Huge Poplar tree falls on the Tigercat
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Watch this large Poplar fall right on top of the Tigercat L830C
Man that feeling when your sitting there and something bad is going to happen and there is not a dam thing you can do about it. Well built machine.
I dont even know how that tiger cat can still move, seeing as its being weighted down by derricks big steel balls.
and to continue working after something like that without at least taking a breather and a quick underwear change makes those balls heavier.
Having been in the timber industry going on 23 years now,I don't believe there is a tougher environment for a machine to work in day in and day out. To design and fabricate a piece of equipment to withstand, just as you see here,is truly amazing.
Glad he was okay. This is the type of thing people who never do that job will never understand without videos like this. Everyone stay safe!
Always great videos from Cotontop3! Thank God Derek was safe from a dangerous situation.
Built tough for sure!! Glad he's ok!!
Glad he is ok. That tree landed just right on the cab- it looked like it rolled off pretty quickly. Never a dull moment in the woods! Thanks for sharing!!
I assemble tigercats now (used to work on aviation, its temporarily dead) and these machines are just hardened thick steel blocks, they're monsters, everything weighs a shit ton.
Wow that was scary. The slow motion was something. I bet that’s a bad feeling when you’re in side the cutter and that happens. Glad everyone was ok. Awesome video
I do believe that if that had been me on the machine...........
it would be necessary to hose out the cab ! 💩😆
Glad no one was hurt!
Thanks for sharing and take care. 👍
Whoa, Glad Derrick's Ok,and everyone around it too..Yea that was scary Tim..
Have a great Sunday..Take Care
Wow that just goes to show how something can in a blink of a eye right there. That also shows how good the machines are built for this situation.Thank goodness nobody was hurt or even worse this goes to show some of the dangers of logging
Glad everyone's okay and you're right about the strength/safety engineered into these machines. What's amazing is thinking about the force needed to snap that tree. I'd have thought it would just roll off the other side, wow. Happy Mother's Day to everyone.
That will put raise the pucker level off the charts. I bet Derrick had some different words to describe that situation.
Glad he's ok, good machine! As a mechanic all my life (cars, trucks + equipment) I've cursed engineers plenty from time to time after spending 3hrs removing parts for access to change a $14 part that wears out regularly and having the customer take it out on me. But they do get it right sometimes. LOL
I'm glad everyone's okay. And you're right Tim, these machines can withstand a great deal of punishment. If you have the time, please PLEASE contact Tigercat about this. They've got a reputation for listening closely to their customers, and it's important they know how easy it is for such a critical switch to be accidentally bumped. Had Derrick been cutting those huge trees you see in Tigercat's demo videos sometimes, he might not have been so lucky. As such, if you have the time, and contact information, I think it's important that they know about the hazards of that switch's location, so they can revise their design for future machines. Maybe show them the video? Once again, awesome footage. Thank you for sharing this with us. You guys be safe!
If it can wear a Tree that big,and keep the Operator safe all the while not getting messed up...that's a quality machine
Nick Edwards there’s a rears a buncher weighs 35 tons. It’s all heavy plate steel and bulletproof glass. Front windshield is 1 5/8 think
Awesome video. That Tigercat is a beast. 👍
Damn nation son. That was amazing. Snapped that brute like a stomping a wood pencil. MIGHTY thankful Derek was okay !!
Wow, that was a close one. Thank God.
Glad to see he is ok Tim! You guys truly have a dangerous profession.
If I had been in that Tigercat there would have been a big ole pile of 💩 in my skivvies! Thank God no one was hurt, you should send a keg a beer to the engineers who designed the cab on that machine along with a copy of the video with a big thank you card!!
God Bless and be safe gentlemen
And that folks is WHY those machines all say "Keep clear 3-500'". Ive got a couple stories of stuff like that happening. Like the time i "found" a metal T-post with the mulcher drum and it came back at me like a missile on a mission. Thank god for that 1" bullet proof lexan glass or i would have been a goner. Stay safe out there boys!
That helpless feeling sitting in the machine and hoping for the best.
I am so glad he’s ok. We need more Derrick in videos.
