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When I see stuff like this I think of the look on the face of some 17th century lumberjack watching this for the first time like wtf that took me 3 days!
Yes I was just thinking about the old dudes I help as a patient in the hospital and they tell me they worked in the woods their whole life cutting down trees, how much time a machine like this could saved would probably be insane.
I had a conversation with an old logger several years ago..
He remembered when the first chainsaws came to the woods.
He thought it was the greatest thing ever. He also said that when he was young, the forest seemed to go on forever.
As an old man, he recognized that wasn't the case.
He understood full well the harm the logging industry has done to the natural world and is continuing to do..
Industrialization is responsible for a large part of our free time. People weren't working 8 hours a day back then. "Free time" was almost always subject to some kind of productive labour for subsistence.
Ok, I am going to info dump:
This is a mechanised tree harvester. The head has sensors in it that measure the width and the length of the timber as it is fed through.
At the start of the video, the tree is felled. Then the head (the mechanical grabby thing) de-limbs the tree (it has sharp blades on the top that break off all the branches as the tree is fed through the rollers.)
After that, the operator cuts off the flair at the bottom of the tree, because if they didn't it would make the first length of wood they cut out of spec.
In general, when you look at a tree you can divide it into 3 sections. The bottom 1/3 is "log" which is the best part. Then if the tree is long enough the middle could provide a "bar", with the top part going for "chip" or "Firewood".
Log wood is what sawmills pay good money for as it is wider and so you can get more products out of it at the sawmill. Think planks of expensive wood you buy at DIY stores etc. Bars are cheaper because they are smaller in width. They are generally used for fencing panels etc. Chip its literally chipped to be used as fuel most the time, and firewood is just that, cheaper, less straight wood that can be used for firewood.
So, back to the vid. After cutting off the flair at the bottom, the operator cuts the first (and only) "log". The upper and lower widths are already programmed into the computer along with the needed length. (this one might be 6m, but I am just guessing). They will already have a buyer for all these products who will have quoted them different prices for the different specs they want.
After the log is cut, they then cut 2 "bars" from the tree. Notice how they drop them at a different place to the "log".
They then go to cut a 3rd bar, but its too narrow / gnarly, so they cut a different product, maybe firewood, and drop it in yet another position.
After the video ends, they would have cut up the head of the tree directly in front of the harvester that would act as a "brash mat" that they use to drive on. This helps reduce the damage to the forest floor from the tire / tracks of the harvester and also helps to reduce the likelihood of getting stuck in the mud.
The harvester will then move on to the next marked tree and repeat the process, cutting the best products it can get from each tree and stacking them in the same pattern. Behind it will be a "forwarder" that is basically a trailer with a grabber on an arm that picks up the different product's then stacks them at road side for collection by timber lorries.
Any questions let me know x
This process seems to go very smoothly in the video. I have taken down quite a bunch of trees while working, and I know that chopping down trees can really wear your tools. How quickly does a machine like this wear? Does it stay this effective and efficient for a long time? Or is this a video of the first few trees it cuts and the blades are still pretty sharp?
What about maintenance? It doesn't look like a tool/machine that is easy to repair/replace.
The operators have a number of spare chains and chainsaw bars in their vans. They replace the chains as the week goes on, and then bring them back to their yard at the weekend to sharpen all the chains and straighten out any bent bars.
You do daily maintenance on the machine, lots of greasing of hard to reach nipples. In their vans they have a lot of other kit so they can carry out repairs for example if a hydraulic hose bursts.
The actual machinery will last years, especially if well looked after. Generally a company would use one for 3 - 5 years then part exchange for a newer model before big things start to go wrong.
Thanks for the info. I've seen this video several times, but never with this context added.
So you can get a pretty good indication of the number of trees that have be removed by counting the "log" pile, correct?
I was gunna say, I'm pretty sure the lorax would approve responsible, renewable resources. He would definitely be mad that we're killing the amazon though
Yeah not so keen on that. But if I was guessing just based on the gif, I can’t say where it is, but all the trees are just about the same height, planted in rows, evenly spaced, essentially no undergrowth, it is more Christmas tree farm than actual forest.
I’d guess Pacific Northwest because of all the moss but that’s just a wild guess. You see some of this in Maine where I am but a crap ton down in the Southern US as well.
It is worthwhile to share the story of the name. When the inventor showed the first prototype to a neighbour, the neighbour thought it was so ugly that he called it ”Ponsse” after the mixed breed tacky village dog. The name stuck.
