Logging and Forestry Equipment Information

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Logging and forestry equipment are pieces of heavy equipment that harvest trees.

Applications

Applications for logging and forestry equipment include forestry management and arboriculture. They are often used with lumber and sawmill equipment.

Operation

The primary function of logging and forestry equipment is to harvest trees. There are five operations during the harvesting process. They include felling, extraction, processing, loading and transportation. These pieces of equipment rely on large diesel engines and hydraulic systems to build and maintain all tasks for forestry applications.

Types

There are multiples types of logging and forestry equipment.

Chip trucks are truck and trailer combinations used in the transportation of wood chips.
Chippers grind trees and limbs to wood chips.
Delimbers remove branches and limbs from trees. Types include gate, pull-through and flail delimbers.
Feller bunchers are logging harvesters with a cutting attachment that holds, cuts and then places the stem on the ground.
Forwarders extract cut stems.
Harvesters cut and process stems.
Knuckleboom loaders are used to load stems onto trucks.
Loaders can be wheeled or tracked equipment used to load/stack logs.
Log trucks are truck and trailer combinations used in the transportation of logs.
Mulchers, also known as masticators or brushcutters, grind vegetation into mulch.
Skidders drag trees from their cut location to the loading location.

Configurations

Logging and forestry equipment are made of powerful, rugged systems capable of functioning in various weather conditions. Logging and forestry equipment are tracked, providing stability, or wheeled, providing speed, during operation.

Specifications

The following specifications determine the functionality of logging and forestry equipment.

Gross power: The gross power of the equipment is the amount of power the engine can produce.
Operating weight: The operating weight of the equipment is the total weight of the equipment without a load.