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To help loggers maximize timber quality, John Deere has upgraded its harvester stick boom attachment across all 800MH- and 900MH-Series tracked harvesters. The new stick boom geometry delivers the same high level of boom envelope performance, but with a narrower design to help operators minimize damage to harvested trees. “Avoiding unnecessary damage to harvested trees[…]

Rottne had sold some ten harvesters of the new model H8D without anyone being allowed to see it. Everyone had to wait for the world premiere at Elmia Wood. The reaction? Even better than expected! There was great interest at Elmia Wood in Rottne’s entire machine fleet. But two machines attracted particular attention. One was[…]

The Australian Forest Contractors Association (AFCA) has welcomed NHVR support for AFCA’s National Forestry Logistics Safety Program (NFLSP) to deliver safer roads as part of the next round of Heavy Vehicle Safety Initiative program. The Heavy Vehicle Safety Initiative called for implementable, value-for-money initiatives that deliver significant heavy vehicle safety benefits. Stacey Gardiner, AFCA’s General[…]

The Czech truck manufacturer Tatra came to Elmia Wood with a logging truck in a special anniversary edition. “Tatra produced its first vehicle 120 years ago,” explains the Swedish general agent Svante Cordestam. Tatra’s speciality is all-terrain vehicles. All-wheel drive plus individual suspension on all wheels have been standard on them for many years. All[…]

The biggest improvement to excavator chassis in many years. Kalle Mattsson, sales manager and co-owner of the Finnish machinery manufacturer Nisula doesn’t hesitate in his presentation of the company’s world first at Elmia Wood. The chassis is mounted on an excavator from Volvo and turns it into an all-terrain vehicle. The development work took ten[…]

Today is the opening day of the world’s largest forestry fair, Elmia Wood, in the forest south of Jönköping, Sweden. This year the fair is bigger and more comprehensive than ever, with more than 550 exhibitors from five continents. Almost 200 of them are exhibiting here for the first time. With the premiere of the[…]

Indexator will preview its next generation harvest rotator at the world’s largest forestry fair, Elmia Wood 2017. “In addition to our existing product line of rotators, links and our new K100 hose swivels, we will be previewing one of our latest ventures, the new HX rotators which are specially adapted to handle the toughest of[…]

Pioneering high-productivity Super-Bs cut truck journeys – Two pioneering high productivity truck and trailer units that are longer and heavier than standard vehicles are dramatically reducing the number of truck journeys on their set route in Hawke’s Bay. And the success of the pair, each comprising a standard tractor unit and two purposebuilt trailers, warrants[…]

For Komatsu, Elmia Wood is an important venue for international launches in the forestry sector. That’s why the company has invited customers and distributors from all its markets, including the USA, Australia and Brazil. “This is an important fair for us, above all for meeting our customers in Sweden and from the whole world,” Persson[…]

John Deere is launching a longed-for global first at Elmia Wood. The company has now developed its crane-tip control for harvesters too. There will also be the opportunity to test operate several forest machines plus do tests on simulators at the John Deere stand. “Visitors can try out the new technology during the fair,” says[…]