KOMATSU GRAPPLES

Komatsu’s 10 new grapples range from the G82 (which holds 0.26m2) to the G87H (which holds a full 0.50m2), across six size classes. Compatible with most common makes of forwarders, most types of truck cranes and other timber handling vehicles, their larger opening o ers better wood pile penetration, making it easier for logs to roll into the grapple, thereby saving precious time. Other refinements deliver improvements when it comes to gathering and straightening the timber, plus a guard to protect the piston rod from knocks from below.

Forestry Simulator

McHale Plant Sales has purchased a high-tech Komatsu Driver Training Simulator, allowing driver trainees to experience ‘real life’ forestry conditions without leaving the comfort of the company’s Rathcoole headquarters where the unit is located. Replicating the cockpit of a working harvester or forwarder, on-board equipment includes a virtual reality headset, a driver-information screen, hand controls which the operator works from a full-size driver’s seat and, up-ahead, a large, wrap-around panoramic screen showing a virtual forest.