Oxfordshire Woodland Group

When it comes to extracting a serious amount of timber from a large managed woodland then this task falls to the forwarder.

These all terrain and all weather vehicles are built to negotiate the most difficult of situations and can lift and recover very heavy logs to bring these to ride or roadside for onward transportation to the mill or timber stockyard.

This Timber-Jack forwarder is so large that it is fitted with a ladder to help the driver climb aboard. The wheel diameter is shoulder high with each of these tyres costing thousands of pounds to replace.

The purchase of such a vehicle can only be justified when a significant amount of commercial work is undertaken - generally by specialist contractors. Fortunately large estates like Englefield on the Oxfordshire / Berkshire border can arrange to supply this type of crewed vehicle to assist the small to medium sized woodland owner in South Oxfordshire when a major woodland intervention is planned.

Contact Greg Vickers - head forester at Englefield Estate.

Ken Hume Executive trustee - Oxfordshire Woodland Group