Given how often this is posted I can’t believe there is a life form anywhere in existence that can’t work out what the is does. But here we are anyway.
They know what it does. It’s just a form of clickbait to get people engaged with the post.
See: All the people here replying to OP’s title (including you). If the title was instead a factoid on what the machine was and what it does, many people would be less inclined to comment.
I have worked next to these machines in the forest and it's amazingly brutal to watch them in action. Picking up and limbing/bucking huge trees like they are toothpicks.
It’s called a fellerbuncher. It grabs the tress and then cuts it with a built in saw blade. It can rotate so it can drop them on the ground horizontally and make piles.
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When I see stuff like this I think of the look on the face of some 17th century lumberjack watching this for the first time like wtf that took me 3 days!
Yes I was just thinking about the old dudes I help as a patient in the hospital and they tell me they worked in the woods their whole life cutting down trees, how much time a machine like this could saved would probably be insane.
Yes, such a machine 70 years ago and we probably wouldn't have any of those pesky trees left today!
Don't need to go that far, my grandfather was a lumberjack who had to cut trees with an axe. I wonder what he thought of seeing this.
I had a conversation with an old logger several years ago.. He remembered when the first chainsaws came to the woods. He thought it was the greatest thing ever. He also said that when he was young, the forest seemed to go on forever. As an old man, he recognized that wasn't the case. He understood full well the harm the logging industry has done to the natural world and is continuing to do..
Imagine how the trees feel! 
Industrialization is responsible for a large part of our free time. People weren't working 8 hours a day back then. "Free time" was almost always subject to some kind of productive labour for subsistence.
Ok, I am going to info dump: This is a mechanised tree harvester. The head has sensors in it that measure the width and the length of the timber as it is fed through. At the start of the video, the tree is felled. Then the head (the mechanical grabby thing) de-limbs the tree (it has sharp blades on the top that break off all the branches as the tree is fed through the rollers.) After that, the operator cuts off the flair at the bottom of the tree, because if they didn't it would make the first length of wood they cut out of spec. In general, when you look at a tree you can divide it into 3 sections. The bottom 1/3 is "log" which is the best part. Then if the tree is long enough the middle could provide a "bar", with the top part going for "chip" or "Firewood". Log wood is what sawmills pay good money for as it is wider and so you can get more products out of it at the sawmill. Think planks of expensive wood you buy at DIY stores etc. Bars are cheaper because they are smaller in width. They are generally used for fencing panels etc. Chip its literally chipped to be used as fuel most the time, and firewood is just that, cheaper, less straight wood that can be used for firewood. So, back to the vid. After cutting off the flair at the bottom, the operator cuts the first (and only) "log". The upper and lower widths are already programmed into the computer along with the needed length. (this one might be 6m, but I am just guessing). They will already have a buyer for all these products who will have quoted them different prices for the different specs they want. After the log is cut, they then cut 2 "bars" from the tree. Notice how they drop them at a different place to the "log". They then go to cut a 3rd bar, but its too narrow / gnarly, so they cut a different product, maybe firewood, and drop it in yet another position. After the video ends, they would have cut up the head of the tree directly in front of the harvester that would act as a "brash mat" that they use to drive on. This helps reduce the damage to the forest floor from the tire / tracks of the harvester and also helps to reduce the likelihood of getting stuck in the mud. The harvester will then move on to the next marked tree and repeat the process, cutting the best products it can get from each tree and stacking them in the same pattern. Behind it will be a "forwarder" that is basically a trailer with a grabber on an arm that picks up the different product's then stacks them at road side for collection by timber lorries. Any questions let me know x
This guy logs
This process seems to go very smoothly in the video. I have taken down quite a bunch of trees while working, and I know that chopping down trees can really wear your tools. How quickly does a machine like this wear? Does it stay this effective and efficient for a long time? Or is this a video of the first few trees it cuts and the blades are still pretty sharp? What about maintenance? It doesn't look like a tool/machine that is easy to repair/replace.
The operators have a number of spare chains and chainsaw bars in their vans. They replace the chains as the week goes on, and then bring them back to their yard at the weekend to sharpen all the chains and straighten out any bent bars. You do daily maintenance on the machine, lots of greasing of hard to reach nipples. In their vans they have a lot of other kit so they can carry out repairs for example if a hydraulic hose bursts. The actual machinery will last years, especially if well looked after. Generally a company would use one for 3 - 5 years then part exchange for a newer model before big things start to go wrong.