You wouldn’t believe how incredibly strong and tough bunchers are build. I was cutting over size poplar in Alberta with a 903k John Deere buncher. The poplar we were cutting was like 100’ tall and some of them were rotten so we would get huge chunks hitting the cab all the time and body. Of course I was on night shift so you can’t see if comming. This one time I had a tree probably 36-48 in but 100’ tall and it broke off at like 40’ up the tree and that too 60’ came straight down onto the cab we’ll let me tell ya that 40 ton buncher bounced off the ground. That’s a lot of weight to come straight down from 40’ in the air and not one little dent in the cab. I would feel safe in a war zone in a buncher they are very well built safe machines
Sure glad Derek is okay. It pays to run good equipment. Great video Tim
Glad Derick and all is okay. When do we get to see the video of changing the seat out on the Tiger Cat ? . LOL
Hmm, maybe im weird but i would have been fine in that cab, gotta understand the safety put into those machines... never get to cocky though...
CT3 Great video! one that us viewers who are not in your line of work would never get to see the dangers you all face daily without seeing it here Thank you!!!
There's some tonnage involved in that poplar hitting the tiger cat, your right it's a true testimony to the build of the machine that the operator can stay safe.
Thank God Derrick was ok. That's great that cab was heavily reinforced. I'm glad that all of you are ok after that. I know that tree is really heavy.
Need to send video to company and thank you note for job well done.rops done its job .glad brother was not hurt . Just my opion
Glad no one got hurt. God bless
Thank you,that’s wild the cabs on those machine are built tough!!!
what is the anti-stall switch for? why would you want the machine to stall?
KYLE THOMPSON the machine will bog down and stall if it’s under a big load (like a stick shift car). When that happens you lose hydraulic control and drive. Anti stall will keep the engine running even if it is bogged down by slipping a clutch or by valving in the hydraulic system. As for why you would want it to stall, I have no idea.
Perfect example of how even skilled operators mess up once in a while glad he's okay and those engineers know how to build some good safe equipment
It sure is scary when youre pretty much helpless in this situation. Not to mention the loud bang it makes from that impact. I've had logs hit my cab in my Ponsse forwarder and our stuff is tooth picks compared to this! Glad everything turned out well.
I’ve been sat waiting to watch this video all morning. That is one tough machine! Stay safe mate
Great filming and great video. Good the operator is safe in that well built machine. That is some kind of weight to snap that size tree!!
Glad everyone is ok Tim best wishes to you all
Awesome video Tim
Great video Tim. One of your best.
Built tough to withstand the blow of a tree and keep operator safe can you put a two way locker switch in it so it cant be bumped
Oh my goodness. Thank God for that equipment that could have been really bad. I'm thinking he won't ever forget to check that switch again. WOW lucky day for all concern. Be Safe
When it cut off the silence was erie. Waiting for the destruction like in a movie. Glad y'all are okay and safe!
Wow glad there was no one hurt or machines damaged.
Great video Tim thanks for sharing have a great day
Glad you guys have tough equipment be safe keep the video's coming God bless y'all
I’m glad he’s ok tim
That tiger cat is just mean I pray he’s alright those machines are built better than fords would be a good video for tiger cat Good job filming Tim
Omg tim glad everything's okay enjoy the video have a good week
Dang thankful everybody is ok Amen. Wow the guys that made that cutter needs to see that video buddy.
Had around a 20-24" at the stump poplar come down on the back right corner of a 748GIII. Hardly even scratched the paint. I had one about 6" snag in my front right chain and kiss the front window and I had to drive it out and it didn't break the window. Scratched pretty good but stayed in one piece. Had around a 10-12" catch in a rear chain an come flying around and smashed into the back window. Again didn't even break it. Those machines are built strong for a reason. The place I worked a guy rolled one several times. They flipped it back on all fours let it set and made sure fluids were all good and fired it up and kept on going. Well except the operator he wasn't running it any more lol he went to processing.
Maybe get the stall switch sorted if two people nearly died within a few years? Obviously plant error, not user, if both of you did it. This is why reporting health and safety events is so important, it at least attempts to stop someone else making the same mistake as yourself.
About time to hardwire that switch? Glad all ok. kinda looked like a cover got ripped a little, any damage?
Damn that was close. Those machine are certainly built hell-for-stout.
Someone had his back! Thank God!
Gotta ask. How difficult was it to get the seat removed from his backside?
