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hen it comes to experience of Logset timber harvesters, few in this business can claim as much as Richard Doherty, also known as ‘Dark Destroyer’, of North South Timber Harvesting Ltd. So you can imagine his eagerness to test the manufacturer’s latest generation 8H GTE Hybrid. Following time at the controls, it became obvious to Richard how this innovative concept could take performance to the next level while delivering considerably reduced fuel consumption. Part of the Doherty Group, North South Timber TECH SPEC Harvesting Ltd (which we’ll refer to as NSTH from LOGSET 8H GTE HYBRID now on) has been running Logset harvesters and WEIGHT 23,000KG forwarders for many years with pleasing results. ENGINE However, other Doherty Group harvesting companies AGCOPOWER 74 LFTN 6-CYLINDER are far from exclusive Logset users. They also have POWER ENGINE 214KW/ELECTRIC experience running machines from other MOTOR 104KW manufacturers including John Deere, Ponsse and COMBINED POWER Komatsu on their timber harvesting operations, which 311KW@1,850RPM are spread across Northern Ireland into the Republic COMBINED TORQUE of Ireland and throughout Scotland. 1,780NM@1,500RPM Logset’s ground-breaking 12H GTE Hybrid model of HYDRAULIC OIL FLOW 495L/MIN 2016 was too large for NSTH’s requirements, but when CRANE/REACH the smaller 8H GTE Hybrid version came alone in MESERA 240H PARALLEL/10.3M 2019, Richard knew it was a critical moment. Already HEAD LOGSET TH75 on the fleet was a 6H GTE which, MEASUREMENT AND CONTROL although a deeply reliable and SYSTEM LOGSET TOC-MD 2 punchy performer, had by
This picture and left inset: 1.3-tonne, short-frame TH75.
MASTER OF EFFICIENCY Combining maximum performance and miserly fuel economy is now the goal of all forestry equipment manufacturers. Logset is a pioneer in hybrid harvesters and Eoghan Daly recently visited the new owner of an 8H GTE Hybrid model to get their first impressions of the machine IMAGES EOGHAN DALY
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