Playing (training) with an Alstor

[Big J]

I'm starting to train on the Alstor 8x8 forwarder with the woods we've thinned. It's great fun and very productive (though not with me at the helm as I can only manage 3 tonne an hour at the moment!).

 

A few pictures:

 

 

 

 

 

It's looks tiny with me sat on it.

 

Jonathan

[Sam Thompson]

Very cool bit of kit Just too expensive!

[Charlieh]

Nice, what sort of training do you need to operate one of those, do you need your FMOC tickets for a forwarder?

[caledonian bob]

I saw one of these recently at a woodland management/woodfuel demo day, useful piece of kit but as TW says expensive. Do you hire it out ?

[Tom D]

looks like a kiddies pedal car with you sat on it, I reckon if you roll it your head will be higher than the roll bar. LOL

[John Hughes]

Great photos.

I suppose youe are going to tell us you are being paid to play with it as well:grinning-smiley-003:grinning-smiley-003

[David Goss]

I'm starting to train on the Alstor 8x8 forwarder with the woods we've thinned. It's great fun and very productive (though not with me at the helm as I can only manage 3 tonne an hour at the moment!).

 

 

It's looks tiny with me sat on it.

 

Jonathan

 

it is tiny but you are also huge so the scale looks funny:laugh1:

gimmie a shot!

[rowan lee]

Haven't seen one in the flesh yet, but look pretty handy. One negative ive noticed is

the lack of dual joystick controls for the slew/boom/dipper/grab. Individual controls must really take some getting used to for fluid movements and efficiency.

 

Wouldn't say no to a day of that though, nice woods your working in as well J.

[combined tree services]

looks like a nice bit of kit i wonder what sort of money they sell for . i could do with one of them

[Robert_S]

j that looks like someone has left a forwarder out in the rain and its shrunk.

 

Do us a favour and go and get a picture of you on a motorbike so it looks like you are driving to Aspen :lol:

 

cool machine