FOREXPO 2016, MIMIZAN, LANDES, FRANCE
The first edition of Forexpo, The European Exhibition of Forestry and Logging, took place at Cère in September 1962. Fifty years later, the fiftieth anniversary exhibition Forexpo 2012, which was visited by 30,000 trade visitors, exhibited old material the 60s : plows, brush cutters, tractor carrier Kockum (first used), Sogedep harvesters, logging trucks. We can measure the progress made on modern equipment including high technology.
In Aquitaine, the Landes forest, largest forest in Europe, was destroyed in 2009 by a storm. The biggest construction plantation site in Europe was launched with financial support from the government (€ 470 million over 2009-2017) : 200,000 hectares will have been reforested in 2017.
This will highlight the forestry innovation illustrated in the demonstrations of the forestry equipment situation, conferences, round tables and business appointments. Forexpo represents 400 European exhibitors and over 500 international brands.
The forest lumbering equipment (harvester, skidder, forwarder) are off-road vehicles, often articulated, wheeled or tracked, rather sophisticated.
Rottne H8B Harvester 4x4, self-leveling, http://www.rottne.com/en/skogsmaskiner/ |
Rottne H8B Harvester 4x4 |
Rottne H8B Harvester 4x4, http://www.rottne.com/en/skogsmaskiner/ |
Rottne H8 and H21 harvesters, http://www.rottne.com/en/skogsmaskiner/skordare/ |
Sifor 414E harvester, France, http://www.equip-foret.fr/ |
Sogedep SH15 Harvester, http://www.sogedep.com/abatteuse/abatteuse-sh15/ |
Sogedep SF28 Forwarder 8x8, France, http://www.sogedep.com/ |
Agrip MD 205 skidder, from Lignières, France, http://www.agrip18.fr/ |
Camox F 110 skidder, from Pialleport S.A., France, http://www.camox.fr/ |
Camox F 175 skidder, http://www.camox.fr/ |
Camox G275 skidder, http://www.camox.fr/ |
Irum TAF 2012 skidder, from Romania, http://www.irum.ro/tracteurs/debusqueurs/taf-2012/ |
HSM 208F Forwarder 8x8, from Germany, http://www.hsm-forest.net/cms/hsm-208f-14t-steep-slope.html |
John Deere 859MH tracked harvester, from USA, https://www.deere.com/en_US/industry/forestry/forestry.page? |
John Deere 1510E forwarder 8x8, https://www.deere.com/en_US/industry/forestry/forestry.page? |
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John Deere 648L skidder, https://www.deere.com/en_US/products/equipment/skidders/skidders.page? |
John Deere 1210E forwarder 8x8, https://www.deere.com/en_US/products/equipment/forwarders/forwarders.page |
John Deere 1470E Harvester 6x6, https://www.deere.com/en_US/industry/forestry/forestry.page? |
Komatsu 860-4 forwarder 8x8, from Japan but forest machines are built in Sweden, http://www.komatsuforest.com/default.aspx?id=1475&ptid=0&rootID=1475 |
Komatsu 845 forwarder 8x8 |
Komatsu 931XC harvester 8x8 |
Komatsu 655 forwarder 8x8 |
Komatsu 855 harvester 8x8 |
Komatsu 931 harvester 6x6 |
Logset 4F forwarder, http://www.logset.com/Home |
Logset 5 FP forwarder 8x8, from Finland, http://www.logset.com/product.asp?sua=2&lang=3&s=873&nav=1001004 |
Logset 12 H harvester 8x8, http://www.logset.fi/Logset_products/Harvesterit/12H_GTE_Hybrid |
Nisula N5 harvester, from Finland, http://www.nisulaforest.com/en/products/nisula-n5 |
FAE UMM!EX mulcher, from Italia, http://www.fae-group.com/fr/products/land-clearing/excavator-mulcher-and-tillers-for-tracked-vehicles/excavator-mulchers/umm-ex-umm-ex-vt |
Jarraff tree trimmer, Minnesota, http://jarraff.com/models/4-wheel-drive-model/ |
JBC 4220 Fastrac, http://agriculture.jcb.co.uk/Products/Machines/Agricultural-Tractors.aspx |
JCB 4220 Fastrac, Rocester, GB, http://agriculture.jcb.co.uk/Products/Machines/Agricultural-Tractors.aspx |
JCB 437 wheel loader, Rocester, GB, http://www.jcb.co.uk/products/machines/wheel-loaders |
Merlo MM350X tool carrier from Italia. http://www.merlo-france.fr/home/famiglie-modelli-models-families/tre-emme/, http://www.merlo.com/media/913089/3mRange-xg-0409.pdf |
Ritter R 185-4 skidder, from Germany, http://www.ritter-maschinen.com/forsttechnik/download/skidder-r185.html |
Noe NF 210 Forwarder 6x6, from Germany, http://www.noegmbh.net/#!nf210-6r/k2j1n |
Novotny LVS 520 forwarder 8x8, Czechoslovakia, http://www.loader.cz/en/production-program/forwarder-lvs-520 |
Tigercat 610E skidder, Ontario, http://www.tigercat.com/video/tigercat-610e-skidder/ |
Tigercat 610E skidder, http://www.tigercat.com/video/tigercat-610e-skidder/ |
Timberpro TF 830 C forwarder 8x8, from Wisconsin USA, http://timberpro.com/ |
ELTEC A226L tracked harvester, Quebec, http://www.techniforet.fr/Eltec, http://www.technologieselement.com/en/CustomPage.aspx?ResourceId=eb1d9946-a1f7-41f6-aa54-8e34a3c1b2dc |
Forst XR8 Traxion tracked wood chipper, self-leveling, http://www.forst-woodchippers.com/prod/xr8-traxion, http://www.cambrianchipperhire.co.uk/product/forst-xr8-traxion-8-tracked-wood-chipper-for-hire/ |
Tracked harvester |
Pezzolato PTH 1400/820 Allroad chipper from Italia. http://www.mondomacchina.it/en/the-all-road-new-chipper-by-pezzolato-c1133 |
Albach Diamant 2000 wood chipper of Albach Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG, Germany. http://www.albach-maschinenbau.de/diamant2000/ |
Antonio Carraro TTR 4400 HST, Italia, http://www.antoniocarraro.it/fr/products/TTR_4400_HST~4714 |
Tracked Self Propelled Platform Spider 22.10 EVO, from Italy, http://www.platformbasket.com/piattaforme/semoventi-cingolati/spider-22.10-evo |
Prinoth Hansch AHWI Raptor 300 tracked mulcher, from Prinoth, https://www.prinoth.com/it/gestione-della-vegetazione/news/news/270/ |
Terex Fuchs MHL320 wheel excavator, built in Germany, Terex is in Connecticut. http://grandforest.info/logging-and-road-special-machinery/15 |