There are live heels available and made in NZ. Part of the equation is the live heel adds weight on the end of the 'stick' and moves the grapple further out so it will reduce the weight of the logs able to be picked up. http://www.satco.co.nz/?page_id=34 As the more difficult places are logged there will be a few more live heels in NZ as logs need to be taken away from the hauler from small landings to be processed a
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