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Ontario
Pine Forest Products Ltd. was incorporated on June 1,
1993 to take raw posts, pressure treat them and market
them. Because of supplier unreliability, Ontario Pine
Forest Products Ltd. began to thin red pine plantations
by hand, or contracted others to cut for us. At this
time, we forwarded the cut posts from the bush, peeled,
graded, and dried them down to 18% moisture content
before having them pressure treated. |
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with our own harvester, forwarder and peeling equipment,
Ontario Pine Forest Products Ltd. is in control of the
complete proper plantation management and production
of raw untreated pine posts and poles, but we still
ship them out for pressure treating. |
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Ontario
Pine Forest Products Ltd. uses a specially designed
and built thinning harvester which is a narrow, relatively
short, articulated, rubber-tired machine with a 7 m
reach. With its flotation tires and reach, it has the
ability to work in a plantation with very little damage
to the remaining trees or the forest floor. The forwarder
is used to transport the salvageable wood to the landing
and/or peeling yard. Being similar in design to the
harvester, it also moves through the plantation with
minimal damage to the remaining stand or the forest
floor. |
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