Westtech Woodcracker, experience the new machines close up and in action
In a few weeks, the world’s largest forestry and logging technology event of 2024 begins! The KWF Conference takes place from June 19th to 22nd 2024 in Schwarzenborn (Germany) and WESTTECH will be there live!
In addition to our new products, we will be presenting a comprehensive excerpt from our Westtech Woodcracker® portfolio with over 25 machines! You can expect daily live demonstrations!
Woodcracker® C300
The new single grip harvester with a cutting
diameter of up to 35 cm for excavators 10 – 18 tons.
From 750 kg dead weight in its basic version!
Woodcracker® CS545 compact
Another power pack – the new grapple saw for small excavators 8-15 tons, featuring a cutting diameter up to 54 cm. From 610 kg dead weight in basic version!
Woodcracker® CS600 dualGrip
Woodcracker® CS800 dualGrip
Woodcracker® CS590 flexHead3
The CS series has also been refined. The CS800 dualGrip ist the biggest grapple saw in our portfolio. With a cutting diameter up to 80 cm and a gripper opening of 160 cm, the machine is mounted on excavators with 20 – 28 tons. As well as the CS600 dualGrip, a ¾ inch saw chain can also be selected here as an option. The spring-mounted saw box and the two independently controllable grippers demonstrate technical sophistication.
This machine is mounted on a truck crane. The flexHead3 achieves movement angles of 160° vertically and 90° horizontally and is endlessly rotatable. The CS590 grapple saw cuts logs up to 60 cm thick and enables safe operation at a high reach.
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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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