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F -- MACHINE TO PERFORM MECHANICAL CUTTING, CHIPPING, AND SCATTERING OF UNDERSTORY/MIDSTORY VEGETATION, SNAGS AND LOGS ON-THE-GROUND DUE 090198 POC Contact Contracting Officer Delia K. Heath at (803) 561-4000 for information. The Francis Marion National Forest is seeking a source for a machine to perform mechanical cutting, chipping and scattering of understory/midstory vegetation, snags and logs on-the-ground without damage to the overstory timber. All understory vegetation and snags would be required to be cut to a height not to exceed six (6) inches above ground line and cut vegetation and logs on-the-ground would be shredded or chipped to meet the Forest Service definition of ten (10) hour fuels. Ten (10) hour fuels are defined as pieces of any length, not to exceed a diamter of one (1) inch and scattered so as not to exceed an accumulated depth of six (6) inches. Posted 08/17/98 (I-SN237855). (0229)

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