Digital Timber Tracking Is Coming
By combining the exact position of the timber truck with the harvester’s measuring system via GPS “pucks” on the truck roof, Digital Timber Tracking ID is followed. Image: Bitzer Productions…
Written by loggers for loggers
Harvesting is a general term for cutting, processing, and extracting timber from stump to roadside ready for transporting to wood processing plants.
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By combining the exact position of the timber truck with the harvester’s measuring system via GPS “pucks” on the truck roof, Digital Timber Tracking ID is followed. Image: Bitzer Productions…
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