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Two dinosaurs out of the Swedish woods from back in the day, a Helgum Logma and an ÖSA 670. I wish I had better footage of them, because these old beasts deserve it. The ÖSA 670 came out in 1973 and was built for one job, felling trees. It’s frame steered, and the cab and boom sit on the back half and swing around together. So the operator rode the whole rotation right along with the boom. Not for anyone with a weak stomach. The Helgum Logma was built by a handful of buddies whose little outfit later became Log Max, now one of the big names in harvester heads. By 1985 it was a full blown harvester weighing 22 tons, running a Scania D8 making 163 horsepower. Some of them were even built on old ÖSA chassis, so these two are practically cousins. ÖSA was the top dog in Nordic logging equipment for decades, and that line of machines eventually ended up part of John Deere’s forestry business. They changed how timber got cut over there, and then about ten years later newer machines put them out to pasture. Glad somebody kept these two running.