6x6 Forwarder Ep.19 - Hydraulic Tank & Heating

Video Description

Building a 6x6 mini-forwarder out of my homemade 4x4 timber trailer with hydraulic crane. In this video I'm building the heating duct around the muffler that directs heat into the cab and fabricating oddly shaped hydraulic tank to max out the hydraulic oil volume under the hood. Why build a forwarder? As a forest owner I spend a lot of time maintaining the forest by hand (bush cutter, chainsaw etc). Using this forwarder also as a harvester in the future will reduce the work load tremendously. Not to mention maneuvering between the trees will get much easier with a purpose built vehicle. I still use my homemade 4x4 UTV but a combination of UTV and the timber trailer is a bit bulky and awkward in the tight corners and while reversing into tight spots. So there you go - a mini forwarder build. My other videos: https://www.youtube.com/@DonnDIY/videos My Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/DonnDIY Welding equipment borrowed from Spetselektroodi AS, Estonia: Fronius TransSteel 2700 welder Optrel Crystal 2.0 Welding Helmet Hypertherm Powermax 45 XP plasma cutter