Since July 2000, a contractor has been performing cut-to-length harvesting using a single machine: a modified shortwood forwarder that lets the operator switch rapidly between the forwarder's grapple and a single-grip harvester head. FERIC studied this combination machine working as a single-grip harvester and as a forwarder during the same week. The productivity was acceptable and the wood cost at roadside was comparable to that in a traditional system with two machines. The best use of this combination machine would be to complement the work of a conventional single-grip harvester.