EXECUTIVE REPORT
Avant showed this 530 model with smaller Moorend tracks and a new grapple bucket.
Forest fare
Nick Johnson highlights some of the smaller machinery seen at the recent APF forestry equipment show held on the Ragley Estate in Warwickshire.
In amongst the many tree and vegetation cutting machines on display at the sizeable APF 2018 show were a number of smaller items that would appeal to EHN readers.
GreenMech demonstrated the climbing abilities of its next-generation Sure-Trak system. Seen on a Safe-Trak 19-28 wood chipper, this latest patent-pending track design allows the machine to traverse slopes in excess of 35°. The system keeps the chipper’s 35.8kW (48hp) Kubota diesel engine within the manufacturer’s approved tilt levels, while the Safe-Trak 19-28 provides a chipping capacity of 190mm by using GreenMech’s Disc Blade chipping technology and twin hydraulic feed rollers.
Another chipper manufacturer, Timberwolf, promoted its latest variable tracked model. The TW280TVGTR is powered by a 33.6kW (45hp) Kubota turbo diesel engine and uses two double-sided reversible blades and Quadforce rollers to achieve a claimed material processing rate of up to 6.5 tonnes per hour.
Andover-based Forst exhibited a new petrol-engined version of its ST8 wheeled wood chipper. Designated the ST8P, it has a 42.5kW
(57hp) Kubota WG1605 petrol engine which is Stage V emissions ready. Like its established diesel engined counterpart, the ST8P has a 200mm by 255mm feed aperture, a ForstGrip feed roller system and twin 254mm blades.
Best known as a supplier of Venom log splitters, Rock Machinery chose APF 2018 to highlight its recently introduced micro ‘walking’ backhoe excavator. The little machine has a dry weight of 515kg and can easily be towed between jobs. The sit-on unit can dig down to 2,000mm and its standard bucket width is 203mm. The machine has a 6.7kW (9hp) Briggs & Stratton XR1450 petrol engine and its boom can be angled through 130°.
GreenMech dramatically demonstrated the climbing abilities of its Sure-Trak system.
A number of small machines on display sported the distinctive triangular Moorend Four-Track System. These tracks have already been supplied on Avant 760 size mini articulated loaders
and, at APF, an Avant 530 model was shown with smaller sized tracks. This machine was also fitted with a new grapple bucket.
Avant also exhibited a tracked 760 complete with a new side arm flail mower attachment. The 1,200mm wide A37505 flail mower weighs 220kg and the new arm allows it to be extended sideways by up to 2.5m from centre of the machine.
Rock Machinery highlighted its micro ‘walking’ backhoe excavator. 15
Also on show was a Moorend track- equipped MultiOne 10.9 mini articulated wheel loader (fitted with a TMK 200 tree shear on the front) and a Moorend tracked Norcar A7545 4T. This latter mini articulated loader was equipped with a compact 1.8m-wide Sharpgrade leveller attachment from New Zealand. Supplied through Reach It, Move It, Crush It in the UK, this wheeled attachment can be used with Leica laser gear to enhance levelling precision.
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