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Steel Strapping Tree Baler

A baling machine was constructed at the State Forest Nursery from a blueprint sent by the Southern Region, U.S. Forest Service, and from photographs of balers used in Georgia. The baler has been most satisfactory (fig. 1). We use a .heavy Kraft paper with reinforcing cord and asphalt as a center ply and steel strapping for tying the bale. Since the roll of paper is mounted above the baling surface, it is not necessary to cut the paper until the trees are in place in the bale. This eliminates. waste since the operator knows exactly how much paper he will use.


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Author(s): H. G. Hertel

Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Issue 38 (1959)