1. Forestry vehicle

A forestry vehicle is a motor vehicle designed and equipped specifically for work in forest areas, mainly for logging, transporting timber, or maintaining woodland.

  • Primarily operate off-road but may use public roads to move between sites.
  • Often slow-moving and wide; may require special permits for road transport.
  • Must comply with lighting and marking requirements when on public roads.
  • Types:
    • Forwarder – carries cut logs from the felling site to a loading area.
    • Harvester – cuts, debranches, and sections trees.
    • Skidder – drags logs to a collection point.
    • Log loader – loads timber onto trucks or stacks.
Forestry vehicle

Tractor with lumber trailer. (Jyväskylä, Finland) © Wikimedia.org/Antti Leppänen, CC BY-SA