Abstract: A carton over product packaging apparatus including infeed means for conveying a plurality of containers to be packaged to a collating zone in which the containers are collated into a plurality of rows, container indexing means for moving the containers in the collating zone from that zone to a packaging zone.

Abstract: An improved method of processing a sheared tree is provided, utilizing an improved processing apparatus. The trunk of the tree is held, by a holding means, adjacent its butt end and the tree trunk is positioned lengthwise of the boom member of the apparatus. A first portion of the tree trunk is delimbed by moving a carriage, including a first delimbing means, along the trunk from the butt end to a first predetermined point. The carriage includes a gripping means which grips the trunk at a first gripping point intermediate the butt end and the first predetermined point. The hold on the tree trunk adjacent the butt end is released and a first bolt is bucked (severed), the first bolt being defined generally by the butt end and the first gripping point.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for harvesting trees wherein a first log length bolt is delimbed by a movable delimber with the butt end of the tree clamped to put the tree trunk in tension during delimbing; and additional lengths are delimbed by the movable delimber with the top end of the tree clamped to put the trunk in compression during delimbing. The first log length is delimbed and bucked while the tree is held by the felling head of the harvester apparatus. Subsequent lengths are delimbed and bucked while the tree is held by a stationary clamp assembly. The delimber blades are used as a clamp to maneuver the tree after the first log length has been delimbed and bucked.