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When going to a bigger machine like a purpose built cutter, the beauty is in how the boom functions to specifically work a tree. The controls are typically reversed from those of an excavator. In my experience, if you go to a full size machine, your foolish not to just go right for an feller...

You have a point jay. But bigger machine needs a bigger trailer, and a bigger tow vehicle and bigger operating expense. I've seen case 160's fitted up with dangle head grapples. They put wood down but are more clumsy in a wooded setting versus a bona fide cutter with less tail swing and a more...

Your dangle head grapple is strikingly similar to the head on the Bell Ultra T I used to work alongside. Once the operator knows how to manipulate the tree when its cut free, life is good. In the learning process, those Bell saws will flip over on you to help educate you.

Those habitat blocks I just described dont go for big enough money for a logger to justify running his full size mechanical cutter when he could be harvesting saw logs or pulp. If the wood all stays, its difficult to make money with a quarter million dollar cutter when bidding against uncertain...

I think its a niche tool and if ones market can keep it busy, its a sure money maker. I personally would be hard pressed to keep it busy, but can think of several gigantic jobs I lost the bid on that this head would have let me blow the other bids away and still make a fortune. Our state owned...