Forestry Equipment Supplier and Rentals
Triad Machinery is the authorized dealership for Link-Belt Forestry, Tigercat Forestry, and T-Mar Forestry Equipment in the Pacific Northwest. With six (6) branches scattered throughout the region, Triad Machinery offers the largest inventory of new and used forestry equipment.
Triad Machinery specializes in all of Link-Belt (LBX) Forestry, Tigercat Forestry, and T-Mar Log-Champ Swing Yarders. Our Forestry Equipment product lines included, but not limited to, Timber Loaders, Road Builders, Skidders, Loggers, Feller Bunchers, Forwarders, and Harvesters. All of our forestry equipment goes through an intense Pre-Delivery Inspection (PDI) before being delivered to your job site.
Link-Belt Forestry (LBX)
Link-Belt 40 Series Forestry machines are tough and dependable workhorses for road building, harvesting, loading, processing and more. They feature powerful, fuel-efficient Final Tier 4 engines that don’t require a DPF, matched to a 55% larger fuel tank that keeps you working longer. 40-Series offers up to 12% improved cycle times, best-in-class swing torque, 17% draw bar pull increase and up to 10% better fuel economy.
Link-Belt Forestry Processors
Whether you are processing in the brush or on a landing, our 40 Series purpose built Processors can be configured to your application. Equipped with a side entry OSHA approved forestry cab, purpose built droop nose HD boom with high lift option, high and wide undercarriage, factory guarding and all the hydraulics you need to run the most demanding processing heads.
Link-Belt Forestry Timber Loaders
Timber Loaders are used for a variety of forestry applications as shovel loggers, loading trucks, processing trees into logs, and piling brush. As shovel loggers these machines use log grapples to grab onto fallen trees and swing them towards where they need to go, whether that is the roadside / landing for processing or feeding a yarder or skidder to get the trees to the processor. Our Timber Loader line, when equipped with a processing head takes downed timber brought to it by shovel loggers, skidders and yarders and processes the trees into logs ready to be loaded on trucks and taken to the mill site. Timber Loader LBX machines equipped with grapples are an ideal choice for cost effectively loading processed logs onto trucks heading for the mill, selectively grabbing logs from piles and precisely loading them onto the trucks with some models using as little as 3 gal/hour of diesel fuel. Equipped with either grapples or brush rakes our Timber Loader machines can pile brush and reclaim land after harvesting is completed, responsibly managing the environment for future harvests. The timber is down and you need to get it to the mill. Choose our new 40 series shovels to forward the wood to the landing and get it loaded on a truck. Our 5040 and 4640 are our big swing machines and with almost 45’ of reach you will get the wood moved in a hurry. Our 4040 makes an excellent processor carrier by providing ample amounts of oil flow when you need it and processes logs with ease. Sitting on a 350 class undercarriage the machine is very stable and gets around very well on the toughest jobs. Our 3740 and 3240 are both class leaders in their perspective classes and with large oversized undercarriages they not only load log trucks with ease, but work very well in the brush getting wood to the landings.
Link-Belt Forestry Road Builders
Whether your maintaining existing forestry roads or pioneering a new mainline our 40 series purpose built Road builder is the best option for you. Comes standard with a side entry OSHA approved forestry cab, purpose built HD boom with high lift option, and all the guarding you need to tackle the toughest jobs.
Tigercat Forestry
Tigercat Industries is the leader in design and manufacture of harvesting systems and severe off road applications. Tigercat Forestry systems deliver processed wood from the forest to the end user at the lowest cost per ton.
Tigercat Skidders
Skidders are some of the most cost effective and productive tools loggers can use to bring downed trees to the landing or roadside. These powerful machines are often quipped with large capacity grapples at the rear of the machine, allowing the operator to grab onto piles of trees and drag them wherever they need to go, on virtually any terrain. Tigercat skidders use their unique TURNaround technology, allowing the operator to rotate his seat facing either forwards or backwards, ending the need to twist their neck or back when reversing the machine also eliminating the need for turning the machine around at the pile or the landing. With ten skidder sizes and multiple grapple, cable and clam bunk options Tigercat has the right sized skidder for your application from narrow thinning operations, to long drags, soft ground conditions, broken terrain, steep slope and everything in between. Tigercat skidders lead the industry with six-wheel drive articulating options, allowing them to be used in conjunction with tracks to drastically reduce ground disturbance as well as giving our skidders the ability to work in steeper terrain and softer ground conditions. Tigercat skidders deliver wood to roadside at the lowest cost in a variety of terrain conditions, tree sizes and species. Build quality, durability and operator ergonomics are unmatched. Tigercat’s unique skidder drive system combines hydrostatics with electronic control technology, resulting in unparalleled productivity and efficiency. With a wide range of 4 and 6-wheel skidder options, we will help match the correct machine for your application.
