Helicopter Yarding
Hayes provides cost-effective helicopter yarding services with our fleet of three Sikorsky S-61N “Shortsky” logging helicopters and several Bell 206 B support helicopters. 

Extensive Experience
Our dedicated team of managers, pilots, engineers and hill crew has extensive helicopter yarding experience in all terrains, timber types and geographic regions. As a comprehensive forest services provider and not just an aviation company, we understand that log value is critical to our customers’ profitability. 
   We work intensively to ensure that falling, yarding and utilization specifications are achieved. Our customers further benefit from our ability to provide all of the additional required phases to complete any helicopter logging project. 
   Our helicopter operations are fully accredited under a Canadian Operating Certificate for the commercial operation of helicopters.

Full Range of Services
We provide our customers with fully mobile and self-sufficient helicopter logging operations, and we are fully equipped for both land and water (barge) based jobs.
   Hayes combines the use of both a conventional choker system and a heli grapple system to optimize the productivity and utilization of our helicopters.

Equipment
Based at our 20,320 square foot repair facility in Duncan, British Columbia, the fleet is accompanied by a full range of support equipment.

• Service Trucks Heli parts inventories, Autotel 
  and satellite communications and computer 
  systems and uplinks
• Parts Trailers Storage of parts, tools and 
  fire-fighting equipment, as well as water tanks, 
  pumps and hoses for maintaining and cleaning 
  the helicopters
• Fuel Systems 37,000 litre custom Enviro 
  systems outfitted with built-in generators and 
  fuel pumps, 29,000 litre fuel trailer, 18,000 
  litre trucks

Systems Support
Fleet maintenance is monitored daily by our custom Hayes Preventative Maintenance System. Maintenance work orders are automatically generated and tracked based on equipment utilization and fleet experience. Our systems also track fuel, line and attachment inventories and other operating and repair supplies as well as tracking fleet availability and maintenance trends.
   The Hayes Production Management Information System records and fully reconciles crew and equipment productivity to payroll and scale information for each job on a daily basis. This data facilitates timely feedback to our customers, managers and operating crews. 

Forest Practices Compliance
Hayes operators, landing and rigging crews have outstanding records and extensive experience working in operations that comply with the Forest Practices Code.
   The Forest Practices Code, customer requirements, job safety and other standards are carefully communicated to each crew member for each job through our Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and Job Safety Breakdown (JSB). Every crew member signs off to evidence their understanding of the instructions for every job. Managers complete an SOP follow up checklist at least weekly.