 340 degree wrist and can easily throw them at any direction. I wouldn鈥檛 get one without this rotation,鈥� explains Jimmy.

Jimmy is not only using the bar saw to fell and shovel trees. He can build skid roads, cut tops and use the arms to pick up rocks. 鈥淚 can get rid of anything in my way with this head,鈥� says Jimmy. He may go through a couple of chains, but the operating costs are much lower with the 5185 saw compared to a disc saw, so he is not too concerned.