Lumberjack's Dynasty Vehicle Tier List

This list ranks Lumberjack’s Dynasty machines by how soon they earn their Euro back on a 1.0 save. Pair it with the vehicles guide for unlocks and with make money for the SP discount. Full prices below are the commonly recorded dealer tags (full Euro / half Euro + SP). Quest machines are listed as Unlock.

S tier

Isaac’s old wood trailer (Unlock) — The first crane. Without it you are not a lumberjack, you are a porter.

Oliver’s old tractor (Unlock) — Pulls that trailer. Keep it until a Gecko is cheaper than your time.

Grapple Crane Wood Trailer (~21,000 / 10,500 + 21,000 SP) — The first buy that feels like 1.0. Loads faster, holds more, still legal only inside yellow lines.

Stump grinder (~4,500 / ~2,500 + 4,500 SP) and tree planter (~6,500 / 3,250 + 6,500 SP) — Tiny prices, required for replant quests and for forests that should pay twice. Carson’s Timberjack job expects them.

Old Timberjack (Unlock via Carson) — Mid-game harvest spike. S because it is a quest machine that behaves like a paid harvester.

Ponsse Scorpion (~180,000 / 90,000 + 180,000 SP) — Licensed harvester. S when the mill can dry what you fell. C if you buy it broke.

Buying and upgrading equipment after the first quest machines

A tier

Ponsse Cobra (~192,000 / 96,000 + 192,000 SP) — Ten extra horsepower over Scorpion (about 130 vs 120) and a larger fuel tank. Buy if SP is overflowing and Scorpion is already the plan.

Ponsse Bison (~165,000 / 82,500 + 165,000 SP) — Forwarder. A if cutting is easy and hauling is not. Does not replace a harvester.

High Capacity Forklift (~4,000 / 2,000 + 4,000 SP) — Pallet life at the mill. Cheap A.

Gecko Smart 49et (~79,000 / 38,000–39,500 + SP) and Gecko Smart 431et class (~90,000 / half + SP, ~144 hp, 145 L) — When the old tractor wheezes. A, not day-one.

Gecko Strong 09 (~68,000 / 34,000 + 68,000 SP) — Cheaper tractor rung.

Fliegl DK 110-88 (~18,000 / 9,000 + 18,000 SP) — Bark, dump, bulk. A if you actually sell bark.

Pickup 4x4 (~12,000 / 6,000 + 12,000 SP) — Map travel and marriage commutes. A for comfort, C for logging.

B tier

Platform truck (~24,000 / 12,000 + 24,000 SP) — Pallet runs. Useful, not exciting.

Old pickup (Unlock) — Keep as a spare car. Do not log with it.

Old forklift (Unlock) — Trade-in fuel for the high-capacity forklift or keep as a second lift.

Old log transporter (Unlock / low stats) — Stopgap forwarder.

C tier

Buggy (~14,000 / 7,000 + 14,000 SP) — Fast, useless in a stand. Speeder achievement bait (100 km/h) maybe.

Steert 12L mower (~8,000 / 4,000 + 8,000 SP) — Lawn. Buy when Rich man is done.

Buying any Ponsse before a crane trailer — Not a machine; a mistake. Ranked here so the header search still finds it.

Dealer cheat sheet

Community tables tag lots as NE, SW, or both. Scorpion often SW/NE, Cobra NE, Bison SW. If a lot is empty, drive to the other one before you assume a patch removed the machine. The video on this page is a shopping-and-upgrade session, not a speedrun.

Tow from the map icon if a machine clips through a bridge. The Ponsse update fixed some of those sinks; consoles still misbehave, see console release.

Mechanic ranks vs tiers

Owning more pieces raises mechanic skill, which unlocks paint and parts. That can tempt you to buy C-tier toys to grind ranks. Buy a second useful trailer instead. Ranks will follow. Workshop upgrades on an S-tier crane beat a buggy with a special engine.

Related lists

Forests: tree tier list. What you haul: product tier list. Hands-on roles: vehicles. If the saw is the bottleneck, not the truck, you need logging more than a Bison.