Written by loggers for loggers
BaSt-Ing GmbH is an innovative forestry company from Bavaria, Germany. Starting with a simple product, the company eventually grew and the two founders have now ventured into large-scale technology.
Their first innovation was a spindle wedge called ValFast, which is driven by a battery impact wrench. The invention was very well received in the market as it saves a lot of energy for the workers out in the forest due to the fact that the wedge work is done by the impact wrench. It also has a lifting capacity of 26 tonnes, significantly more than the impact force imparted by most individuals armed with a hammer. A special gimmick is the possibility to clamp the forestry tape on the machine – the operator moves a few metres behind the tree and can start the wedge work by pulling the tape from a safe distance.
Other products are constantly under development and despite running his own thriving company and overseeing its relentless development, Josef Strobel still goes into the forest regularly with the chainsaw. He has not lost touch with the forestry work for which he and his childhood friend Florian Bauer and the rest of the team at BaSt-Ing want to develop further products for in the future.
Josef Strobl, a professional timber faller from Bavaria in Southern Germany, has developed several products to improve the productivity and safety of tree fellers. The ValFast & ValFix spindle wedges…