What is this thing?

[chazcarr]

Saw this video, had to share. Get all your wood rounds ready for 5 years in about 20 minutes?

https://www.facebook.com/betty.brockporter/videos/10205953371726656/

What machine sharpens it?

 

[Lake Girl]

Mechanical harvesters ... that one appears to be a more advanced one with measuring for log length and delimbing. They used to make snipper style harvesters. That one probably still needs a human to sharpen the chain though

 

[beatlefan]

That thing is freaking awesome

 

[Lake Girl]

Did a quick check ... operators earn around $30/hr. The cost of the machine would be big... a 1999 Ponsse Ergo (in Michigan) goes for $98,000 Cdn. No small chunk of change for 16 year old machine...

 

[MaintenanceMan]

Called a Feller-Buncher I'm pretty sure. Watch some American Loggers or Swamp Loggers and you'll see one in use quite a bit.

 

[Jags]

Feller-Buncher - for a couple of hundred thousand, you too could be the proud owner.

 

[jatoxico]

Can I rent one from the big orange box store?

 

[jeffesonm]

kind of takes the fun out of it

 

[Wildo]

Actually that is a processor. It may also be referred to as a CTL or cut-to-length machine . A forwarder then hauls the sawlogs on its bunks to be loaded onto a truck. A feller buncher cuts a tree then bunches them for a skidder to drag out to the delimber that then stacks the sawlogs to be loaded and hauled away. CTL is great due to the low environmental impact (they drive on the piles of the treetops). However they can't cut/process big wood (~22 inch plus). Around here operators get $16-$25 an hour.

 

[Jags]

A feller buncher cuts a tree then bunches them for a skidder

Thanks for the clarification. I don't get to see much forestry action around here and didn't realize there was a distinction between the Feller-Buncher and (new to me) a CTL.

 

[Wildo]

They are both impressive. Check out some videos of each.

 

[xman23]

A guy I see at motorcycle rides from time to time, went to work for John Deere. They are producing a new line of those machines. He's been running around the country monitoring the status of the beta versions. All the videos I've seen the trees look small. Like to see it take down a 3' oak in the woods here.