commercial tree production machine

[Littletree]

For the first time I got to see a commercial tree production machine in action it was nothing like i have ever seen before I could not quite believe my eyes .

This machine in under 2 mins grips a tree at the bottom ,fells it , pulls it down , snedds it and cuts it to the pre determined size and spits it out .

 

I can see with these machines it out does the human tree cutting machine 20 to 1.

 

Eastwater

[atree]

yes they are cool.

[Mr Ed]

I assume you refer to a cut to length (CTL) forestry Harvester?

Glad you've seen one working, although I have to ask where you've been for the last 25 years?

[Stephen Blair]

like this one:001_cool:

[Mr Ed]

Those Tigercat are a beast. I used to have one of their forwarders when they were badged as HEMEK. Heres a logmax 12000 working in scotland - this thing weighs about 40 tonnes -

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vskvs1znA-w&feature=channel_page]YouTube - Logmax 12000 on Tigercat[/ame]

[John Hancock]

Thanks for posting that Mr Ed. I could watch those all day long!!

[Stephen Blair]

nice one edd, that first one must have been big having to come in from both sides, i can smell the pine as i watch that.mmmmmmmmmmmmm

[Mr Ed]

Yeah, if you think it can cut 700mm in one cut...

[Khriss]

Hmmmm ( tear in eye-) miss the sitka felling in Kershope ( sigh)

 

K

[chilli]

Hi guys, my first post. Just returned from a holiday touring in Scotland. Stood watching one of these machines alongside the road between Lochgilphead & Inverary until the missus got fed up & dragged me away.

One question for you in the know; does the machine determine when the remaining trunk width is not usable or does the operator do it by sight. The one I watched almost made me cry at the amount of good wood being jettisoned.