Forwarding - Basic Concepts

There are some basic rules for loading a forwarder. What are they ?
1. It is important to drive and load very fast to get a good operating profit.
2. Load free of rocks and branches and a careful handling of the hydraulik system.
3. There are not any rules for operators, every operator can follow his own rules.
What are your options to put the logs in your gapple in the right order ? But watch out, sometimes several solutions are correct !
1. Knock the bundle against the gate with a bit of open grapple.
2. Knock the bundle against the ground with a bit of open grapple.
3. Knock the bundle carefully against the cab. So it is possible to see if the log lie in the right order.
Why is the bottom layer so important?
1. Because, it is easier to unload the forwarder with a good build up bottom layer.
2. Because you can look much better to the gate, when the bottoml layer is parallel.
3. Because the bottom layer is the foundation of the whole load.
It is forbidden to..... Watch out, sometimes several solutions are correct!
1. To load wood above the gate if the forwader is going to be driven downhill.
2. To knock very thin pulpwood against the gate.
3. To knock saw logs against the gate.
Select the right loading rules! Watch out, sometimes several solutions are correct!
1. Place a bundle beside the stakes on one side.
2. Place one bunch transverse to the gate.
3. Place a bundle beside the stakes on the other side.
4. Use short pulpwood for the bottom layer.
5. Use the space in the middle for the third bundle
Select the right loading system for small wood stacks.
1. It´s possible to put some small individually lying wood stacks together in a bundle and lift them up on the load.
2. It´s very important to load small pulpwood on the bottom layer and place the big saw logs on the top.
3. Every log must be individually handled and placed on the load.
Which is the right system for loading big buttress sawlogs?
1. It´s important to build a "carrot" between the stakes, because it´s the best way to get a save load.
2. Placing all big buttress logs with the buttress against the gate.
3. Placing the next bundle of pulpwood in the opposite direction compared to the previous load.
Which is the right rule for loading rot and color marking logs when you loading another assortment at the same time?
1. There is no rule.
2. Place the logs with the color karks forward.
3. Place the logs with the colored site against the gate.
How do you have to position the forwarder, while unloading ?
1. Parking at a slight angle.
2. Parking straight ahead, so it´s easyer to look beween the staks.
3. Parking in a very steep angle.

Forwarding - Basic Concepts

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