An energy-wood grapple which includes - a frame, - a cutting device arranged to the frame for cutting a tree, which includes a pincer or pincers arranged to be movable, - one or more hydraulic actuators arranged to move the pincer or pincers, wherein each of the one or more hydraulic actuators includes - two or more cylinder portions (11, 12) arranged inside relative to each other, thereby forming an inner cylinder portion and an outer cylinder portion, each of which cylinder portions (11, 12) includes a piston (13.1, 13.2) and a piston rod (14.1, 14.2) arranged to form an operating element (15, 16), and a cylindrical part (17.1, 17.2), inside which the operating element (15, 16) is arranged, and the piston (13.2) of which inner cylinder portion is arranged inside the piston rod (14.1) of the outer cylinder portion, and which piston rods (14.1, 14.2) of the operating elements (15, 16) are arranged to protrude partly outside the corresponding cylindrical parts (17.1, 17.2), - chambers (A, B) arranged to be formed in each cylinder portion (11, 12), the chambers being arranged with their own pressure-medium feed arrangement (25, 26) to arrange a feed of a pressurized medium to the chambers (A, B) to create the work movement (M1, M2) of the operating elements (15, 16) by means of the pressurized medium led to the chambers (A, B) of the cylinder portions, the energy-wood grapple further comprising - control means for controlling the operation of the one or more hydraulic actuator, which are arranged to control the feed of the pressurized medium to the chambers (A, B) through the pressure-medium feed arrangement (25, 26) in order to create the work movement (M2, M1) in stages, wherein the control means include a pressure criterion-controlled valve, the control means being arranged to operate each cylinder portion (11, 12) separately as its own independent unit by controlling the feed of the pressurized medium to the chambers (A, B) through their own separate pressure-medium feed arrangements (25, 26) in order to create the work movement (M2, M1) in stages, first using the pressurized medium arranged to be fed to the chamber of the inner cylinder portion and then, when the set pressure criterion has been met, using the pressurized medium arranged tc be fed to the chamber of the outer cylinder portion. - a frame, - a cutting device arranged to the frame for cutting a tree, which includes a pincer or pincers arranged to be movable, - one or more hydraulic actuators arranged to move the pincer or pincers, - two or more cylinder portions (11, 12) arranged inside relative to each other, thereby forming an inner cylinder portion and an outer cylinder portion, each of which cylinder portions (11, 12) includes a piston (13.1, 13.2) and a piston rod (14.1, 14.2) arranged to form an operating element (15, 16), and a cylindrical part (17.1, 17.2), inside which the operating element (15, 16) is arranged, and the piston (13.2) of which inner cylinder portion is arranged inside the piston rod (14.1) of the outer cylinder portion, and which piston rods (14.1, 14.2) of the operating elements (15, 16) are arranged to protrude partly outside the corresponding cylindrical parts (17.1, 17.2), - chambers (A, B) arranged to be formed in each cylinder portion (11, 12), the chambers being arranged with their own pressure-medium feed arrangement (25, 26) to arrange a feed of a pressurized medium to the chambers (A, B) to create the work movement (M1, M2) of the operating elements (15, 16) by means of the pressurized medium led to the chambers (A, B) of the cylinder portions, the energy-wood grapple further comprising - control means for controlling the operation of the one or more hydraulic actuator, which are arranged to control the feed of the pressurized medium to the chambers (A, B) through the pressure-medium feed arrangement (25, 26) in order to create the work movement (M2, M1) in stages,