JOHN DEERE TREE HANDLING EQUIPMENT AND FORESTRY PRODUCTS

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Whether you're harvesting full or cut-to-length trees, you need equipment that's powerful, durable, and agile enough to navigate all kinds of conditions. Your John Deere team is here to help you choose the right tree handling equipment for the job.

Wood-based products are everywhere — from the structural frames of our homes to our printer paper, paper towels and all kinds of product packaging. There's no shortage of needs for wood, so harvesting efficiently is the key to a successful forestry operation.

The John Deere​ suite of forestry technology and equipment can help you tackle any project from start to finish — while overcoming tough conditions like swamps and steep slopes. Let's explore the product lineup.

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John Deere Skidders

    • Reliable and well equipped with heavy-duty dual axles to handle the toughest environments
    • Industry exclusive Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT) for efficiency and smoothness
    • Offers a variety of box-style tong grapples
    • 6 different models (36,787 - 49,570 lbs)
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Wheeled Feller Bunchers

    • Engineered to be reliable, simple to run and easy to maintain
    • Drive-to-tree capability for thinning and clear cutting
    • Great for low slope environments
    • 2 available models (219 - 270 hp)
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Tracked Feller Bunchers

    • Designed for rugged environments like steep slope and swamp logging
    • Standard and long-reach boom options
    • Long and wide undercarriages for greater stability
    • 6 different models (Swing torque: 40,630 - 81.260 lb.-ft.)
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Knuckleboom Loaders

    • Designed to deliver maximum productivity and uptime at the landing
    • Among the most powerful, reliable and efficient in the class
    • Optimized hydraulic oil reservoir capacity reduces refill time and oil-change costs
    • 2 available models (Lift capacity: 19,798 - 25,860 lbs)
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Shovel Loggers

    • Designed for steep slopes or the muck of swamps and wetlands
    • 36-foot live-heel shovel-logger boom
    • Heavy-duty John Deere​ PowerTech™ Plus 9.0L diesel engine
    • 1 available models (Tractive effort: 83,880 lbf)
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Wheeled Harvesters 

    • Designed for demanding conditions like soft soils and steep slopes
    • Great for thinning and regeneration harvesting
    • Features like Intelligent Boom Control (IBC) provide more precision and productivity
    • 4 different models (Tractive force: 29,200 - 44,960 lb)
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Tracked Harvesters

    • Designed to move through thick swamps and navigate steep slopes
    • Strength and smarts to meet any challenge
    • Optional Intelligent Boom Control (IBC) provide more precision and productivity
    • 5 different models (Tractive effort: 54,224 - 83,880 lbf)
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Forwarders

    • Featuring increased power and torque
    • Designed with durable booms, axles and electrical components for harsh environments
    • 3 cabs option: rotating, rotating & leveling, fixed
    • 5 different models (160 - 268 hp)
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Swing Machines

    • Designed to help you move more wood, more efficiently
    • Wide range of uses: log loading, road building, decking, shovel logging, processing/harvesting
    • 9L diesel engines deliver 30% more horsepower at low rpm
    • 9 different models (164 - 271 hp)

 

Wide range of forestry attachments

    • Harvesting Heads
      • 8 different models
      • Maximize your cut-to-length productivity
      • Designed to match the high production rates of Deere tracked and wheeled harvesters
      • Cutting diameters up to 29.5 inches
    • Felling Heads
      • 10 different models
      • Swing-to-tree, drive-to-tree or rotate-to-tree
      • Designed to match the high production rates of Deere tracked and wheeled feller bunchers
      • Superior versatility: small to big stems, softwood to hardwood, level or sloped ground
    • Waratah Heads
      • For harvesting large trees, selective cutting, salvaging storm-damaged timber and right-of-way clearing
      • Gets every job done from processing decked wood to tree-length felling to cut-to-length
      • Superior grab-arm strength, outstanding power-to-weight ratios and solid traction-synchronized drives
    • John Deere Grapple Attachments & Log Forks
      • Maximize your wheel loader material-handling productivity
      • Wide range of choices for sorting, hauling or unloading full-length logs
      • Simple forks to highly specialized material handling systems
      • Sourced from third-party manufacturers by authorized John Deere​ dealers
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Advanced forestry technology and dedicated service

Seamlessly coordinate your team's performance in the woods and in the office with John Deere logging and forestry technology solutions. Our line of tree handling equipment comes equipped with a powerful set of core technologies and capabilities to help you manage the health and performance of your fleet.

JD LinkTM connectivity and the John Deere Operations Center™ allow you to monitor and analyze machine data, track utilization and productivity, and can improve machine health through data insights. It also provides you with a direct link to your local dealer. With your permission, your dealer can remotely monitor diagnostic codes and provide proactive equipment service and expert support.

Additionally, with John Deere Precision Forestry tools, including TimberMatic MapsTM and TimberManagerTM, contractors and operators can share real-time production and location information. This forestry technology helps you make more effective business decisions that affect your bottom line.

Adding John Deere machines to your fleet of forestry and tree handling equipment is just one way to win in the woods. Making the most of our world-class dealer network is an easy way to decrease costs, increase uptime, and stay on top of your logging operation.

Ready to add John Deere forestry equipment to your fleet? Contact your local John Deere dealer for details today.

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* As of June 1, 2018, applies to purchases of new John Deere skid steers, compact track loaders, compact excavators, and compact wheel loaders from John Deere or authorized John Deere dealers. Warranty expires two years after the delivery receipt date or after 2,000 machine hours, whichever occurs first. Offer valid at participating dealers only. Some restrictions may apply. See your dealer for complete details.

Features and specifications are based on published information at the time of publication. Features and specifications are subject to change without notice.