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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.

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