I am a new member here, and don't know whether I'd really qualify to post here. Me and my two brothers, we started a firm 11 years back, selling irrigation equipment and power tools. We sold STIHL chainsaws, brushcutters, mist blowers, etc. My eldest brother does all the repairs and service himself. We have sold and serviced STIHL 038 Magnum, 046 (now MS 460), O66, 026, 023, 029 and 039. The popular model is the 046, which we introduced locally. Due to some problems with our local distributor regarding prices of saw spare parts, we have been forced to switch to Husky, and have decided on the 372XP and 365, which we have now procured and are going to introduce very soon.
We are in a tiny state called Kerala, in INDIA. Our main customers are small time individuals who do job work, felling and bucking Hevea rubber trees. Actually our market is just beginning to grow, because till we introduced power saws, felling and sawing was and still is manual. An average power saw operator fells and cuts between 40 to 70 trees a day, weighing between 30 to 50 tonnes of logs.
I am curious to know whether this is counts as professional logging with you folks. If so, maybe I could post some info on our experiences, or to be more true, my brother's experiences.
Hevea rubber is a major source of income for us here, and we have more than a million acres of land with hevea trees. These trees are tapped for latex, felled and the land replanted with new rubber plants. This is an ongoing process, with areas being replanted every year.
We are in a tiny state called Kerala, in INDIA. Our main customers are small time individuals who do job work, felling and bucking Hevea rubber trees. Actually our market is just beginning to grow, because till we introduced power saws, felling and sawing was and still is manual. An average power saw operator fells and cuts between 40 to 70 trees a day, weighing between 30 to 50 tonnes of logs.
I am curious to know whether this is counts as professional logging with you folks. If so, maybe I could post some info on our experiences, or to be more true, my brother's experiences.
Hevea rubber is a major source of income for us here, and we have more than a million acres of land with hevea trees. These trees are tapped for latex, felled and the land replanted with new rubber plants. This is an ongoing process, with areas being replanted every year.