Abstract: A forestry device, for example, a bunching and felling head configured to group trees, includes a support frame and an accumulation area located proximate to the support frame. The device includes at least a first arm rotatable relative to the support frame, to gather trees, and at least one accumulating arm rotatable relative to the support frame, to secure one or more gathered trees in the accumulation area and to retract from the accumulation area to allow a newly gathered tree to be added in the accumulation area. The one or more accumulating arm(s) include(s) an inner arm pivotable relative to the support frame and an outer arm pivotable relative to the inner arm. The outer arm has at least one articulation dividing the outer arm into at least a proximate member and a distal member.

Abstract: A cable anchor assembly is disclosed as well as a method of using the assembly for anchoring plastic coated rope in oil well drilling derricks and the like for alternatively carrying a load on the rope and also for allowing the rope to be selectively slipped or fed through the cable anchor assembly for replacement thereof, the assembly including a snubbing drum having a circumferentially formed groove with an included angle in the range of about 130 degrees to about 165 degrees, more preferably in the range of about 150 to about 160 degrees and most preferably about 160 degrees, the groove also being formed with preferably at least two, more preferably at least three to four turns, and most preferably about three turns for engagement with the rope about the drum in order to normally support a substantial portion or more preferably the entire rope load while still permitting the rope to be selectively slipped or fed through the assembly, the clamp means including a grooved insert for engaging and clamping the