Designed for log handling applications the L180F HL from Volvo Construction Equipment (Sweden) has a new lift arm design for improved lift height and maneuverability. Capable of reaching a lift height of 5.8 m under closed grapple. Also, the lift cylinder protection, which was previously optional, is now standard equipment.  

Turning farm logwood into cash Timber from farm woodland is a bit like those crops of laid barley that begin to sprout in a wet season. The cost of harvesting can often exceed the value of what you end up with. But the difference with timber is that you can add value to it.  

Latest Ponsse products iat SkogsElmia For the first time, the visitors saw the PONSSE Ergo harvester that has gone through an extensive development programme, as well as novelties in the bioenergy field – group handling function for harvester heads and a new load scale. A new harvester head control system for harvesting eucalyptus trees, the PONSSE Opti2, was also launched.  

Best Swedish and American solutions unite in Prentice logging heads The Fabtek and Votec heads have been brought together in a new line of Prentice heads designed to meet the harvesting and processing requirements of loggers worldwide. 

Ponsse reports positive results Finnish forestry machinery manufacturer Ponsse recently presented its interim report for 1 January – 31 March 2007.