Specify the crane against your extraction geometry
Reach and lifting capability at reach trade off. Measure how far material actually sits from the track on your dominant sites before selecting, rather than taking the longest option available.
Where this machine sits
The 895 is a 20-tonne-payload forwarder positioned for final felling and plantation extraction — the volume end of cut-to-length rather than the thinning end. A 210 kW engine, 262 kN of tractive force and up to 409 litres per minute of hydraulic flow describe a machine built to carry full loads over distance rather than to work delicately between standing trees.
Extraction is where cut-to-length systems most often become unbalanced, because forwarder cycle time scales with haul distance while harvester production does not. A machine at this payload is the answer to long hauls and high volume, and it is over-specified for short extraction in a thinning stand.
Specifications
Indicative published manufacturer and distributor information. Confirm every figure, lift chart and hydraulic requirement with the manufacturer or authorised dealer before purchase.
What the published figures actually constrain
A specification table tells you what the machine is. This is what each of those numbers means for the work you would put it to.
Built for volume extraction over distance
Where this machine earns its cost
Wrong machine when
- Thinning in narrow corridors
- Soft soils where ground pressure becomes the operational limit
- Short extraction distances, where loading cycles rather than capacity set the rate
Verify these for this specific model
Beyond the standard buying criteria for the class, these are the questions this machine in particular raises.
What drives the cost of owning this machine
Forwarder economics are haul-distance economics. The same machine delivers materially fewer tonnes per shift as extraction distance grows, which is why sizing against the longest haul in the coupe rather than the average is the practical discipline.
Tyres, tracks and bogie equipment are a recurring cost that varies sharply with terrain and ground conditions, and they are also the specification that controls soil damage. In stands with further rotations ahead, compaction is a cost transferred to the estate — and increasingly one returned to the contractor.
Availability matters disproportionately in a two-machine crew. When the forwarder stops, the harvester fills the coupe and then stops too, so extraction downtime costs more than its own hours.
Ownership considerations in Australian conditions
Ground pressure is a contract issue, not a preference
Tyre and track selection determines compaction, and compaction affects growth in stands that will be worked again. Where thinning or a further rotation follows, confirm what the estate requires before specifying.
Match payload to the harvester, not to ambition
A forwarder larger than the harvester can feed spends time waiting. Balance the pair against the coupe's haul distance, which is what sets the ratio.
Common questions about this machine
Alternatives to compare against
Other forwarders covered in this guide.
Fleet packages that use this class
High-production pine clearfell
The highest-volume softwood configuration, and the one with the greatest exposure to bottleneck mismatch. Either a full-tree chain or a cut-to-length pair, depending on terrain, mill requirements and contamination tolerance.
Pine thinning
Thinning rewards manoeuvrability and restraint. The corridors are narrow, the residual crop has real future value, and the largest machine on the market is usually the wrong answer.
Eucalyptus plantation
Australian hardwood plantation work places very different demands on a head from radiata pine. Feed force, debarking and durability dominate the specification.