Forestry Machinery Magazine

1 April 2019

NEW PRODUCTS: FORWARDERS & HARVESTERS: A round-up of the latest forestry forwarders and harvesters that have been recently launched in the market EVENT PREVIEW: APF SHOW 2018: When, where, and what to see at the leading British forestry show, scheduled to take place in Warwickshire from 20-22 September. GROUND PREPARATION: AHWI MULCHER: Forestry Machinery went to see this heavy-duty tracked mulcher being used to prepare land for planting on a country estate in Essex. RUNNING REPORT: IRISH HARVESTING: Operators give their verdicts on four timber harvesters working in Ireland, including EcoLog, John Deere, Komatsu and Ponsse. CONVERTED EXCAVATOR: VOLVO EC140: A leading UK owner-operator shows us around his customised forestry-spec excavator. WINCHING SYSTEMS: ECOFORST T-WINCH: We report on the use of a T-Winch on a tricky project in Scotland. SITE VISIT: TOTTENHAM TIMBER: The developing trend of exporting Irish pulpwood to mainland UK. CLASSIC FORESTRY: TIMBER SKIDDER: Roadless Logmaster was the world’s first fully hydrostatic timber skidder.