The Soviet TDT-55 will pass where the most trained off-road vehicles get stuck

What equipment has the best cross-country ability? It is believed that these are off-road-ready "jeeps", into which another 2-3 of their cost is invested. But workers in the logging industry will not agree with this. Real equipment should have high cross-country ability right from the factory. And its purpose is not to drive far away and then wait until it is rescued. In logging, you need to work, replacing drivers on equipment. Are we talking about diesel "Urals"? Not at all, although they are distinguished by high cross-country ability. But the task trucks to take out the already prepared timber. And how it gets to the free-intermediate warehouse, few people think about. Except, of course, those who are directly involved in this.

The main worker in the forest is the skidder. Powerful tractor, usually tracked. The machine looks like it came straight out of a post-apocalyptic movie, like Mad Max. No wonder – it constantly fights the forest, and the forest is not going to give up so easily. That is why the skidder is covered with battle scars, it has a special shield, like a real knight. The most popular equipment of this class in Russia is the TDT-55. It has been produced since the second half of the 1940s. And you can see the level of cross-country ability of the “monster” in the video on the Polygon-98 channel.