Constructing firelines for the largest fire in Oregon's history was made easier when more than a dozen "SLASHBUSTER"® brush cutters from all over the Northwest joined in the task.

All first-hand observers agree: what had before required a 20-person crew, chipper and a feller-buncher, was accomplished by one man and one "SLASHBUSTER"® with an equal or greater production rate.

Existing roads were used as a fireline where applicable, with a vegetation treatment applied to one side of the road. In some areas this was accomplished by the conventional method of a 20-person team feeding small vegetation into a chipper, and a feller-buncher moving large diameter timber to the other side of the road.

In other areas the same result was accomplished with "SLASHBUSTER"® treatment, which shredded vegetation as it stood, creating a mulch that has low flame length characteristics. Larger trees were cut off at the base with the "SLASHBUSTER"® , then picked up with its material handler and placed on the opposite side of the road.

Existing roads were used as a fireline where applicable, with a vegetation treatment applied to one side of the road. In some areas this was accomplished by the conventional method of a 20-person team feeding small vegetation into a chipper, and a feller-buncher moving large diameter timber to the other side of the road.

In other areas the same result was accomplished with "SLASHBUSTER"® treatment, which shredded vegetation as it stood, creating a mulch that has low flame length characteristics. Larger trees were cut off at the base with the "SLASHBUSTER"® , then picked up with its material handler and placed on the opposite side of the road.