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Strategic Navigation and Initial Tree Felling Operations

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TACKLING A tough job with the ASV VT-70 4K

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What happens here

The operator plans the entry path for the CTL through thick brush and uneven ground, leveraging the Posi-Track system's stability and traction inherent in its rubber track design. The immediate challenge involves a large dead tree positioned precariously close to a chicken coop and an outdoor table. The CTL, with its powerful grapple, is meticulously maneuvered to apply force to the tree's base, controlling its fall direction to safely clear it between the structures. This delicate operation showcases the precision control required when operating heavy specialized equipment in confined or sensitive areas, ensuring minimal impact on surroundings while effectively removing large obstacles.

Goal: The CTL navigates through challenging wooded terrain to strategically fell and remove a large dead tree located near existing structures.

Tools and materials

  • ASV VT-70 High Output Posi-Track
  • Stout Grapple Bucket

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and one of these trees is dead how's the chickens doing looks like you got them all covered and protected which one oh geez oh how the heck I'm gonna get at that yeah that looks impossible so maybe we should try okay so if I come in straight here this might be my path and I gotta get down to there all right let's see what we can do [Music] sure I can get here I'm not sure I can squeeze here if I could and I would push it straight that way the whole top is gone [Music] all right that's just another Hazard all right will you move that pallet so I'm gonna slide this tree up the hill okay I am going to try to grab this with the corner of the bucket and get it to fall between that table and that chicken coop [Music] hose is okay yeah [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] okay so that is right where I want her to go between those two now I got room to this one's gonna be super tricky I gotta get this

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