Skidders are used in logging operations. These foresting machines cut and then move trees to a landing site where they will be loaded onto a vessel for transport. Unlike forwarders, which carry logs a few inches above the ground, skidders typically drag logs to a loading site.
Alternatively, some skidders have a hydraulic grapple bucket instead of a winch, and the bucket—attached to the skidder by a boom—grabs and lifts the timber. There are three types of 'fixed boom' grapple skidders. A single-function boom type has two hydraulic cylinders, only allowing the boom to lower in one position. Dual-function booms (as pictured) have four cylinders, which allows for adjusting the boom in two different places. The third type permits the grapple boom to be swung from side to side, allowing spread out trees to be grabbed at once.
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