The SuperGrip S series is now also available with an integrated load-holding valve.
The new Hultdins Grapple Range with integrated load holding valve. The valve helps prevent the grapple from dropping its load in the event of a hydraulic hose failure, providing increased safety when operating near people or unprotected property.
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That’s a remarkable amount of work hours for a single machine, the Norcar 600 owned by Erkki Rinne is taken well care of, it even has the original Diesel engine.
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Kieran Anders is a forestry contractor working in the lake district. His work involves hand cutting and extracting timber using a skidder and tractor-trailer forwarder.
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It is not possible to eliminate chain shot, but there are simple steps that can be taken to reduce the risk.
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Arwel takes great pride in the fact that the mill has no waste whatsoever, “the peelings are used for children’s playgrounds, gardens and for farm animals in barns in the winter and the sawdust has multiple uses in gardens and farms as well.
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Timber hauliers need to encourage young blood in, and also look after the hauliers we have, we need make the sector a safe and positive place to work.
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GRAPPLES THAT GROW TO MEET CUSTOMER REQUIREMENTS
A few years after the launch of the SuperGrip, a number of customers got in touch with the same message: the grapple is fantastic, but we’re wearing it out. Common to all was that they operated under really tough conditions, often far beyond the borders of Europe, and not infrequently using excavators. After some discussion about the exact specifications and unanimous agreement to increased weight, Hultdins was able to introduce the SuperGrip-S at the end of the 1990s.
ALL-ROUND DURABILITY IMPROVEMENTS
The S after SuperGrip stands for strong, indicating that we’ve used thicker plates throughout, from the frame to the tips of the arms. We have, however, retained the popular geometry, as operating an S-grapple should feel like operating a SuperGrip, other than that it can take more of a beating.
EVERY COMPONENT INDIVIDUALLY SELECTED
The SG360S is the tank of the forest. When nothing else can cope, this grapple has proven itself the ultimate solution on countless occasions. A very important factor if a grapple is to cope with heavy loads is that the pins are generously sized. The larger the pin diameter, the larger the area over which the force is spread. The SG360S has grapple arm pins with a diameter of 80 mm, easily the largest in its class. That these are expander pins with an internal taper is a given – it is, after all, a Hultdins!
SG360S – THE INDESTRUCTIBLE LOG GRAPPLE
The first S-grapples were reinforced by hand, but the early 2000s saw the introduction of the robot-welded SG260S and SG360S models. These quite simply marked the end of an era where grapples failed during normal use. And this applies to almost any use. Even today, we are quietly confident that there are no grapples in the 260 and 360 size classes stronger than the SuperGrip-S. Well, other than the ultra-reinforced SuperGrip-RS of course.
THE GRAPPLE THAT NEVER FAILS
As cranes get successively stronger and productivity is continually increased, so has S-grapple use steadily grown. In the early 2000s, the SuperGrip-S was the answer to extreme assignments, whereas today these models are sometimes sold for regular forwarding in Sweden too. As a result, downtime due to grapple failure is little more than a distant memory.
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