Logging operations up Four Mile Road keep contractors like Tanner Shelley busy

Logging operations up Four Mile Road keep contractors like Tanner Shelley busy

Sections of an aspen tree grove snapped almost instantly after a feller buncher equipped with industrial clamps and a giant hot saw slowly made its way through grayscale forestland. In its awesome grip, this machine can collect and cut multiple trees less than 12 inches above their base — all in one fell swoop, according to seasoned logger Tanner Shelley. “It cuts through the trees like butter,” he said of the feller buncher, which was busy work…