SHOW DIRECTORY
SKOGS ELMIA
Ponsse exhibits a harvester that can “almost walk on water”
SkogsElmia, machinery manufacturer Ponsse demonstrated how close we can get with today’s technology. “We’re exhibiting 8-wheelers in all size categories,” Jerry Wannberg, the Head of Ponsse Sweden said. Eight wheels and articulated frame steering
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create a flexible and stable machine with high capacity, low ground pressure and excellent operator comfort. With tracks at the back and front plus a new crane, the result isn’t a long way from the ultimate machine of every contractor’s dreams. We’ve also focused on reducing diesel consumption and costs.” The crane movements of a harvester consume a lot of diesel. Ponsse has invested a lot of resources in making improvements and all its harvesters now have updated cranes. Two models, Ergo and Bear, have completely new cranes. Both were shown at SkogsElmia. Yet another innovation was sitting at the end
of the crane of the new thinning harvester, Fox. This new development is a harvester head designed for efficient multi-stem processing. The head is operated with a new version of the
t the top of forest contractors’ wish lists is a harvester that can travel across water. Such a thing doesn’t exist but, at
Ponsse’s 8-wheeled harvester ‘almost walks on water’
Opti measuring system that makes multi-stem processing even more efficient and gives more reliable measurements. Ponsse is also presenting some major
innovations on the forwarder front in the form of both updates and new versions. Altogether, the company’s new machines, cranes, harvester head and measuring system make it well equipped to meet the market’s demands. The increasing demand for timber is leading to a need for machines that can both harvest and forward in terrain previously regarded as too difficult or unprofitable. There is also pent-up demand in Sweden for final felling machines. Many such machines were sold in the country some years ago to clear large areas of forest after two major windstorms and now need to be replaced.
Meanwhile, Ponsse
premiered its super-size forwarder, a twenty tonner, at the exhibition. “There’s a need for a forwarder in the largest
Registration open for Forest Products EXPO
Organisers of EXPO 2011 – the 31st Forest Products Machinery & Equipment Exposition – are urging industry stakeholders to hurry up and book if they haven’t already for the show, which gets under way in Atlanta in August. Three-quarters of the available exhibit space was already under contract by May to
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companies planning to showcase the latest technology, products and services for the forest products industry. EXPO, held every two years, is sponsored and run by the Southern Forest Products Association. “As the show draws near, companies are making plans to be a part of this exciting
event. I anticipate a sold-out show,” Exposition Director Eric Gee said. “On a daily basis, we continue to process requests for exhibit information, too.” For information about the upcoming show, contact Eric Gee on 504/443-4464 (ext. 214);
egee@sfpa.org or visit
www.sfpaexpo.com.
category in Sweden, North America and Russia,” Marketing Director Jarmo Vidgrén said. The new forwarder is called Elephant King – modelled on its previous largest machine, the Elephant. It has a relatively new design and loads 18 t. So the addition of the name ‘King’ might indicate that the latest forwarder is only an updated version. “It’s a new machine, developed from the ground up, with new bogies,” Vidgrén said.
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The Ponsse Elephant King
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