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Tigercat Shovel Logger

Tigercat has raised the bar with the introduction of the LSX870D shovel logger. Based on the popular LX870D series track carrier platform, the machine is designed for extreme duty steep slope logging. With the choice of attachments including the new Tigercat BG13 grapple with a live heel boom or the SC08 shovel clam grapple, the LSX870D is suited to pre-bunching and shovel logging in challenging terrain.

The addition of the LSX870D to the Tigercat lineup provides a higher power, closed loop drive alternative to the LS855E. Where the LS855E provides higher swing speed and lower ground pressure, the LSX870D allows for improved multifunctioning ability and quicker, more responsive travel speed. The Tigercat FPT C87 engine supplies 330 HP, which combined with the dedicated attachment pump provides plenty of multi-functioning power. Lift and reach capa-

bilities for the LS855E and the LSX870D are identical.

Tigercat’s leveling track machines use innovative technologies and systems optimized for a wide range of steep slope applications including shovel logging, felling and harvesting. Tigercat’s super-duty leveling undercarriage is longer and wider, providing exceptional stability on steep slopes. The patented leveling design uses two massive hydraulic cylinders and heavy steel sections for a solution that is simple, robust and reliable. The Tigercat leveling system leans into the hill when leveling to the side which further improves machine stability and operator comfort. Visit tigercat.com

Bandit Track Grinder

Bandit Industries’ new Model 1425 track is a highly productive and compact horizontal grinder. It is equipped with many of the same features as the tow-behind version and by adding tracks it substantially increases the capabilities of this unit. By making it available with tracks, it can now travel over a variety of landscapes with the durable Caterpillar steel track undercarriage.

The 1425 track is equipped with a 7' long x 24" wide steel or rubber belt infeed conveyor and a stationary discharge with a stacking height of 7'. To further enhance the machine’s capabilities, a grinder head or chipper drum can be ordered, giving it the ability to produce mulch or a dimensional chip.

When ordered with a grinder head, there are 14 cutterbodies with teeth, creating an aggressive, yet smooth grinding action. While the chipper drum features 4 chipper knives that will produce a chip ranging from ¼" all the way up to 1". Like our larger horizontal grinders, the 1425 track is offered with a variety of tooth and screen options.

Customers can now order this machine with a Caterpillar C4.4, 174 HP Tier 4 final.” Visit banditchippers.

com

Deere Smooth Boom

Further enhancing the machine operation in demanding forestry applications, John Deere adds its Smooth Boom Control technology to its M-Series tracked feller-bunchers and MH-Series tracked harvesters. Developed in global collaboration between the John Deere wheeled cutto-length and full-tree forestry teams,

the SBC system instantaneously responds to operator input while smoothing out the acceleration and deceleration of hydraulic functions on the machine, improving overall control.

“Machine response is important to efficient machine operation, especially when working in challenging conditions day in and day out,” says Jim O’Halloran, product marketing manager, John Deere. “With SBC, we’re improving machine functionality, making operation easier on both the operator and machine. As a result, operators can control the machine movements more effectively, especially when reversing motions. SBC delivers a smoother experience for the operator and less wear and tear on the machine over time.”

The SBC software further refines the motion of the boom, swing and travel functions using advanced signal control to keep the machine ready to go. This results in a significant improvement in overall joystick and foot pedal response, reducing the signal delay at the start and end of each operator command.

The SBC software is now available as a standard feature on new tracked feller-bunchers and harvesters or as an upgrade for existing M- and MH-Series machine owners. Visit

johndeere.com

Husqvarna Light Saw Bar

Husqvarna is taking the next step in offering best-in-class cutting systems with the launch of the new Husqvarna X-Tough Light lightweight bars through its partnership with Sugihara/Diatop Co. LTD, a praised and recognized manufacturer of chain saw bars. Made for everyday professional forestry and tree care work, the new Husqvarna X-Tough Light bars offer a combination of lightweight, durability and cutting performance.

