Patent ID: 7975735

Claim:
A tree processing vehicle comprising: a prime mover; a pair of tracks for propelling the tree processing vehicle, the prime mover being in a driving relationship with the tracks; an operator cabin comprising: a front side, a rear side, and a pair of lateral sides between the front side and the rear side, a first one of the lateral sides defining an access opening allowing an operator to enter or exit the operator cabin; a door for closing the access opening; and a set of controls for allowing the operator to control the tree processing vehicle; a pair of arms pivotally movable across a range of angular positions, the range of angular positions including a first angular position in which a first one of the arms extends across at least part of the access opening and a second angular position in which the first one of the arms clears the access opening thereby allowing the door to be opened or closed; and a tree processing implement mounted to the arms such that, when the arms pivot across the range of angular positions, the tree processing implement moves across a range of processing heights, the arms being pivotally movable in the range of angular positions to move the tree processing implement in the range of processing heights such as to impart to the tree processing implement a downward tree shredding stroke during which the tree processing implement shreds at least a portion of a tree.