Tigercat LX870C feller buncher

Tigercat LX870C felling large timber in steep and rocky terrain on the west coast of British Columbia.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• tigercat
• feller buncher
• logging
• forestry
• british columbia

[stevro2008]

Hi. I used to operate a similar fellerbuncher in clearfall here in Australia about 25 years ago. The machine was a V8 Koering "30 ton" with the same style head as you have here. From memory the blade spun at 1100 rpm. Does the delimber come in and work along the rows where you are falling or are they snigged out to a landing and procesesd on the side of the road.

[TigercatForestry]

@stevro2008

Koehring was located in Brantford, same city as Tigercat. Many of Koehring's best engineers came to Tigercat in the early 90s. To answer your question, the trees are skidded, shoveled or yarded to roadside and processed with single grip harvesters.

[winsettruffner]

@eatchugforbreakfast You obviously have never been on the west coast of BC. That's 2nd growth timber with old growth stumps. You can't just skid everything when you've got sensitive soils and inconsistent terrain. Learn before you beak.

[853ee]

nice wood first day on a buncher?holy high stumps and a mess batman

[853ee]

steep rocky ground? new vids but you seem to have gotten worse! you have my email. say hi to Selby for me

[pitsnbusas]

@TigercatForestry BAD TO THE Fn BONE!!!

[pbunyon2002]

That guy does look like a real good operator. I wouldn't know what to do with easy cutting, tall, pencil straight, and easy to process timber on easy ground like that though. I think you could make money on accident out there.

[yup703]

that guys a good operator

[fox13z400]

@winsettruffner ahh gotcha

[winsettruffner]

@fox13z400 No, I meant "beak" as in "to run one's mouth". See the Urban Dictionary

[gosshawk10]

Looks like flat ground to me



[timbco134]

Nice stand of timber!