A Bigger Cat

Cat/Catapillar, Dozer/Bulldozer, Logging Skidder, the list of names can go on, but our loggers needed a larger dozer than the one we use here on the farm. This one arrived on the trailer attached to the self-loading log truck and is about 1/3rd heavier than our Cat.
The purpose for this one is not to do the actual logging. It is going to be the safety anchor for the log truck as it makes it’s way into and out of the forest.
I had said that the logging road we were building was now ready for travel and much of the equipment, along with 4-wheel drive pickups for the loggers, have been traveling the road. But the loaded log truck needs an extra advantage at it brings heavy loads out of the woods.
Once loaded, the winch on the back of the dozer that is spooled with logging cable will tether to the log truck. The cable is pulled  from the back of the dozer, snaking under and between the tracks to be attached to the log load. Going down the hill, the heavy dozer will act as a weight to keep the log truck from gaining too much speed where it could miss the turns.