A heavy logging vehicle equipped with a specialized attachment that grasps a tree, cuts it at the base using a high-speed saw or shear, and holds it upright. The machine then swings and accumulates several cut trees before laying them down in an organized pile for a skidder to easily grab.
Heard on the job
The feller-buncher is down for a hydraulic leak, so the whole skidding crew is waiting on wood.
Also heard as
- buncher
Related terms
Felling head
The cutting attachment mounted on the boom of a logging machine.
Harvester
A heavy forestry machine that fells, delimbs, and bucks trees into logs in one continuous operation.
Skidding
The process of dragging felled trees or logs from the cutting area to a central landing.
Clearcut
A timber harvesting area where all commercially viable trees have been removed.