From 08^th  to 14^th  April 2019 Liebherr-MCCtec Rostock GmbH will be presenting one of its devices for the first time at the Bauma in Munich. On display is the new Liebherr Log Handler.

Click on the botton below to find an invitation flyer, which highlights both, the location at the exhibition and the unique features of our new device. We would be pleased to welcome you at the Liebherr Log Handler on BAUMA Boulevard at Gate 15 for a detailed conversation.

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Hitachi’s modified short-tail swing excavators are ideal for making access routes, as well as a wide range of other forestry tasks. Supplied by the national Hitachi dealer, Nasta, the ZX135USL-6 has a heavier counterweight for greater stability, reinforced parts – such as the undercarriage – for added durability, and a window in the roof of the cab for a better view.

It also has a higher ground clearance than the standard model for a smooth travelling performance over uneven and rough forest terrains, such as those found in south-east Norway. Equipped with additional safety features, such as a fixed laminated front window and OPG level 2 front guard, it offers further protection for the operator, Ole Henrik Fageraas (the father of owner Ståle Fageraas).

Fageraas Skogsdrift bought the ZX135USL-6 in May 2018 to replace a three-year-old ZX135USL-5 from the same family of Hitachi special application machines. “Hitachi has the best solution for a forestry machine with a short-tail swing,” says owner Ståle Fageraas. “It is ideal for negotiating narrow spaces and avoiding such obstacles as tree stumps and protruding rocks.”

Complete solution

Nasta supplied the medium excavator with a five-year, 6,000-hour service contract. “Our dealer looks after all of our maintenance and service requirements,” continues Ståle. “Our contract offers the complete after-sales solution, with fixed costs and the peace of mind of knowing that everything is covered. I’m really happy with the amazing technical support we receive, including Hitachi Genuine Parts.”

Ole Henrik was formerly a Nordic Combined skier, who won a bronze medal in the individual event at the 1962 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Zakopane, Poland. Since then, he has perfected the art of clearing a different kind of obstacle with the ZX135USL-6.

“Overall, this is an excellent machine that has the perfect specification for this tricky terrain,” explains Ole Henrik, who started off working with horses in a forestry environment in 1956. “It works really well due to the ground clearance, good visibility from the cab and it’s lightweight for soft ground.

“The power at my disposal and the precision from the hydraulics are ideal for a machine of its size and this type of work on such uneven ground. It’s a really different operating experience to a standard machine.”

The ZX135USL-6 has two main tasks on this typical forestry site for Fageraas Skogsdrift, which was founded 30 years ago in Sokna. It clears the undergrowth after the trees have been felled and prepares the ground for the new trees to be planted.

The project is being completed on behalf of Viken Skog SA, Norway’s largest forestry cooperative with approximately 10,000 shareholders in eastern Norway. These represent around 10.5 million acres of forest, and usually contribute one quarter of the total timber deliveries in the country.

On this two-week job, Fageraas Skogsdrift has been hired to supply 3,000m³ of timber from the pine trees. The wood is then transported to a factory (the largest one is also located at Sokna), where it is used to prepare timber for construction projects.

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‘We need a material handler!’ – has long been something that they’ve agreed about at the timber yard Holzwerk Obermeier in Schwindegg, Upper Bavaria. But a lot of thought had to be put into what the optimum solution for the wide range of tasks was. A visit to the Ligna trade fair clinched it: the SENNEBOGEN 825 material handler with its large undercarriage and supplemental hydraulic system was the final solution – perfect for this application, as the site visit showed.

Driver Thomas Mooser and Junior Manager Alexander Palloch are visibly proud of their new green material handler as they welcome us at the timber yard in Schwindegg on a foggy November day. The weather does nothing to dampen their enthusiasm at the new arrival in the machine outfit, particularly as the material handler, with its unique design, was custom-built to meet their needs.

‘We have optimized our logistics and needed a material handler that can destack, cut to length and move the timber from the wet storage area, as well as act as a support for saw work. Particularly a challenge were the up to 12 m (39.4 feet) long round logs weighing up to 8 t, which need to be moved by the material handler. For this reason, we decided on a custom-built material handler,’ Palloch explains.

Alongside the 12 m (39,4 feet) long loading attachment, the SENNEBOGEN 825 is equipped with an extra large, robust undercarriage with a 3.0 m (9.8 feet) track width, strong special axes and powerful 2 stage all-wheel drive. These features allow driver Thomas Moser to travel quickly from one side of the log yard to the other and work swiftly and safely without an outrigger. Only when he needs to reach the top of the high wet timber stack does he need the two support claws and the dozer blade. ‘These help me to move all of the logs safely and position them accurately,’ he explains.  ‘With the 2.70 m (8.9 feet) elevating cab it can even be fun, I always have everything in view and can work safely and efficiently.’

The SENNEBOGEN 825 is driven by a 129 kW diesel engine, which also supplies the supplemental hydraulic system for the drive of the Hultdins grab saw with sufficient power.  This is the second feature that makes Obermeier so unique with their multifunctional SENNEBOGEN. Whereas in the past the beech wood, oak and ash – primarily supplied by Bavaria – was cut to length with the help of a sorting machine; now this is also done by the material handler.  Obermeier has been in production as a medium-sized business since 1956. They now have two sites at which around 100,000 fm of logs are cut every year from a surrounding area of around 200 km (155 miles). The majority of them are processed and made into large-scale wooden boards, blocks and planks or pallets. Deliveries are made to the wooden furniture and construction industries, as well as to wood craft companies and private customers.

The machine has been operative since the end of 2016 and has been fully tried and tested, as Alexander Palloch confirms: ‘We haven’t regretted going with SENNEBOGEN for a second, the service provided by their distribution partner Fischer & Schweiger is excellent,’ he stresses, adding: ‘We speak the same language and SENNEBOGEN has met our requirements perfectly with this tailored material handler – what more could we want!’

Alexander Palloch has one last ace up his sleeve. As we head back towards the office, leaving the timber yard behind us, he says: ‘In the future we would like to go into trailer operation with the SENNEBOGEN 825, as then we will be able to transport even more logs at a time.’ So we could say that this is one machine with many options.

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