Forestry crane 4023

The Pfanzelt wood fuel felling gripper type 4023 is designed so that it is optimally suited for harvesting trunks up to 40 cm girth and for loading the harvested wood fuel. Felling and sorting The Pfanzelt felling gripper is used to fell wood fuel in initial clearing, for opening up trails in standing timber and for collecting and loading biomass material and for cutting back branches on green shoulders. Collecting and loading In addition, the felling gripper can also be fitted with double clam shell grippers to collect and load tree sections or for directly loading of cut wood fuel. Working method with the felling gripper The Pfanzelt felling gripper is mounted on loading or forwarding cranes with a net lifting force of approx. 5 m/t and with a reach over 8m. The hydraulics is supplied via a separate hose package running externally past the crane. The felling gripper is normally mounted via pendulum and rotator. For initial thinning, the felling gripper can also be mounted via a mounting plate with cylinder guide for optimum fixing and to avoid damage to standing timber; this prevents the unit swinging.