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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Although he cuts down trees for a living and hauls them out of forests with a team of horses, don’t ever make the mistake of calling Harry Bohlman a logger. “I’m a timber harvester,” said the owner of ...

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.

Bike-powered urban fruit tree harvesters. (Photos by Betsy Reese) Back in May, we shared how the connection between bikes and urban trees here in Portland is so strong it’s garnered national ...

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 ...