Stay safe guys.
That's F.O.P.S guy, fall on protection, rops is roll over protection
Wow !! Glad everyone is ok !!
Heart in mouth stuff, just goes to show Tim, from when you put the key in the ignition you just don't know whats going to happen through the day, glad there were no casualties:):)
Glad he ended it with another monster tree
Mechanical harvesting is still the safest logging practices performed, hand falling those trees and one gets away on the faller the faller could be dead.
one tuff machine. glad no one got hurt
Good thing it didnt go to the side, tip the machine over if it got stuck in the head.
That happened to my dad a few years ago but praise Jesus he is ok
WOW YEEEEEE.........!!!!! ONE to talk about [and show] for a LIFETIME,,, THANK GOD for (CAB GUARDS AND ROPS CABS !!!!!!) LOGGING AND FARMING, The MOST dangerous jobs occupations on MOTHER EARTH.... GOOD VIDEO !!!
That was a serious problem, glad he was safe and secure!
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Ouch there went some paint good thing Derek is alright but it could have hit the cab head on and knocked everything out of square where the door wouldn’t close right be safe out there
How exactly does the switch work to keep the machine from stalling? ECM programming to throttle it up more? Or engage a clutch or something to take the load off?
Did he have any spare shorts?
yeah man, shit gets real, really fast when I machine dies at just the wrong moment like that
Thank god for ROPS
didnt even hit the cab, but they are built to take that sort hit, well the CAT 552 is as i know of an operator who has had a few go over his machine
swn02 all forestry equipment is designed with structures. Skidders is roll over protective structure ROPS. FOPS falling object protective structure. Bunchers, processors and loaders have FOPS plus TOPS or tip over protective structure. Seeing as most of the time tracked machines just tip not roll.
Deere2154D Yes I know
swn02 by the way you worded it, it sounded like you weren't 100% sure.
seems like a good switch to put a cover on
And that’s why we have tigercat!!
Need to add one of those red safety caps over that switch.
Sweet Jesus. It snapped that tree over the cab like it was a #2 pencil.
He didn't get out to check his equipment after that
Tree was probably rotting on the inside, those old hardwoods do, imagine if it was a giant cedar. That's small compared to trees out here in BC
glad everyone is alright.
it reminds me I was digging with my backhoe over to my brother-in laws I had to relocate the tractor when I was moving I asked him if he wanted a small dead tree down. he said yes so I lifted my bucket up to push it over. I didn't notice the tall pine had a dead top ,the tall pine top fell like a dart just missed my fender and me. my machine had a rops but no canopy, I was lucky it didn't kill me
Did those same engineers build that switch set up?
If that switch is that important, I would think the machine would prompt the operator when the switch is in the off position each time the machine was started to prevent such a dangerous situation.
Damn just damn
The good lord was looking over Derek. Glad he is ok.
Thank goodness he is ok but did it bend the machine at all? Good video!!
Glad he’s okay
Why would they even have that switch anywhere near the operations of that machine
Only if my 99 F250 was that tough
Tree fall at 6:45!
well good thing is he did not have his grapple closed or that could of been a broken main or secondary arm or fliped over buncher. rip that dam switch out and relocate it someware safer.
Wow! Goes to showthe amount of iron they put into equipment.
Glad everyone is ok that could of been a tragic accident just as easy
Didnt even need to clean the seat.... Let her rip tater chip...
Ouch. I don't think those scratches will buff out.
at least the log didnt crush the cab and i bet his life flashed before his eyes when it fell on him
Nissan Skyline trust me there is no tree that you could cut with that buncher that could crush that cab. Bunchers are the most over build things in the logging industry and for a reason. I’ve had some pretty big shit land on my cab. The windshield in my buncher is 5 layers of lexan 1 5/8” think practically bulletproof
I'm a timber jack fan
That's why you just cut n push,oh and knowledge of a grease gun helps to
Eh, not scary. Pulled over many a tree as a kid with a JD440B that had just a ROPS with steel mesh, get a nice breeze from the tops and some noise but they handle it without skipping a beat.
Hey man I'm finally back. How's it been going for you lately, besides the tree falling on the cutter.
That’s a Tigercat commercial if I haven’t seen one!!! And he didn’t even blink💪