USDA Forest Service, Mt. Hood National Forest, 16400 Champion Way, Sandy, OR 97055

F -- EQUIPMENT RENTAL CRAWLER TRACTOR AND GRAPPLE SOL SOL R6697027 DUE 051297 POC Contracting Section, 503/668-1621 It is the purpose of this Solicitation to secure the services of one crawler tractor rental for Item No. 1, and grapple with articulating head for ITEM No. 2. The work includes slash piling, slash crushing on slopes up to 30 percent; road opening and closing, subsoiling, seed bed preparation, snow plowing, and other related work on the Barlow and Bear Springs Ranger Districts of the Mt. Hood National Forests. Recommended contract time is 170 calendar days. Desired Start Work Date is May 15, 1997. See Numbered Notes1&2 (0086)

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