legendaris

Managing acres of forest land is a tough business. There’s the constant challenge of dealing with unpaved roads, trekking through dangerous rough terrain, and of course the present danger of working with massive towering trees. However, despite the risks that are related with the job, the forestry industry has still managed to become a lot safer all with the help of forestry trucks.


Before the advent of forestry trucks, logging relied mainly on brute strength. Trees had to be cut down manually with cross saws. The logs were then tied to a team of oxen, horses or mules to be dragged down to a nearby mill. Other means of transporting downed logs was by letting them drift in rivers going to mills located downstream.


The crude methods of harvesting and transporting logs eventually changed after the introduction of mechanical logging equipment in the form of steam-powered skidders and railroad carts. These two set the trend for transporting logs from the late 1800′s up until the early 1900′s. Although traditional skidders and railroad carts seemed to be the most ideal equipment for transporting logs during its time, putting up overhead lines for skidders or laying miles of railroad track was too expensive for small logging operators to handle.

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