Feature story in the October 2014 issue of Timberline Magazine.

NOKESVILLE, Virginia — If Chris Johnson is satisfied with a brand of equipment, he tends to keep doing business with the same manufacturer.

Johnson is the owner of K C Johnson & Sons, a land-clearing contracting business. His career has been spent in the industry, and Johnson also farms and has a firewood business.

For his firewood business he has been depending on the same equipment manufacturer for nearly 30 years. "If I like it, I stick with it," said Chris.

For his grinding operations, he has been relying on equipment from Continental Biomass Industries (CBI) since about 2000 and now has owned seven CBI grinders. "I've been satisfied with them," said Chris.

Chris has a CBI 6800B track grinder he bought in March of this year. He wanted a bigger, faster grinder in order to increase production. "I had some jobs with some very tough schedules," said Chris. "I couldn't afford any breakdowns." "It's been great," said Chris. "It runs just about every day."

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