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Chainsaw
A portable, mechanical saw powered by electricity, battery, or gas. Primary use is felling, limbing, and bucking trees.
Skidder
A type of heavy vehicle used in a logging operation for pulling cut trees out of a forest in a process called skidding.
Forwarder
A forestry vehicle that carries felled logs from the stump to a roadside landing. Unlike skidders, forwarders do not drag the logs.
Feller Buncher
A self-propelled machine with an attachment which rapidly cuts and gathers several trees before felling them.
Harvester
A type of heavy machinery that is used for the felling, limbing, and bucking of trees during harvesting operations.
Delimber
Machinery that removes limbs from cut trees, making logs ready for further processing like sawing or chipping.
Slasher
A forestry machine used for cutting trees into lengths for trucks, typically used for cutting to measured lengths.
Yarder
Equipment used to pull logs from the stump to the landing using a system of cables. Very efficient on steep slopes.
Mulcher
A tool or vehicle attachment that shreds vegetation, such as underbrush and tree limbs, for land-clearing operations and preparing the soil.
Stump Grinder
A power tool or equipment attachment that removes tree stumps by means of a rotating cutting disc that chips away the wood.
Brush Cutter
A powerful tool or machine used for trimming weeds, undergrowth, and small trees. It's more robust than a typical lawn mower or string trimmer.
Log Loader
A machine with a hydraulic arm and grappling hook that is used for loading logs onto trucks or railcars.
Wood Chipper
A machine used for reducing wood, generally tree limbs or trunks, into smaller woodchips.
Koller Yarder
A forestry machine designed for cable logging which uses a tower and cable system to transport logs from the stump to the collection area.
Portable Sawmill
A small-scale sawmill that can be easily moved, often by a single person. Frequently used by small woodlot owners.
Fire Fighting Skidder
A type of heavy equipment modified with a water tank and pump, used to combat forest fires by creating fire lines.
Tree Spade
A machine that facilitates the transplanting of large plants and trees by digging out the root ball.
Aerial Tramway
A type of cable system used for transporting harvested logs through the air from remote or steep terrains to a processing location.
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