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Paul Gunter
Leesville, S.C.

Paul Gunter, left, is standing with one of his crews

Paul Gunter, left, is standing with one of his crews, which consist of Rocky Gunter, Cody Gunter and Chris Hall. Blanchard sales rep Bubba Byrum is at far right.

Paul Gunter describes the Prentice 2470 with the SH-50 saw as the "best thinning machine I’ve ever had."

He says the feller-buncher has a sharper turning radius and moves quicker than others he has owned, and the saw design solves a common problem he finds with other heads. "Sometimes you have a time laying the trees down because they catch on the other trees and skin them up," he explains. "The SH-50 head holds the trees straight up, and when you lay them down it lays them straight down in that row. They don’t fall out between the other standing trees."

He also likes the fact that the head is designed so he can move down a cut row, thinning on both sides without bumping into trees. "You can get to your trees so much better with that head."

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Adam Sterling
Liberty, Miss.

Adam Sterling

Owner Adam Sterling

The Sterlings have been running Hydro-Ax (now Prentice) cutters since they first mechanized the felling function. "We’ve always had good service out of them and this cutter has done a good job," the owner says. "Often we’re in bigger timber and I guess this is the only one on the market with that ‘dap’ door that you can raise so you can cut a larger tree. That really helps us a lot. It makes cutting a lot faster and smoother."

The 2432 is Sterling’s first Prentice skidder and he’s been pleased with its performance. Adam especially likes the skidder’s dual arch—also his first—which can reach higher than the booms on his other skidders. A big advantage of a dual arch is that it gives the operator more power, especially on wet ground or hilly terrain because he can lift the load to minimize the amount of drag. Sterling notes that higher reach comes in handy for quick cleanup behind the delimbers.

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