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Peterson's portable sawmill

What do the Fiji Islands, South Africa, Eastern Siberia, Papua New Guinea, Southern Tanzania, Zambia, Switzerland, Chile, England and the jungles of the Solomon Islands have in common?

Sometimes adverse weather condi tions? Remote or difficult-to-get-at locations? Beautiful indigenous tim bers?

Yes, all are true. But there is one more thing. They are among the many diverse countries world-wide where you can find Peterson portable sawmills operating successfully.

What makes Petersons successful in so many places of different cultures and languages? Making money.

Village co-operatives, British busi nessmen and South American farm ers are doing the same thing with Peterson portables - they are making money, improving their lifestyles, help ing their neighbours.

Peterson sawmills were designed originally in the jungles of Fiji during the 14 years that Carl Peterson lived there. Peterson wanted a sawmill he could carry into the bush. He wanted a sawmill that could cut commercial amounts of wood, that would produce accurate, high-quality timber requiring no further sizing. The sawmill had to be easy to operate, made of light weight, non-corrosive materials and low cost. There was no such sawmill to fit these criteria.

So Peterson made his own. Now liv ing in New Zealand, Carl Peterson manufactures the most popular portable sawmills in Australasia. Made of aluminium and stainless steel and powered by a number of options including four-stroke 18 to 25 h/p petrol and diesel engines, PTC hydraulics or electric engines, Peterson designs are built for every conceivable location and operator. But they all cut commercial amounts of wood, produce high-grade timber and are still the cheapest commercial grade portable sawmill on the world market. ■