II. Participle I as an Adverbial Modifier

1. Being equipped with grease lines lubrication points can be easily lubricated.

2. Being packed with high capacity saw the new Feller-Buncher can be used in softwood thinning on pine plantations.

3. Being primarily designed for final felling and large seized trees Rottne H-20 Harvester can also operate on strip roads for later thinning.

4. Being initially built for thinning the Forwarder can also be used for small-scale felling.

5. Having cut the trees at ground level a Feller-Buncher places them in bunches.

6. Having designed an adjustable seat, padded armrests and easy-to-reach joystics the designers created good working environment for the operator.

7. Having considered all advantages and disadvantages of the Tracked Loader the manufacturers put it into operation.

8. Having been made from polycarbonate material the windows promoted maximum protection for the operator.

9. Having been tested on water-logged soft grounds the Skidder was put into operation.

III. Participle I as a part of an Absolute Participle Construction at the beginning of the sentence.

1. A Feller-Buncher having cut and bunched the trees, a Skidder drags the bunches to the landing.

2. A Delimber machine having delimbed the limbs, a slasher machine bucks the trees.

3. A digital monitoring system having displayed the machine information, the operator could escape damage.

4. The saw pocket being installed to a Feller-Buncher, bundles are held tightly.

5. Large windows having been designed in the cab, the operator can see the tree from stump to top.

6. The turbocharged diesel engine having been installed to the Tracked Feller-Buncher, the production was increased.

7. The Harvester having been leveled, the operator continued harvesting.

IV. Participle I as a part of an Absolute Participle Construction at the end of the sentence.

1. There are no machine specially built for mechanical brush cleaning, the stand operating Harvester Rottne 2004 being easily changed to a cleaning machine.

2. Maximum skidding performance is attained through the swing boom and grapple, ground disturbance being minimized with the expanded tracks.

3. The equipment of Rapid Forwarder includes eight wheels, rigid or articulated wagons and two types of grapple, the rigid wagon being easily and quickly changed into other machines.

4. A hydraulic cab riser of the Material Handler provides high flexibility in cab hight, the cab being raised by 2,0m.

5. Caterpiller Intergrated Toolcarrier provides high efficiency, fragile environment being preserved.

Gerund

I. Gerund as a Subject

1. Designing reliable Forest Machines is the task of the research centres.

2. Equipping Road Builders with various booms, sticks, buckets, thumbs and clearing grapple makes these machines suitable for different forest road jobs.

3. Removing limbs from the trees is carried out by a Delimber.

4. Stacking the logs in piles is called piling.

5. Collecting in shear and grapple device up to 5 trees of 20 sm. in diameter provides the machine productivity up to 170 trees/h.

6. Running accumulating arm, lift, tilt and steering functions simultaniously is an advantage of this tractor.

7. Directional travelling is controlled by a floor pedul for easy changing of forward and reverse.

8. Regeneration felling is one of the purposes of Harvester.

9. Air intake heating eases cold weather starting.