2017 International Forest Industries Magazines May 2017 SHOW Special | Page 68
Thanks a buncher
Making life better for
contractors continues
to be the trend in the
harvesting space
C
onvenience, comfort and
steep-slope functionality
are some of the key points
targeted by feller buncher
improvements brought to
market by two of the industry’s
heavyweights over the past 12
months.
The North American forestry
giants, Caterpillar and Tigercat,
have been bending over backwards
to make the harvesting experience
a more pleasant one without
compromising on productivity.
There has also been an increasing
effort to cater for operations
accessing high-gradient stands.
Both manufacturers have
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their own unique ways of tackling
challenges and driving innovation
and in this year’s review we’ll start
with Tigercat’s enhancements to
what was already a world-class
feller buncher fleet.
operator sightlines. All Tigercat
feller bunchers feature the fuel
efficient and reliable Tigercat FPT
engine, which is directly supported
by Tigercat for all service and
warranty.
ER Boom technology
Tigercat offers one of the broadest
ranges of both track and drive-to-
tree feller bunchers in the industry.
Along with innovative features
like the ER boom and WideRange,
Tigercat’s feller bunchers offer
long service life, high machine
availability rates, excellent
service access and the clear
An important advantage common to
Tigercat track feller bunchers is ER
boom technology. ER technology
provides increased production
compared with conventional boom
systems – especially in high-cycle
applications.
ER allows the operator to
extend and retract the boom on
a horizontal plane using a single