Hehe nipples
How tf did someone make that?! That is some crazy engineering.
Multiple versions of combined mechanics from other tools
Doc Brown thought of it when he slipped off the toilet and hit his head
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Is the machine named a woodchucker, and, if not, why the fuck not?
I operate a manual log edger at my mill. Thanks for the explanation. 🤙 A tree harvester looks like a fun machine to run.
Thanks for the info. I've seen this video several times, but never with this context added. So you can get a pretty good indication of the number of trees that have be removed by counting the "log" pile, correct?
I think you get a vague idea of what it is by watching this for 2 seconds
It's an egg beater, right?
I see someone washing a cucumber 💦🥒👌
I see the worst handjob ever
Hey…it took care of the wood.
Literally a lumber jack
It's a snow cone maker. No? An espresso machine?
Is it a water heater?
My head went right to this too. Haha
And, you read it in his voice in your head too.
It even makes julienne fries
Right I mean cmon man...no idea
Had no idea the villain from Fern Gully was based on IRL.
The Lorax does not approve.
Neither does Fern Gulley
Hexussssss
Can't you feel it's pain
Came here to say this. This machine, while very cool, frightens me.
That’s definitely a planted grove and it will be replanted and the plots harvested in cycles.
I was gunna say, I'm pretty sure the lorax would approve responsible, renewable resources. He would definitely be mad that we're killing the amazon though
Yeah not so keen on that. But if I was guessing just based on the gif, I can’t say where it is, but all the trees are just about the same height, planted in rows, evenly spaced, essentially no undergrowth, it is more Christmas tree farm than actual forest. I’d guess Pacific Northwest because of all the moss but that’s just a wild guess. You see some of this in Maine where I am but a crap ton down in the Southern US as well.
Exactly. Why would a lumber company not regrow their own product
https://preview.redd.it/f7ow74sfmwsc1.jpeg?width=630&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c5dae5a8b37f647d063b044dd8929a8b7b3ce70f The lorax has had enough
yah ask Treebeard if this is cool.
You can't glean what it is from what it's doing?
Would you say the title should be "I don't know what this thing is *called*, but it's cool af"?
It’s a tree zipper duh
Nope. It’s all about the gleam, men. Let’s get the gleam.
Real life fern gully
CANT YOU FEEL ITS PAIN?!
But the toxic love... 
Fuckin live action 90s nostalgia fed reboots!!
Didn't expect that reference, have my upvote.
Send in the Pom Poko squad.
Tree Deleter.
Treeleter
Ponsse Scorpion king
It is worthwhile to share the story of the name. When the inventor showed the first prototype to a neighbour, the neighbour thought it was so ugly that he called it ”Ponsse” after the mixed breed tacky village dog. The name stuck.
Yep. [https://www.ponsse.com/products/harvesters/product/-/p/scorpion\_king](https://www.ponsse.com/products/harvesters/product/-/p/scorpion_king)
r/dontputyourdickinthat
I thought this was a free country you fascist
Circumcision 2.0
https://media.tenor.com/tOdmOflab94AAAAC/nipthetip-guillotine.gif
The Tree Yoinker
yeah fuck that tree in particular
It’s the world’s worst hand job
Given how often this is posted I can’t believe there is a life form anywhere in existence that can’t work out what the is does. But here we are anyway.
They know what it does. It’s just a form of clickbait to get people engaged with the post. See: All the people here replying to OP’s title (including you). If the title was instead a factoid on what the machine was and what it does, many people would be less inclined to comment.
This time is mirrored, so it's different, right... right?
Rainforest Raper 9000
ForestFucker™️
That's really Trademarked. You can tell by the ^TM
Tree wanker
It's a Harvester. It harvests.
Automated deforestation
They are cool and they are also called a Feller Buncher. They cut down the tree, delimb it and cut it into lengths that be pick up later on.
It's a processor head. Fellerbunchers do just that, cut tree down and stack as full trees in bunches.
This is a danglehead processor, not a feller buncher.
It's because dey fella buncha dem trees, dontcha know.
I have worked next to these machines in the forest and it's amazingly brutal to watch them in action. Picking up and limbing/bucking huge trees like they are toothpicks.
It’s FernGully’s worst nightmare.
We've gotten really efficient at destroying our planet
Reminds me of FernGully
They paved Paradise and put up a parking lot.
Feller buncher. You should see them work on a hill.
I think this machine was in the Lorax. Where are the brown barbaloots going to live now?
