Pfanzelt Moritz-Reforestation in the Sauerland Region

Pfanzelt Moritz-two mini felling tractors with container planters in operation

Pfanzelt Moritz is once again setting standards in mechanical reforestation. In Meschede in the Sauerland region, 5,500 container plants are planted in a few days in a semi-automated process. Former calamity areas were reforested on a test area of five hectares in the Sauerland using two Moritz mini felling tractors and state-of-the-art planting technology.

Sustainable forestry in practice: Test area created with the Moritz mini felling tractors in the Sauerland.

Two Moritz mini felling tractors were used on the 5 ha area during reforestation in November 2024, each equipped with a container planter – one with the Plantomat and one with the Plantomat Flex. This innovative technology enables precise and semi-automated planting, even in challenging terrain. The individual areas were all on slopes.

After harvesting the calamity timber, broom and other shrubs had spread generously on the area up to a height of 2.5 m. This vegetation was mulched prior to planting. To ensure that the plants have contact with the mineral soil, a prototype of a plough was tested at the front of the Moritz with the Plantomat in this application. The newly developed plough pushes the mulch layer to the side so that the planter places the container plant directly in the mineral soil. The milling wheel is not required for this working method. This enables the same hourly output as with the Plantomat Flex mode

80,000 Hours

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.
Kieran Anders Forestry

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.
Promoting safety in the workplace

It is not possible to eliminate chain shot, but there are simple steps that can be taken to reduce the risk.
Glasfryn Fencing and Sawmill

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.
Keeping Timber Hauliers Safe

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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Greater efficiency thanks to modern technology

The Moritz mini felling tractor is the only tool for forest conversion and reforestation that can manage the entire process from preparation to planting and sowing to maintenance. The Moritz impresses with its quality and performance. And yet it is more soil-friendly and economical than any other machine system on the market.

Thanks to the combination of a front-mounted milling machine and a planter at the rear of the Plantomat Flex model, the Moritz has an optimised weightdistribution, which plays a decisive role especially on slopes. Simultaneous soil cultivation and planting enable a high area output of up to 120 container plants per hour – even more under optimal conditions.

In order to ensure the success of the planting, the area was also fenced off to protect it from game. Already existing natural rejuvenation is deliberately integrated into the concept in order to develop a stock that is as close to nature as possible. The manoeuvrability of the small Moritz mini felling tractor makes this possible without any problems.

In 2016, the Moritz revolutionised the mini felling tractor concept for forestry applications. The two new models have stayed true to the original concept while significantly advancing in terms of their technology.

They link tried-and-tested mini felling tractor elements with the demands to powerful, multipurpose minitractors.

The vehicle might not have changed visually, yet technologically the compact, powerful Moritz mini felling tractor has undergone a major overhaul.