FORESTRYMACHINERYNEWS
CUSTOM VOLVO DELIVERED
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cott Young & Sons of Lockerbie, Dumfries & Galloway, has taken delivery of a new bespoke 16t Volvo EC160E with a unique two-piece boom and Steelwrist X20 tilt-rotator. This family-run business specialises in forestry work, building and maintenance of forest tracks, as well as some general contracting work, crushing and screening. “The machine has plenty of
power to operate the mulcher and, in conjunction with the priority control valve, makes it highly responsive,” comments Scott Young junior. “Using the Steelwrist tilt-rotator in conjunction with the two-piece boom makes the machine very versatile as well, especially when I’m working on narrow forest tracks and up against embankments. The EC160E is powered by a Stage V-compliant four-cylinder Volvo engine, developing 148hp.
Scott Young Jr at the controls
Other features that have been specified include LED lighting, heavy-duty cab guards and a machine upper-structure produced specifically by Lammer Engineering of Gifford, East Lothian. It also sports side impact protection for the upper-structure, a special deflector mounted on the dipper arm, a Prolec height limiter device, Lexan safety glass for the windscreen and a factory fitted dozer blade with heavy-duty wear plate. The two-piece boom and arm geometry make the machine highly adaptable. For example, the maximum reach with the 2.6m dipper arm is 8.87m, while the maximum dig depth is 5.5m. Furthermore, the machine is capable of digging to its maximum depth at a mere 3m from the machine centre. “It’s early days yet, but so far I’m very pleased with the way the machine is performing; it is certainly ticking all the boxes as far as I’m concerned,” declares Scott. “The machine is robust, well built and extremely comfortable from the operator’s point of view; I cannot fault it.”
NEW MULCHER RANGE FROM SPALDINGS A new tractor-mounted mulcher is available from Spaldings. The TMC Cancela MPK-225 has a working width of 2.25m (a 2.50m version is also available), operates on the rear three-point linkage of a 220-300hp tractor, and has 58 rigidly-mounted hammers arranged in a helix pattern. It can produce a fine and firm tilth ready for woodland re-planting or sowing to other crops as part of a land regeneration project. The MPK has a two-speed gearbox, providing a slower rotor speed for shredding and incorporation, and a faster speed for grinding away tree stumps up to 450mm diameter.
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