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wedish manufacturer Kranman AB designs and manufactures harvesting and extraction solutions for smaller scale forestry and in-house harvesting and extraction of thinnings. Initially concentrating on cranes and ATV-based forwarding trailers, the company introduced its Bison compact forwarder in 2011 and moved towards becoming a full line compact forestry equipment producer, developing its first P25 processor in 2016. Following development of the impressive but ultimately compromised Bison 10000X combination machine for forwarding and harvesting during 2017 and 2018, TECH SPEC Kranman shifted its focus to compact harvester production, and the subsequent 520S harvester and latest generation 620S launched in December 2019 model have been particularly successful for the WEIGHT 4,050KG company. WIDTH 1.67M (ON 400MM TYRES) As a dedicated harvester for use by self-employed ENGINE KUBOTA private forest owners, the 620S has simplicity at its FOUR-CYLINDER DIESEL core, making it more affordable and cheaper to run. POWER 19KW The sheer popularity of this machine serves to HYDRAULICS CONSTANT demonstrate how Kranman has succeeded in filling a PRESSURE SYSTEM very important void in the market, with over 20 units CRANE KRANMAN PARALLEL already supplied in its native Sweden and more MOTION WITH LEVELLING BASE recently Finland, where the initial units have gone AND INTEGRATED WINCH into service following last autumn’s FinnMetko MAX REACH 5.4M exhibition (read our report on page 67). HEAD JOBO ST50 STROKE Speaking to Forestry Machinery about the 620S, ACTION TYPE Kranman’s sales manager Björn Blixt was upbeat. “We MAX FELLING DIAMETER 300MM saw a need within the compact harvester market for a
KRANMAN 620S PRO HARVESTER
Front bogie home to hydraulic drive wheel; crane base easy to work on.
SIMPLE AND EFFECTIVE Kranman’s new 620S brings mechanised harvesting within reach of private forest owners wishing to thin their own plantations, writes Eoghan Daly IMAGES EOGHAN DALY
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