The SHOLO mill: make pallet parts and pulp chips from low-grade hardwoods

Abstract

SHOLO (from SHOrt Log) is a new solution to the old problem of profitably converting low-grade hardwood logs into products or product parts. It does away with the traditional and often uneconomical procedure of sawing low-grade logs into standard lumber and then converting this standard lumber into product parts. Instead, the SHOLO process is used to convert low-grade logs directly into product parts. In this report we describe the SHOLO process and give a specific example of one design of a SHOLO mill.

Citation

Reynolds, Hugh W.; Gatchell, Charles J. 1970. The SHOLO mill: make pallet parts and pulp chips from low-grade hardwoods. Res. Pap. NE-180. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 16 p.