Boom Up
by Rick Hansen
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14.000 x 11.000 inches
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Title
Boom Up
Artist
Rick Hansen
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Logging operation in winter, with stacked logs on both the left and right side of a purpose built machine, called a Forwarder. The Forwarder's operator is using the grapple to off load (from the bunk, which is where the Forwarder carries the cut logs) and stack the logs for transport to the lumber mill.
The Wikipedia definition of a Forwarder:
A forwarder is a forestry vehicle that carries big felled logs from the stump to a roadside landing. Unlike a skidder, a forwarder carries logs clear of the ground, which can reduce soil impacts but tends to limit the size of the logs it can move. Forwarders are typically employed together with harvesters in cut-to-length logging operations.
Load capacity[edit]
Forwarders are commonly categorised on their load carrying capabilities. The smallest are trailers designed for towing behind all-terrain vehicles which can carry a load between 1 and 3 tonnes. Agricultural self-loading trailers designed to be towed by farm tractors can handle load weights up to around 12 to 15 tonnes. Light weight purpose-built machines utilised in commercial logging and early thinning operations can handle payloads of up to 8 tonnes. Medium-sized forwarders used in clearfells and later thinnings carry between 12 and 16 tonnes. The largest class specialized for clearfells handles up to 25 tonnes. Forwarders also carry their load at least 2 feet above the ground.
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April 5th, 2022
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