Device for harvesting timber

A device for timber harvesting having a hydraulically controlled felling head, which can be attached to the boom arm of a vehicle and comprises a gripper and saw unit and a tilting device, wherein the gripper and saw unit has at least one pair of two gripper arms for harvested material, which can be actuated by a first hydraulic cylinder and pivoted between an open and closed state, and a hydraulically activatable cutting element for cutting through the harvested material, and can be pivoted from a depositing position into a cutting position for the harvested material by the hydraulically actuatable tilting device, wherein the gripper arms of the gripper and saw unit can be pivoted into the open state and the tilting device can be pivoted into its cutting position by pressurizing a first hydraulic line, and the gripper arms can be pivoted into the closed state and the cutting element is activated for cutting through the harvested material by pressurizing a second hydraulic line, wherein the tilting device can be pivoted from its cutting position into its depositing position by pressurizing the second hydraulic line in a pressure range in which the cutting element remains in an inactive state.