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entry cab option for log loader
configurations. The option,
available on machines in North
America and Australia and New
Zealand, offers “unparalleled”
operator experience with
convenient access, improved
operator comfort, and increased
visibility, the manufacturer stated.
Cat Forest Machines are
designed with the customer and
service technician in mind and to
be easy to maintain. Many service
locations are readily accessible at
ground level; critical maintenance
can be completed quickly and
efficiently.
Product Link, Caterpillar’s
machine monitoring system,
is standard. The user-friendly
technology enables remote
monitoring of equipment.
Caterpillar customers are
supported by the industry’s largest
network of dealers who will keep
them up and running with parts
availability, field services, state-
of-the art diagnostic programs,
remote monitoring, and more.
Multidirectional forklifts and
sideloaders from the Irish
manufacturer Combilift area very
popular choice for operations
both large and small. Combilift’s
initial product when it was
established in 1998 was the
world’s first IC engine powered,
all-wheel drive multidirectional
forklift – the Combilift C4000,
and the company has since
developed scores of machines,
all designed for the safe, space
saving and productive handling
of diverse loads.
A major advantage of the
multidirectional truck concept is
its ability to travel sideways in
narrow spaces with long loads
resting on the truck’s platform
and the extreme manoeuvrability
and safety that this provides.
Trying to move 5 m, 10 m
or longer lengths of timber
with conventional trucks such
as counterbalance forklifts is
problematic to say the least
and also requires large areas to
be set aside for manoeuvring.
This, plus a Combilift’s ability
to replace various other types
of forklifts, is a key reason for
companies to phase out so called
conventional forklifts and switch
to Combilift fleets.
The timber sector was one of
the first to recognise the benefits
of Combilift’s customised products
and thousands are in operation
around the world for familiar
names such as Weyerhaeuser,
Boise, Stora Enso, Moelven Wood,
Tolko, Luvian Saha, Sierra Pacific
and many others.
“Whether you handle extreme
lengths of lumber, engineered
timber, timber frames, palletised
goods or a mix of products, there
is a Combilift model that can
deliver the goods,” said Combilift
Managing Director Martin McVicar.
“Since we launched our first
C4000 Combilift we now offer
models from 1 t upwards with an
almost infinite choice of options.
Our range encompasses 4-way
sideloaders, stand-on trucks for
extremely narrow aisle operation,
pedestrian operated stackers, the
large cab XL series and straddle
carriers for containers and
oversized loads.
“Our products are designed
to be tough workhorses which
operate inside and out in all
weather conditions. We use
standard and easily sourced
components to make service and
maintenance very straightforward
wherever in the world your
Martin McVicar,
Managing Director
Combilift
Combilift is operating.”
Celebrating its 20th year in
business in 2018, Combilift has
sold over 38,000 units which
are exported to more than 75
countries. The company is in the
process of moving all production
to its new £40 million, 46,000m²
manufacturing facility and global
HQ on a 40 ha site in Monaghan,
Ireland. The new factory will be
officially opened in the spring,
and this expansion will position
Combilift to double its current
output and turnover in the next
five years.
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