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Also called buncher operator, cutter operator, delimber operator and equipment operator.
$49,740
Median pay a year
21,060
People do this work
6
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Operating forestry equipment
Inspecting equipment or facilities
Measuring forestry characteristics
Evaluating log quality
Cutting trees or logs
Maintaining agricultural equipment
Maintaining personnel records
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Logging Equipment Operator
Summary
Logging Equipment Operator driving tractors and using accessories to fell trees, skid, load, unload, and stack logs, while performing safety checks and basic maintenance on equipment
Experience
Logging Equipment Operator
Where you worked
Month Year to Month Year
Inspected equipment for safety before use and performed basic maintenance tasks
Drove tractors to drag or transport logs from felling sites to log landing areas
Controlled hydraulic tractors with tree clamps and booms to lift and bunch sheared trees
Drove tractors with accessories to skid, load, unload, or stack logs and clear brush
Graded logs by knot size and straightness according to industry standards
Filled out required job or shift report forms
Drove tractors to build or repair logging and skid roads
Skills
Hands-On Work
Operating forestry equipment, Cutting trees or logs
Checking & Planning
Inspecting equipment or facilities, Measuring forestry characteristics, Evaluating log quality
Technical Skills
Maintaining agricultural equipment, Maintaining personnel records
Core Skills
Driver's license
Education
High School Diploma Your school, Year
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Checked equipment for safetyUsed tractors to lift and move treesSorted logs by size and shapeDrove tractors to load and unload logsTransported logs from cutting sitesFilled out job report forms
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Inspected equipment for safety before operation to ensure compliance with safety standards
Sorted logs by size and shape to ensure proper grading and quality assessment.
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Inspected equipment for safety before operation, leading to fewer equipment failures during operations
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Fewer equipment failures during operationsSafer working conditions for the crewReduced downtime due to maintenance issues
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Sorted logs by size and shape to ensure proper grading and quality assessment.
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Easier loading and unloading of logsBetter organization of logs for processing
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The work itself
What a Logging Equipment Operator does
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Drive logging tractor or wheeled vehicle equipped with one or more accessories, such as bulldozer blade, frontal shear, grapple, logging arch, cable winches, hoisting rack, or crane boom, to fell tree; to skid, load, unload, or stack logs; or to pull stumps or clear brush. Includes operating stand-alone logging machines, such as log chippers.
What it pays
How much does a Logging Equipment Operator make?
Annual pay across the United States. The middle figure is the median: half earn less than that, and half earn more.
25th percentile
$43,970
Median
$49,740
75th percentile
$61,050
About 21,060 people do this work in the United States.
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What you have not done yet. Evaluating log quality, Cutting trees or logs, Maintaining agricultural equipment
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Logging Equipment Operator
Operating forestry equipment
Inspecting equipment or facilities
Measuring forestry characteristics
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This page is about the occupation Logging Equipment Operators. What this job involves and what it is made of come from O*NET 30.3, the US Department of Labor's occupation database, refreshed July 2026; Rung writes those records into the plain sentences you see. Pay comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS release for 2025. How Rung handles accuracy is on the accuracy page, and the full data credits are on the credits page.