Editing Forwarder (section)

{{Short description|Vehicle used in forestry}}
{{About|the logging vehicle|other uses|Forwarding (disambiguation)}}
[[Image:Forestry Forwarder Ösa 250 2.jpg|thumb|Forestry Forwarder Ösa 250.]]
[[Image:Forwarder.jpg|thumb|A medium-sized forwarder piling logs.]]

A '''forwarder''' is a [[forestry]] vehicle that carries big [[felling|felled]] [[Timber|log]]s cut by a [[Harvester (forestry)|harvester]] from the stump to a roadside landing for later acquisition. Forwarders can use rubber tires or tracks.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Eas2AQAAMAAJ |title=Willamette National Forest (N.F.), Santiam Pass Forest Health Project, Linn County: Environmental Impact Statement |date= |publisher=[[United States Forest Service]] |year=1995 |page=2 |language=en |chapter=Environmental Consequences}}</ref> Unlike a [[skidder]], a forwarder carries [[logging|logs]] clear of the ground, which can reduce soil impacts but tends to limit the size of the logs it can move.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xCg3AQAAMAAJ |title=Umatilla National Forest (N.F.), Rimrock Ecosystem Restoration Projects: Environmental Impact Statement |date= |publisher=[[United States Forest Service]] |year=2003 |language=en}}</ref> Forwarders are typically employed together with [[harvester (forestry)|harvesters]] in [[cut-to-length logging]] operations. Forwarders originated in [[Scandinavia]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Young |first=Raymond A. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CraEEAAAQBAJ |title=Introduction to Forest Ecosystem Science and Management |last2=Giese |first2=Ronald L. |date=2002-12-26 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-0-471-33145-2 |page=417 |language=en}}</ref>