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Knight Division TacticalWhat is a forwarder?
Logging Equipment: Forwarders, Log Loaders, Log Processors & Log Trucks
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KDT provides logging equipment with operators for wildfire incidents: forwarders, log loaders, log processors and log trucks for moving, decking, loading and hauling timber.
Typical configuration
- Forwarder Type 1
- 14+ ton
- Forwarder Type 2
- 8+ ton
- Log loader Type 1
- 175–313 net HP
- Log loader Type 2
- 105–174 net HP
- Log loader carrier
- Wheeled, tracked or trailer-mounted
- Operators
- RT-130 annual fireline refresher; CDL for transports when required
When a fire or the work around it puts a lot of timber on the ground, it has to be moved, sorted, decked and hauled. KDT supplies the full set of machines for it: forwarders, front end loaders, log loaders, log processors, log trucks, feller bunchers and skidders.
A forwarder is an off-road, rubber-tired, articulated machine with log bunks: it carries logs on its bunks, and can be ordered with or without tracks. A log loader moves, sorts and stacks logs into decks, and loads and unloads log trucks. Its carrier can vary with the incident's needs: wheeled, tracked or trailer-mounted. Want the loader's transport hauling logs too? Order it as a log truck as well and KDT sends a driver for it.
Every piece comes with its operator, able to run it safely in steep, rocky, dusty and smoky ground.
Available as
- Forwarders, Type 1 or 2, with or without tracks
- Log loaders, Type 1 or 2
- Log processors
- Log trucks
What's included
- Qualified operator with each machine
- Delivery and pickup, or transport mob/demob
- Fire extinguisher, work lights, backup alarm and shovel (log loaders)
Where it's used
- Moving logs from the woods to designated storage areas
- Sorting and decking logs
- Loading and unloading log trucks
- Hauling decked timber
Questions, answered.
What is a forwarder?
An off-road, rubber-tired, articulated machine with log bunks used to move logs. It comes in Type 1 (14+ ton) or Type 2 (8+ ton), with or without tracks.
What are the log loader types?
Type 1 is 175 to 313 net HP and Type 2 is 105 to 174 net HP. The carrier can be wheeled, tracked or trailer-mounted.
Can I order a log truck with a log loader?
Yes. If you want the loader's transport working as a log truck too, order it as a log truck as well and KDT sends a driver for it.
Need it on your incident? Say the word.
Add it to your request with anything else you need, then send it all at once. We'll come back with what we can put where, and when.