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Articles in Mar 2004 issue of Canadian Forest Industries

• Clean at a cost: new lower-emission diesel engines are nice, but they cost more. Will haul rates climb to pick up the tab?
  by Menzies, James
• Nissan's real deal
  by Jamieson, Scott
• Shopping for quads
  by Elmer, Howard
• Five steps to a better year: success is not a complicated formula: from calculated risk to recognizing the need for light, it's common sense, pure and simple: go big, go high, go bright and go early!
  by Lloyd, David
• Loggers stranded? [Recycling of bundling strand]
• Tigercat acquires supplier facilities & doubles workforce
• Eliminating the guesswork: when loggers think they're hitting utilization numbers in the 90s, but are really down in the 60s, you have a problem. Fortunately, with tools like FERIC's MultiDAT recorder, there are solutions
  by Jamieson, Scott
• Add a shift or get the shaft? Loggers continue to argue over the merits of adding a second or third shift. At the end of the day it's simple: work more hours, make more money. Or is it?
  by Jamieson, Scott
• Logging of a different sort: faced with a wide array of sorts and declining volumes, BC's Marlo Logging moved to CTL logging
  by Tice, Bill
• Burning rubber, burning money: extending tire life can add thousands to the bottom line per truck and needn't cost a penny. Here are the top 10 ways to get more miles from your rubber
• Big & tall cab: a new extended day cab makes driving comfortable for tall Alberta log hauler
• Log Max buys Cat cut-to-length line