Tigercat Loggers
Tigercat shovel loggers are available in both leveling and non-leaving varieties. While they both swing grapple loads of logs towards the next step in the harvesting process, our leveling LS855 shovel logger is the most innovative and effective shovel logger available for steep slope mechanical timber harvesting. With the lower undercarriage of the machine articulating independently of the upper, our LS855 can safely and efficiently log terrain that was once unsafe or unproductive to log with traditional shovel loggers. Our leveling shovel loggers are also available with factory extended track grousers, offering the best traction possible on steep ground while being factory supported and keeping the warranty coverage of all your components including final drives intact. When equipped with our 5195 directional felling head our Tigercat leveling shovel loggers allow operators to fall and shovel timber in areas where teams of hand cutters and choker setters were once the only option, limiting your company’s exposure to boots on the ground. Full forest-duty Tigercat loggers are rugged and hydraulically advanced carriers suited to a wide variety of duties and applications including loading, shovel logging, felling and processing. Tigercat loggers include the powerful, nimble S855E/LS855E shovel loggers and the larger 875, 880, and 890 series loggers.
Tigercat Feller Bunchers
Feller Bunchers equipped with a hot saw or intermittent saw are some of the most effective machines on the planet for falling timber for harvesting. Simultaneously grabbing and cutting trees at high speed these machines are able to bunch these trees and set them into piles for shovel loggers, skidders, or yarders to come behind them continuing the harvest process. Tigercat Feller Bunchers are available with their patented leveling system that allows them to safely and efficiently work on terrain previously resigned to teams of cutters with chainsaws. These leveling undercarriages can also be equipped with factory supported extended grousers giving you the best traction possible while keeping your drive train components under warranty. Tigercat builds premium quality track Feller Bunchers recognizing that high productivity, efficiency, long service life and minimal unscheduled downtime are the keys to profitability. Tigercat track Feller Bunchers are field-proven in some of the harshest applications and climates on the planet. With an optional closed loop hydraulic system, the machine is designed to meet the performance standards of the best bunched operators in the world.
Tigercat Forwarders
Forwarders are highly effective machines at moving processed logs off-road through narrow thinning corridors and across challenging terrain. Tigercat forwarders are equipped with the most powerful cranes in the industry with log grapples that pick up logs in piles made by harvesters, they then place the logs inside purpose built bunks for transport to the landing or roadside. Forwarders excel in transporting these logs while limiting the impact to the environment with low ground compaction thanks to articulating bogies purpose built by Tigercat to withstand the extreme hardships of forestry applications, making them the ideal choice for selective thinning and fuel reduction harvesting jobs aimed at effective harvesting and environmental protection. Tigercat loader forwarders combine technology from Tigercat’s well proven swing machines with purpose-built frames, a forwarder bunk system and a Tigercat driveline for a multipurpose machine for forestry, mill yard and off road industrial applications.
Tigercat Harvesters
Track and wheel harvesters are some of the most technically advanced machines in the logging industry. Harvesters fall standing timber while simultaneously processing the tree into a finished log, creating piles for the forwarder to come behind and transport to the landing or roadside. Tigercat Harvesters are available in several sizes to best suit your needs from selective thinning to final harvest. With track and wheeled options available logging contractors can find the right machine for their application, with the legendary purpose built reliability offered by Tigercat. Tigercat’s purpose-built, forestry duty track harvesters offer superior performance, fuel efficiency, uptime, longevity and service access over excavator conversions, ultimately reducing the cost per ton of processed wood. With an extensive range of leveling and flat bottom machines, a Tigercat carrier can be matched to most of the world’s at-the-stump harvesting and roadside processing applications.
Tigercat Mulchers
For over two decades Tigercat has designed and built forestry equipment with increasingly complex hydraulic and electronic systems that are able to survive some of the harshest operating environments on the planet. The high duty cycle application of mulching and land clearing is a perfect fit for this learned expertise. Tigercat mulchers are more reliable, efficient and productive than competing products, with higher uptime and superior operator ergonomics.
Tigercat Carbonizers
Advanced, efficient and cost-effective, Tigercat carbonators reduce wood debris volume through an eco-friendly carbon recycling process. Logs, limbs, brush, stumps and other wood based debris are processed onsite with no grinding or chipping required.
T-Mar Forestry
T-Mar Log-Champ Swing Yarders
These machines are extremely productive and help you move wood on steep slopes safely and efficiently. Proven machines built to help you “Move Wood”.
We provide the forestry equipment and support you need.
Whether you are searching for new, a gently used forestry equipment piece, or a quality trade-in we can get you the forestry equipment you need. Contact your Triad Machinery Territory Manager today!
