Harvester Simulator Training Pack

Detailed simulation of the harvesting cycle.

The Harvester Simulator Training Pack was designed in collaboration with Tigercat and teaches students how to safely manage the harvesting cycle on different terrains. It helps reduce the training burden on seasoned operators by ensuring a higher level of readiness for the field. Trainees obtain a realistic lens into the actual work thanks to an immersive training environment fully equipped with multiple tree species, as well as night-time operations and different weather conditions like fog, rain, or snow.

CM Labs is the only simulator on the market that accurately replicates machine stability—providing real-world training opportunities to help reduce the risk of accidents and improve operator efficiency.

With the Harvester Simulator, students progress through an industry-approved curriculum that was developed in consultation with forestry and logging training schools. It helps operators acquire the right skills and techniques relevant to the job market.

Students progress through an industry-approved curriculum that was developed in consultation with forestry and logging training schools. The harvesting cycles are simulated in detail so operators learn to proficiently control the felling direction, delimb a tree, and cut-to-length based on requested specs. Exercises include:

Basic controls familiarization
Loading and unloading from the trailer
Plantation harvesting
Rough terrain harvesting
Delimbing and bucking
Felling direction
Skills challenge
Freeform exercises

The Training Pack enables objective operator assessment with built-in performance metrics that can be customized and rolled up into a single score that updates in real-time. Metrics include:

Time to complete exercises
Fuel consumption
Tree efficiency
Safety violations
Small tree protection

8-wheel drive hydrostatic transmission
282 horsepower
Oscillating stabilization
9-meter crane reach
4-wheel drive harvesting head with independent wheel arms

Required Controls:

Vortex Edge Plus:
Standard joystick controls & Pedals
Vortex Edge Max:
Standard joystick controls & Pedals
Vortex Advantage:
Suregrip Control Box Pair

The Simulator Training Pack incorporates Smart Training Technology™. That’s why it delivers the most transferable operator skills anywhere, outside of the real equipment. Everything from the Harvester’s hydraulics system, engine behavior, knuckle boom swing as well as movement of the harvester head are accurately replicated. Other detailed simulation includes: