The feller is a self-propelled machine
which is designed to fell trees (buffer 10 to 21). Alternatives, which are commonly
used in forestry for the sub-process of felling, are the chainsaw as a tool, and
the harvester as a machine.
The feller itself can only take over the
function of felling and pre-skidding over the distance of the crane length, further steps must be performed by other forest machines
e.g., the processor.
A shear or saw device, which is attached to
the end of the feller´s hydraulic arm, cuts the tree off from its roots and bunches
the full trees.
Since all the steps of felling are executed
by the feller and the human only needs to control the movements, the work with
the feller is classified as advanced mechanized work.
