Spread the cost of a forestry forwarder from £19,000 to £200,000+ with flexible finance options. HP, lease, or refinance, compare rates from 40+ lenders.
Yes, forestry forwarders are financed as a standard asset purchase, usually on hire purchase or a lease, with the machine itself acting as the security. UK prices typically run £19,000 to £250,000, and most deals are written over 24–60 months with a deposit of around 15–25%. Decisions typically take 3–5 working days. Used machines are financeable too, usually with a shorter term.
Typical Cost
£19k – £250k
Approval Speed
3–5 working days
Same-day agreement in principle for < £75k
Rates From
5.6% APR
Your estimate
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Check EligibilityOn a purchase price of £90,000: a 10% deposit of £9,000, then 48 monthly payments of £1,899 at 5.9% APR representative (fixed). Total amount payable £100,152, including the deposit. The rate you are offered depends on your business and the asset.
Guide prices for sizing a finance agreement, not quotes. Manufacturers in this market mostly price on application, so where a current UK list price could not be confirmed the row describes a specification class rather than naming a model. Your supplier quote is what the agreement is written against.
| Machine or specification | Guide price | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Used forwarder, high hours or older model | £19,000 – £45,000 | Used, high hours |
| Forwarder crane and grapple refurbishment | £15,000 – £35,000 | Crane refurbishment |
| Used mid-size forwarder (8–10 tonne payload) | £45,000 – £100,000 | Used mid-size forwarder |
| Used large forwarder, low hours (under 10,000 hours) | £100,000 – £200,000 | Used, low hours |
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Check EligibilityForwarders are plant and machinery and qualify for the Annual Investment Allowance up to £1,000,000 in the year of purchase, whether bought new or used. HP agreements allow capital allowances to be claimed in the normal way, and finance lease payments remain fully deductible against the contracting business's profits.
Forwarders are bought by forestry contractors and, less often, by estates running their own in-house extraction operation, typically to replace a machine reaching the end of its economic working life or to add a second unit as a contract book grows. A forwarder's value tracks its engine and crane hours far more closely than its calendar age, two machines built in the same year can be priced very differently depending on how hard and how long each has worked, so lenders look closely at logged hours and maintenance records rather than the registration date alone when valuing the asset. Because that hours-based resale value is harder to pin down than a more standard piece of farm machinery, a lender assessing a forwarder purchase typically pays close attention to the length and terms of the contractor's extraction contract with the landowner or forestry estate, since a secure multi-year contract is often what really underwrites the deal, more than the machine's residual value alone. There is a well-established international trade in used forwarders through specialist forestry equipment dealers, and buying a used machine with known, verified hours is a common and accepted route into the trade for smaller contractors.
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