Tree harvesting is a destructive business by design. The machines trample the forest floor, leaving pulverized tracks in their wake. Christian Knobloch, a German industrial designer, wanted to build a ...

April 28, 2009 A German mechanical engineer has designed a tree harvester that weighs just over a tenth of conventional vehicles used to fell trees, which causes less damage to forest floor.

Watching the Ponsse Beaver tree harvesting machine in action is nothing short of mesmerizing. The machine makes giant trees look like nothing more than toothpicks. Ponsse is a Finnish company that ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Have a forest in the way? No problem. This monster machine, the Ponsse Beaver crane harvester is an unstoppable piece of machinery designed to fell a tree, sever all ...

Tree-choppin’ was once a man’s man’s game, an art so physically demanding that they still hold wood chopping competitions to this day. But no matter how buff and bearded the chopper, there’s no chance ...

Tree harvesting is a destructive business by design. The machines trample the forest floor, leaving pulverized tracks in their wake. Christian Knobloch, a German industrial designer, wanted to build a ...

Two years ago, Durango and the surrounding area had a bumper crop of apples. The lack of a spring freeze when the trees were in blossom made for heavy loads, bending branches and all sorts of fruit.