Basic Method Operate Heavy Equipment Feller Buncher

Cranepedia - A tool woodcutter (Feller Buncher) is the type of tool harvester used in logging. This tool is a motorized vehicle with an additional tool that can quickly cut and gather several trees before dropping it. Feller is the traditional name for someone who cut down trees, and bunching is skidding and assembly of two or more trees. A feller bunchers perform both functions harvest and consists of a standard heavy equipment base with tree gripper device is equipped with a chainsaw, saw or shear - a pinching device designed to cut a small tree in the tree trunk base.

The machine then put the tree in one stack suitable for a skidder or forwarder, or other means of transportation for further processing (eg, delimbing, bucking, loader, or chipping).

If we see the form, briefly looked like the excavator, it's just the tip of bucketnya replaced by a special cutting tool to cut down trees. And how to operate it was almost the same as the excavator, the following basic ways to operate feller bunchers:

Several kinds and types of feller bunchers may vary depending on the brand, usability, features and types of each feller bunchers. Cranepedia only discuss the general and basic of how to operate heavy equipment such feller bunchers.

Cabin

 

Inside the control room or cabins of feller bunchers, there are a lot of buttons that need to be studied if it will operate on the actual vehicle. But this time we will discuss only a few buttons, pedals and joystick to be used when logging takes place.

Pedal Control 

Grapple Arms (16) (17)
Grapple Open Arms - Hit the pedal (16) to open the grapple arms.
Close Grapple Arms - Hit the pedal (17) to close the grapple arms.

Service Brake (18)
Gently press the brake pedal to slow the velocity of the machine. Use the brake pedal for normal braking.

Travel Pedal (19) (20)

• Reverse Travel Pedal - Reverse pedal (19) is used to control the movement of the opposite (backward) from the machine. Increase the speed of the engine in the reverse direction by pressing the pedal reverse.
• Forward Travel Pedal - Pedal forward (20) is used to control the forward motion of the machine. Increase the engine speed in the forward direction by pressing the pedal forward.

Right Joystick 

Right joystick controls the following components:

1. Arm collector (Collector Arms)
Top left button opens the collector arm. Top right button closes the arms collectors.

2. Horn
Lowermost button to operate the horn.

Head Position Logging

  

(C) Move the joystick to position to tilt the cutting head down.
(D) Move the joystick to this position in order to raise the head of logging.
(E) Move the joystick to position to tilt the cutting head upwards.
(F) Move the joystick to this position in order to lower the cutting head.

Momentary Differential Lock Switch

 

While the differential lock switch is located on the right joystick. Pressing this button to unlock the front differential. Release the button to turn off the front differential lock.
Note: This button will only work if the button front and rear differential locks in the OFF position.

Left Joystick 

The left joystick to control the steering. Move the joystick to the left (A) in order to change the machine to the left. Move the joystick to the right (B) to turn the machine to the right.

Note: The joystick will return to the center when the joystick is released. However, the machine will not come back straight when the joystick back to the center position. You have to steer the machine in the opposite direction to straighten the machine.