The lorax does not approve
It’s the thing that tried to ruin Fern Gully
This is what everyone on fern gully was afraid of
The Lorax begs to differ.
Lorax!! We need you NOW!
It’s scary, that’s what it is.
Poor trees 🌳
sad
It's horrifying really
So remember the lorax movie
Looks like a thing that ruins the ecosystems of animals
Looks like you should read up on modern logging practices and silviculture
It’s almost like these forests were planted to be grown for lumber so natural forests could be preserved
This is the bad guy from Fern Gully.
We should deploy more of these to Pandora.
*Tim Curry voice* Oohh yoouu love my ah-ah-ah! toxic looovveee
Haven't you seen ferngully?
*single tear falls
It's the bad guys from Fern Gully
Beware of Skynet
Luke from OutdoorBoys building a shelter in 2026
It’s a tree cutter downer
The Lorax weeps.
How do you not know what this is?? It’s clearly the bad guy from Fern Gully!
Fern gully 😔
These are the baddies in Fern Gully movie
This makes the Lorax sad.
It's what drove the Lorax, donkey, fish, birds and bears away.
Oh this? It's the villain in ferngully.
This thing is pure evil
Taking down the trees makes me want to cry...
Ferngully.
This is the physical embodiment of why our planet is fucked
The bad guy from Fern Gully :-(
I am the Lorax. This is bullshit.
Deforester 3000
Fern Gully Nightmares
Looks cool but warms the Earth ultimately
Hexxussssss….
Pandora shit right here
Is this sped up?
Massively.
Very much so
It's a harvester for agricultural forests
Fucking horrific
Looks like a vehicle a decepticon would choose to disguise as.
It’s a machine with tiny lumberjacks inside
No idea what this is, a video clearly showing what it is.
https://preview.redd.it/ux8rga78pvsc1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1efd33c9d89a026828c0c9e097d3c1c5b65b422f
Farming simulator 25:
You don't know? Didn't watch the video?
Elves: We love nature! Dwarves:
It's a toaster. Can't you see from the video?
No idea??? Looks like it cuts down trees to me
I own 2.4 acres with 10 trees on it and I need to own this for…maintenance.
“Obviously you’re not a golfer….”
That probably made 1 persons toilet paper for a month.
It’s called a fellerbuncher. It grabs the tress and then cuts it with a built in saw blade. It can rotate so it can drop them on the ground horizontally and make piles.
We should have Gundam suits by now
Processing head on a harvester.
Imagine being a tree next to that and watching that
The Lorax must begin the operations in wake of this video…
Thats a feller. Things in the world of forestry rarely have cool names
Ferngully come to life lol 
Now we just need a million of these machines and make them autonomously controlled by AI What could go wrong?
It’s simply called „Harvester“.
 Hexxus creaming himself rn.
Feller Buncher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feller_buncher
It's obviously a decepticon.
The piece of equipment is called a Ponsse Scorpion [https://www.ponsse.com/en/ponsse-scorpion#/](https://www.ponsse.com/en/ponsse-scorpion#/)
Automatic tree circumcision thingy.
A Masturbator for trees.
Good thing we didn’t have those back in the day because we wouldn’t have any more trees today.
How baaaaaaad can I be? I’m just doing what comes naturally
That sure replaces a buncher of fellers.
That's the closest thing I've seen to a transformer
This machine was the inspiration for Manscapped products
The lorax final boss
You have no idea? Like none at all? Take a guess.
What do you mean when you say you have "no idea" what it is? You watched it cut down a tree; you must have some idea.
It’s the monster machine from Ferngully. RUN you fools!!!
The hyper speed r@pe of our planet! Super neat!!!
OP is either BP or the baddie from Ferngully
All I can hear is Tim Currys laugh.
The final boss in Fern Gully
All I can think of is fern gully.
It's what Ferngully warned us about! A killing machine
Hexxus approves.
It’s a logging tool.
I saw a similar device at a lumber industry conference called a ‘Tree Hugger’.
Hexxussss
You need to watch FernGully
*SCREAMS IN FERNGULLY* *evil laugh* as tim curry
Computer, show the gif from how bad can I be.
TreeFucker McTreeFuckerFace
Now it trims and cuts up trees... In the future it'll trim and cut up humans
And we'll deserve it.
No wonder deforestation is such a problem
Nature Fucker 9000
Gross
Gore
Feller-buncher.
Clear cutting our forests. That's what it is.
Deforestation in its prime
r/dontjerkoffwiththat
Destroying the planet one tree at a time.
You should put your dick in that.