Mini Forwarders For Sale?

[TreeNuts]

Worth trying, but my local RDPE fund will not fund anything with wheels, but that's OK as I was after a tracked skidder.

The Bison looks good, especially if you can tow it behind a pick up. What's its max load?

 

I looked at the Vimek version, but heard bad things about the longevity of the crane and the driven front wheels gave more than expected ground damage in the FC trials.

 

Was it this FC trial by any chance? http://www.forestry.gov.uk/pdf/ODW712a.pdf/$FILE/ODW712a.pdf

 

Here's a nice page showing all the forwarders trials by the FC: http://www.forestry.gov.uk/fr/INFD-7SUDZR

Edited March 12, 2012 by TreeNuts

[treedave]

Cheers for the link on the trials, more reading whilst I continue to save.

The bison looks likes it'll go behind a pick up-

http://www.kranmanforest.com/indexf.htm

 

If money was no option I'd go for a novotny purpose built. Not that low an impact, but a 5 ton load capacity and sub 2 metre width gives good access and fewer trips. Just need the spare £100K!! Off to the lottery tickets again

[treedave]

Link didn't quite go right!, click the dollykana link on the right.

[TreeNuts]

Link didn't quite go right!, click the dollykana link on the right.

 

Yeah, it's a framed webpage. Here's the right one: TAPIO

 

Just look at that towing setup. Need a bucket to catch the drool

 

 

Hu rah!

 

Oh, and here's the spec sheet, in English: http://www.kranmanforest.com/BisonBroschyrEngNP.pdf

 

Not sure about the steering wheel being an optional extra though. Will have to get the full price with all the necessary trimmings tomorrow.

Edited March 12, 2012 by TreeNuts

[slasherscot]

dont like that drive between rear wheels......thought we had moved on from that idea in forestry machines

[TreeNuts]

dont like that drive between rear wheels......thought we had moved on from that idea in forestry machines

 

Do they have a disadvantage?

[TreeNuts]

Say I popped over to Sweden to purchase a Bison directly, then attempted to bring it back by towing it on the ferry. Would there be any sort of import tax to pay? And by Bison I mean the forwarding setup, not the cow

[TreeNuts]

A useful page with many links to forwarders videos: Best Business Training Videos - miniskotare Videos

[Chris Sheppard]

Yeah, it's a framed webpage. Here's the right one: TAPIO

 

Just look at that towing setup. Need a bucket to catch the drool

 

 

Hu rah!

 

Oh, and here's the spec sheet, in English: http://www.kranmanforest.com/BisonBroschyrEngNP.pdf

 

Not sure about the steering wheel being an optional extra though. Will have to get the full price with all the necessary trimmings tomorrow.

 

That looks ace, but I'd be doubtful you'd get away with towing it like that in the UK for very long

[TreeNuts]

That looks ace, but I'd be doubtful you'd get away with towing it like that in the UK for very long

 

That did cross my mind. I assume you'd have to cover all rear wheels with arches to make the setup road legal?