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| | Long Beach Shavings |
 | | The giant harvesters are capable of reaching out and delicately grasping a diseased or poorly placed tree, sawing it off, then delimbing and cutting the tree into the best combination of log lengths to provide the best quality lumber from the stem. |
 | | The tree, which used to be considered an environmental danger, is now being cut, sawn into cants at the point of harvest using portable band mills, and then used to produce high-quality wood flooring and furniture lumber. |
 | | The logs are stacked according to species and best use, then picked up by a forwarder, which loads them and carries them to a landing for transport to the mill. |
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