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A couple of pictures of my dinky forwarder shifting some rather oversized (for the machine) ash logs and the tractor too. We're on a nice hardwood site in Somerset doing a thin on a mostly ash woodland. Quite large trees really, with some topping 100ft and 55cm DBH. It's a perfect site for the forwarder as there are no traction issues at all and the nimbleness and diminutive size of the machine means that it's really quick. Just a touch under 200 tonnes out in 5 days, which I'm very pleased with. This consists of about 150 tonnes of firewood and 40-45t of saw logs. The forwarder is managing 3m lengths at up to about 800kg and will drive over just about any brash, meaning I can take quite direct routes through the stand. Being able to extract as soon as trees hit the deck means the cutters are always felling onto clean ground and don't run the risk of burying product lengths under brash. The little winch tractor has been incredibly useful this week too and has pulled out quite a few hung trees.
