Ponsse Factory, Finland

[barbender]

There has been a movement here towards minimizing roads, so skid lengths are increasing. 1/4 mile skids are pretty common, but I have had skids over 1 mile. It is hard to get much done in a day with skid distances like that, in a small machine. 

Your fuel consumption is huge on those long skids. I ran out on the landing, unloading load #6 for the day once. Typically I could skid all day, putting 10-12 loads on the landing, with normal skidding distances.

[Riwaka]

South Africans and other places use the timber trucks for shifting cut logs.
The timber trucks have a registered plate for road use.

Forwarder version timber truck with own crane. (There are other versions -no crane, with tip deck and no tip deck etc)
Might need to grind the in stand stumps, to reduce tip overs if picking up wood in cutover.
AT30B - top speed 26mph, 42km/h so faster than forwarder.
The areas the timber trucks are used appear to be lower rainfall and dryer soil.
Dezzi (Desmond Equipment) - 275hp, 6 speed ZF, 19 metric tonnes (42.4K lbs) empty, 44 metric tonnes, 97K lbs loaded, 24 metric tonne ball park wood load (53K lbs) (there are smaller models)

Dezzi AT30B 6x6 Timber Truck infield loading long lengths
https://youtu.be/k-w2onQCAPM?si=JoXPCd4hMq0aJRBl