A forwarder is a vehicle that carries logs from the stump to a roadside landing. Unlike a skidder, a forwarder carries logs clear of the ground, which can reduce soil impacts but tends to limit the size of the logs it can move. Forwarders are typically employed together with harvesters in cut-to-length logging operations.
The Tigercat 1065 is a heavy-duty 18-tonne forwarder. The 1065 forwarder has strong frames, large pins and steer cylinders and a durable center section with tapered roller bearings in the articulation and oscillation joints.
The Timbco TF800 Series hydroskidder forwarder has a 20ton capacity and is powered by a 260hp engine with hydrostatic drive. The biggest advantage, the company says, is the high capacity loader with continuous swing. Being able to work over the front is another big advantage when working on rough ground, repairing skid trails or loading trucks.
Big, strong and productive. Much will seem familiar about the new Valmet 890.2. But with its new more powerful loader and a new specially developed engine, the king of the forwarders is now even more effective.
A forwarder is a 6 or 8 wheel articulated machine used to transport logs, which have been cut to prescribed lengths, from the forest floor to a stacking area along side the forest road, ready for uplift by timber lorries. It is all wheel drive and is equipped with a hydraulic loader and timber grapple, which is used to load logs into the machine’s trailer, known as a bunk.
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