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In addition to their use to harvest crops on a farm, harvesters also are used for felling trees and maneuvering logs in forestry applications. They are effective for leveling moderately steep terrain for clearcutting areas of forests. These heavy machines are built on all-terrain vehicles, such as wheeled, tracked on walking excavators. They also may be articulated for turning around obstacles. They are typically used in conjunction with a forwarder, which hauls the logs to a roadside landing.
A typical harvester head consists of: a chain saw; delimbing knives; feed rollers; diameter sensors and a measuring wheel. These functions can be controlled by one operator in the vehicle’s cab. Harvesters are routinely available for cutting trees up to 35 in. in diameter, built on vehicles weighing up to 22 tons, with a boom reaching up to 33 ft. radius. Larger, heavier vehicles do more damage to the forest floor, but a longer reach helps by allowing harvesting of more trees with fewer vehicle movements.
Eco Log has added its own series of harvester heads, consisting of four models, to the existing line-up.
Waratah Forestry Equipment announced the new H425, H425HD and H425X — a trio of rugged harvester heads built for tough jobs.
The new H423 from Waratah Forestry Equipment is designed to carry out a wide range of harvesting jobs from early to late thinnings, and even light regeneration harvesting.
Improving the durability of its machines, John Deere now features RENCRAFT super hard coat polycarbonate windows as a standard offering on its G-Series harvesters and G-Series forwarders.
The new Weiler H157 track harvester and updated PF48 harvesting head is replacing the 501HD harvester.
Ponsse launched a completely modernized range of Scorpion harvesters, which meets all the requirements of forestry today.
Nothing good can come of a severe thunderstorm unless you happen to be on the receiving end of an emergency contract to clean up the aftermath.
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