The thinning at Innishconnell forest has now finished. Padraig O’Reilly, who drives the forwarder, did great work. Very little damage was done to the remaining trees, and the ground was well protected with brash before he drove the trailer out with its loads of heavy logs.
Have a look at the following photos and you will get more of an idea about this part of the work.
(Above) After harvesting the trees, the logs are then left on the forest floor for the forwarder to collect.
(Above) The forwarder at work collecting piles of logs left at the side of the extraction rack by the harvesting machine (see previous article).
(Above) The long arm of the forwarder reaches across three lines of trees to collect the harvested logs.
The giant claw of the forwarder releases its load of logs into the trailer.
Padraig O’Reilly and his forwarder.
(Above) Padraig stacks the logs in their size categories at roadside for collection.
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