Abstract: A tree-felling apparatus for felling trees and adapted to be suspended in the arm of a crane of a vehicle by means of a bearing shaft, said apparatus comprising a gripping means having gripper claws and a stand on which the gripper claws are pivotably journalled, a support means mounted to said stand to cooperate with the tree-trunk and a severing means mounted to said stand, and said apparatus being freely pivotable about said shaft which is journalled in said stand, said severing means being arranged below the gripping means seen in the operative position of the apparatus against the tree-trunk, said support means including a guide means located above, seen in said operative position, and spaced from said gripping means, said guide means being arranged to be applied against the tree-trunk to guide and position the gripping means and the severing means to operative positions with respect to the tree-trunk, and said apparatus being designed to assume an inclined position with respect to the ground when in una

Abstract: A cross-country vehicle includes a wheel provided with an outer layer of resilient material having a plurality of circumferentially disposed protruding teeth. A track is provided about the wheel and has a plurality of transverse bars connected to one another and separated by gaps which engage the protruding teeth. Studs moveably mounted in radial holes through at least some of the teeth of the wheel project downwardly to extend through the gaps and into engagement with the ground.

Abstract: A gripping device comprising two pivotally mounted gripping claws is operated by a double acting hydraulic cylinder. The entire gripping device is pivotally mounted from a crane or the like by means of a universal joint. A member is provided which is operated on by a pressure fluid in the double acting hydraulic cylinder and which serves to temporarily lock the universal joint against pivotal movement to provide a secure and firm connection between the gripping claws and the crane or the like on which the claws are supported. In one embodiment of the invention a rod engages with a ball shaped head to prevent pivotal movement of the universal joint, and in a second embodiment bellows are inflated by hydraulic fluid to prevent movement of a pivotal joint.