Yarders Logging Equipment For Sale

About Yarders

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Thunderbird TMY50 Yarder

Yarders are machines that get logs from the bottom of a hillside, mountainside, or ravine up to a place where they can be loaded and transported. It used to be that someone would have to manually attach chains to a log and then send them up. But now, after logs are cut and put in piles, yarders use a tower combined with a series of cables, drums, and a grapple to grab logs and pull them up to a flat landing area where they can be delimbed and loaded onto trucks. This entire process is often referred to as “cable logging” or “skyline logging.”

Types Of Yarders

There are drivable yarders on wheels or tracks as well as models that can be mounted to trucks or tractors; there are also tower yarders and swing yarders. Tower yarders are more traditional and can do the basic task of grabbing a log and pulling it up the side of a steep incline, but they are limited in where they can actually place it.

A swing yarder can move logs past its position by lifting and swinging it. This is an important distinction, because you can get swing yarders into compact areas or even right near a road so you can more easily use a truck-mounted or stationary log loader instead of a wheeled or tracked alternative that has to actually drive down the hillside to pick up felled timber.

Find The Right Yarder For The Job

You’ll find a wide range of used yarders for sale on ForestryTrader.ca from manufacturers such as Madill, Skagit, and Thunderbird. Some model years date as far back as 1973, which illustrates the reliability and durability of these machines.