Tigercat launches remote control Tigercat 120 winch assist, offering end-to-end Tigercat steep slope harvesting solution.
The new Tigercat 120 cable assist is Tigercat’s second model in the cable systems product line. Tigercat has long been recognized as the leader in conventional ground based steep slope harvesting. With the release of the 180 swing yarder and now, the 120 winch assist, Tigercat is leveraging its deep experience in steep slope harvesting systems to create cable systems that complement the ground based machines.
It is now possible to assemble a fully mechanized Tigercat steep slope harvesting system with the option for cable assisted feller bunchers, shovel loggers, track and wheel harvesters, skidders and forwarders, as well as the very capable 180 swing yarder.
The Tigercat 120 winch assist is fully integrated with all the latest generation Tigercat steep slope capable carriers, providing seamless communications and optimal hydraulic efficiency. The 120 is also designed to work without travel signal integration. The basic installation, requiring only the in-cab control unit and antennas, allows the 120 to be mated to any carrier.
The 120 sits on a full forest duty F8 undercarriage for excellent durability and mobility. The upper assembly has a sloped tail for added manoeuvrability on narrow mountain roads. Access to daily service points and major components is convenient with large swing out doors for the engine and pump enclosures and prop-up roof sections to access winch system components.
All machine functions are actuated with an ergonomic and intuitive remote control system. The powerful, heavy duty boom system with choice of a bucket or other attachments firmly anchors the machine and can take on basic roadbuilding duties. With ample below grade capability, the boom can extend over the road bank to firmly anchor the machine.
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The relatively long distance between the boom-mounted sheave and the winch, and the powered cable tension system combine to provide neat and reliable rope spooling. With the boom anchor system planted firmly in the ground, the cable can be operated off to the side of the machine, thanks to the pivoting sheave.
Tigercat is a privately owned, vertically integrated Canadian corporation with deep expertise in engineering, fabrication, manufacturing, and the support of machinery suited to severe duty applications.
Tigercat has decades of experience in the forest harvesting sector with the expertise to design complex structural, mechanical, hydraulic and electronic systems that perform every day in extreme and adverse conditions. Tigercat is taking this vast experience and using it to expand into other sectors that require tough, reliable machines to take on demanding duty cycles in other niche industrial applications.
The off-road industrial product line includes land clearing, silviculture and site preparation equipment as well as other specialized severe duty carriers used in a variety of industries including utilities, oil and gas and construction.
Built in Canada, global reach
With headquarters in Brantford, Ontario, Tigercat operates from eleven southern Ontario locations, along with additional facilities in the USA and Sweden. These facilities house the design and production teams for all Tigercat products as well as steel fabrication, administration, customer service and parts distribution. Serving the US, a large parts distribution and training centre is located in Ailey, Georgia. A second US facility based in Fremont, New Hampshire houses a portion of the material processing design team. Tigercat also operates a sales, service and parts distribution facility in Hede, Sweden.
- Hands-on Tigercat customer support field personnel in ten countries
- Over 170 dealer locations worldwide
- Tigercat machines in over 40 countries
- 1,000,000 square feet of office, manufacturing and parts warehouse space
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