forwarder

{{Short description|Vehicle used in forestry}}

{{About|the logging vehicle|other uses|Forwarding (disambiguation)}}

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A forwarder is a forestry vehicle that carries big felled logs cut by a harvester from the stump to a roadside landing for later acquisition. Forwarders can use rubber tires or tracks.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Eas2AQAAMAAJ |title=Willamette National Forest (N.F.), Santiam Pass Forest Health Project, Linn County: Environmental Impact Statement |date= |publisher=United States Forest Service |year=1995 |page=2 |language=en |chapter=Environmental Consequences}} 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.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xCg3AQAAMAAJ |title=Umatilla National Forest (N.F.), Rimrock Ecosystem Restoration Projects: Environmental Impact Statement |date= |publisher=United States Forest Service |year=2003 |language=en}} Forwarders are typically employed together with harvesters in cut-to-length logging operations. Forwarders originated in Scandinavia.{{Cite book |last=Young |first=Raymond A. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CraEEAAAQBAJ |title=Introduction to Forest Ecosystem Science and Management |last2=Giese |first2=Ronald L. |date=2002-12-26 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-0-471-33145-2 |page=417 |language=en}}