
Timber harvesting is a modern term for logging described as cutting down of trees from forest. The process for harvesting is cutting trees and collect trees and gather at a place and then load them into a truck. The whole process is done by timber harvesting equipment which includes delimber, feller buncher, forwarder, harvester and skidder. Some of the transporting material from the stump to the landing are chainsaw, log truck, feller-buncher, rubber-tired skidder, whole-tree chipper & chip van, knuckle-boom loader, slasher, forwarder, processor and tub grinder. Three industrial methods identified for harvesting are tree-length logging, whole tree logging and cut-to-length logging. Timber harvesting industry is growing with the changing economic conditions, which is anticipated to fuel the demand for timber harvesting equipment globally. Also, various factors considered while selecting timber harvesting equipment include tree size, slope of the ground, volume of wood to be removed, and soil type among others.