Sampo Rosenlew HR 46 med Kesla 18RH i gallring

We've visited a contractor in the middle of Sweden that drives an new Sampo HR 46. This is a small CTL-harvester made for "In-Stand Thinning". This concept is rather popular in Sweden and whole idea is to increase the strip of forest between the roads for the forwarder. Basically the small harvester cuts an ordinary strip road and then returns within the stand, making a "invisible" road that the forwarder does not drive on. When on this narrow road the harvester ejects timber to the side of the bigger road so the forwarder can pick it up.