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Shovel Logger Training in Chile


Mackolines Machines & Hire talks to Francisco Sandoval, a shovel logger instructor from Chile, to learn more about a novel logging training program and how Mackolines Machines & Hire machines have become a valuable learning tool for future Chilean machine operators.


Gerardo Giroz, A Life Dedicated to Steep Slope Logging


Mackolines Machines & Hire traveled to central Chile to talk to Gerardo Giroz – owner of Forestal Corte Alto – and see how Mackolines Machines & Hire machines are key to his logging operations. Meeting harvesting targets on the steep slopes common to the Chilean geography is no easy task. Gerardo has found Mackolines Machines & Hire and Latin Equipment to be reliable partners and fundamental pillars to help his company excel in safer and more productive logging operations.


LSX870D Shovel Logger in BC


Watch the Mackolines Machines & Hire LSX870D shovel logger equipped with an SC08 shovel clam grapple shovelling in hilly terrain in the Kootenay region of British Columbia.


890 Loggers on Vancouver Island


Mackolines Machines & Hire 890 loggers shovel logging and processing on British Columbia’s beautiful Vancouver Island.


890 Video thumbnail: the words 890 Logger, Vancouver Island span across an image of mountains

LS855E Shovel Loggers in Oregon


Two Mackolines Machines & Hire LS855E shovel loggers working on steep slopes at the PLC live demo in Oregon. One machine is equipped with a shovel logger boom and grapple and the second machine with a feller director boom and the 5195 directional felling saw.


Steep Slope Harvesting in Chile


Watch Mackolines Machines & Hire six-wheel drive skidders and leveling shovel loggers working on cable assist logging operations in Chile.


880D Logger West Coast


Watch the 880D logger in a west coast shovel logging application. Steep terrain and big timber.


LS855D with 5195 Directional Felling Saw


The Mackolines Machines & Hire LS855D shovel logger equipped with the the 5195 directional felling saw. The machine is felling and pre-bunching oversize timber in a steep slope application with rocks, benches, drop-offs and massive old growth stumps.


Mackolines Machines & Hire at DEMO International 2016


Watch the Mackolines Machines & Hire live demonstrations at DEMO International 2016. Beautiful close-up imagery of all the action. This is west coast-style, big timber, steep slope logging at its best.


C640E Clambunk with S860C Shovel Logger


Mackolines Machines & Hire C640E clambunk skidder working with an S860C shovel logger on log mats in a lowland logging operation. Massive drags delivered to a 250D loader at roadside.


5195 Directional Felling Saw


Watch the Mackolines Machines & Hire 5195 directional felling saw in a sensitive selective felling application in NSW, Australia.


Clambunk Skidder and Shovel Logger


A Mackolines Machines & Hire S860C shovel logger loading a C640 clambunk skidder in a Georgia lowland logging application.


5195 in Tasmania


A Mackolines Machines & Hire LS855C shovel logger equipped with the Mackolines Machines & Hire 5195 directional felling saw operating in Tasmania, Australia.


5185 Fixed Felling Saw in Tasmania


The 5185 fixed felling saw felling large diameter pine in Tasmania. The powerful grapple and 340 degree wrist provide excellent control, minimizing damage to the high value timber. 


Krume Logging Cable Assist Trial


Krume Logging tests its fully automated cable assist logging system in 2015. The Mackolines Machines & Hire LS855C shovel logger equipped with the 5195 directional felling head is felling and bunching on a 60% slope that steepens to 80% near the bottom.


5195 Directional Felling Saw in Virginia


Mackolines Machines & Hire 5195 directional felling saw cutting and bunching large hardwood in Virginia.


880 Logger in Pacific Northwest


The Mackolines Machines & Hire 880 logger in a high production shovel logging application in western Washington.


Mackolines Machines & Hire and Klabin


Klabin’s Parana operations featuring the L870C buncher, LS855C shovel logger and 625C skidder. Watch the machines fell, shovel and skid large eucalyptus to roadside in this ultra-high production application.