“We are very excited to finally announce our partnership with Sugihara. Their ability to produce the best chain saw bars is well recognized in the industry. Our mission is to offer our customers the best cutting system possible and

these new bars are a vital part in that,” says Gent Simmons, Global Portfolio Director for Tree Professional at Husqvarna.

Husqvarna X- Tough Light benefits from a solid, lightweight body with hard resin inserts that reduce weight, making it is easy to maneuver. Additionally, the hard resin inserts make the bars robust, ensuring high productivity and improved straightness in the cuts. The three-rivet RSN mount and an optimized oil hole help provide reliability and performance during long workdays. These features, along with the rail hardness of the new bars, gives longer maintenance intervals. Also, the sprocket nose adds to the high performance of Husqvarna X- Tough Light and the new premium design provides a nice distinct appearance.

“With these new lightweight bars our customers get another addition to the complete cutting system we offer with Husqvarna chainsaws, chains and bars. With Husqvarna X- Tough Light bars, users benefit from a durable and low weight option, which improves maneuverability,“ says Gent Simmons.

Husqvarna’s new ⅜" lightweight bars, Husqvarna X- Tough Light, comes in lengths up to 36" and are available starting July 2021. The bars fit Husqvarna chain saws from 60cc and up with a large bar mount. Visit husqvarna.com

Foley Take-Off Clutches

Loggers operating wood chippers and tub grinders with twin disc style clutches no longer need to worry about downtime. Foley Engines specializes in Twin Disc/Rockford and WPT power take-off clutches.The clutches are often called “hand clutches.”Foley now offers both new and factory remanufactured power take-off (PTO) clutches with upgraded severe duty components including 100% Kevlar composite discs. These proprietary Kevlar composite linings have as much as a 300% longer service life compared to the moldedfiber friction discs commonly used, and avoid failures caused by broken teeth.

Not only do their Kevlar plates last longer, Foley remanufactured exchange units eliminate the delay and downtime in having a PTO clutch rebuilt locally.Additionally, the remanufactured units offer the clutch owner significant savings compared to buying a new unit.

Given its more than century-long history, the company can also help people with obsolete units for which parts are no longer available. Foley Engines operates

from a 20,000 SF facility with modern machine tools and equipment to fabricate new replacement parts.The company stocks approximately 200 new and remanufactured PTOs that are ready for same day shipment. Visit foleyengines.com

Butt Rot Treatment

Butt Rot is the common name of a fungus that grows on freshly cut stumps that can spread to the root system of adjoining live trees, working its way up and ruining the most valuable part of the tree—the butt log. Root contact from infected stumps can infect surrounding trees and newly planted trees with potential severe economic loss. Infection through sequential thinning can be expected to be exponential. This can render land unusable for forestry.

Effective control measures are necessary for sustainable forestry and include the prophylactic treatment of all freshly cut stump surfaces with borate during thinning and clear felling. The leading treatment is disodium octaborate tetrahydrate (DOT), available as CelluTreat, which replaced granular Sporax. It is designed for mechanized harvester and spray application. Borates are natural salts, have low mammalian toxicity and are essential micronutrients. Boron-deficient forest lands can enjoy a secondary micronutrient benefit from application.

Cellu-Treat DOT borate is EPA and state registered. It has been used and shown most effective since the 1960s. The application of Cellu-Treat is done at 5% solution concentration. Treatments are best done at time of felling (or within one day) to at least 80% of the stump surface and are probably needed when temperatures are expected to be above freezing during the day for up to a month after felling. Early and careful consideration of application equipment can avoid longer-term maintenance costs and can help avoid the need for antifreeze during cold temperature applications.

All conifers are susceptible to this disease, and red pine and trees on sandy soil and re-forested agricultural land appear more susceptible. Cellutreat DOT borate is easy, low toxicity, effective, non-corrosive, non-heat sensitive (allowing through the bar or under the bar harvester applications) and can have glycol added during freezing temperatures. Mixing and application does not require a respirator. Boron application also improves yield and overall plant health including disease resistance by reversing deficiency. Visit nisuscorp.com/wood-preservation/

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