If you thought remote controlled vehicles are small toys that run on batteries think again. In a factory environment it seems quite the norm these days to have vehicles operated remotely by computers but what about in the harsh unpredictable environment of a forest.
Timber production has to be the last place on earth you would imagine remote controlled vehicles. But they say the proof of the pudding is in the eating well remote controlled forestry machinery does exist and we’ve got it!
Our “skidder” can be operated from a small control box that you wear around your waist. At first it is a bit un-nerving seeing this forestry machine moving with nobody sat in it, it’s hard to comprehend. Ask anybody would they have a car without power steering, or remote controlled locking and the answer would be no, well that is how we feel about our remote controlled skidder. When something makes life easier you soon latch on to it! It is amazing once you have this facility how many tasks you can do remotely. We can operate winches, move the machine, operate the butt plate and the list goes on. The best thing of all is that this technology helps make skidding operations safer. No more jumping in and out of the cab needlessly or landing on slippery wet timber. If the technology exists to make skidding operations safer, quicker and more productive then Out Of The Woods is there.