The front-end implement on a feller-buncher or harvester that actually grips and severs the tree. It typically consists of heavy grab arms and a cutting mechanism, such as a continuous hot saw (disc saw), a chainsaw bar, or hydraulic shears.
Heard on the job
Check the teeth on the felling head before you start your shift, we hit a lot of rocks yesterday.
Also heard as
- saw head
- processing head