Profile: Franklin Equipment Co. offers prototype skidders. Our product line includes cable skidders, feller bunchers, forwarders, grapple skidders and knuckle boom loaders. Our planetary axles are rigid axles designed for off-highway use in articulated vehicles. Our axles deliver gear sizes and ductile iron housings, which handle the torque, axle loads & shocks. We specialize in the production of components that include drop boxes, transfer cases, external cooling systems and planetary wheel end assemblies.