Episode 2: Tree Harvester

There she goes! A log is lauched into the air, aiming for one unlucky minivan.

A lesson why you don't go logging near your car...

Get a closer look at the Dangle Head Processor, a logging machine which uses cables to transport logs on steep ground.

Richard feels confident that he can hit the target with a freshly-cut log.

The Log Loader is used for falling, delimbing, and sawing trees with small diameters. It can cut, strip, and slice wood in less than a minute!

Richard learns how to use the Feller Buncher to rapidly cut and gather several trees at a time. The Feller Buncher's circular saw is used to cut trees down at their base.

A Dangle Head Processor is used to pull the logs from the woods to the road, and is especially useful when the logs are on steep ground.

Richard shows off some of the largest, most powerful logging equipment at Cross and Crown, Inc., an Oregon-based logging business.

Richard gets to work!

Episode 2: Tree Harvester

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