A forwarder is a
forestry
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vehicle that carries big
felled 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.
Load capacity
Forwarders are commonly categorised on their load carrying capabilities. The smallest are trailers designed for towing behind
all-terrain vehicles which can carry a load between 1 and 3 tonnes. Agricultural self-loading trailers designed to be towed by farm tractors can handle load weights up to around 12 to 15
tonne
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s. Light weight purpose-built machines utilised in commercial
logging and early
thinning
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operations can handle payloads of up to 8 tonnes. Medium-sized forwarders used in
clearfells and later thinnings carry between 12 and 16 tonnes. The largest class specialized for
clearfells handles up to 25 tonnes. Forwarders also carry their load at least 2 feet above the
ground
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Manufacturers
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Barko Hydraulics, LLC
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Caterpillar Inc.
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John Deere (
Timberjack)
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EcoLog
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Fabtek
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HSM
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HSM (Hohenloher Spezial Maschinenbau GmbH, Germany)
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Komatsu Forest (
Valmet)
* Kronos
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Logset
* Malwa
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Neuson Forest
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PM Pfanzelt Maschinenbau
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Ponsse
Ponsse Plc ( fi, Ponsse Oyj) is a company domiciled in Vieremä, Finland, a forest machine manufacturer run by the Vidgrén family. Ponsse manufactures, sells and maintains cut-to-length forest machines such as forwarders and harvesters and a ...
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Rottne
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Strojirna Novotny
* Tigercat
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Timber Pro
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Zanello
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