The new H212 is a lightweight and agile harvesting and processing head.
Waratah’s smallest harvesting head, designed for 8 to 16 metric ton tracked carriers or 16 to 18 metric ton wheeled carriers, provides enhanced productivity for early thinning operations. The multi-purpose head can handle mixed hardwood and softwood stands as well as multi-tree harvesting, processing or debarking applications. The nimble Waratah H212 is built to perform in dense stands. Its compact and efficient design ensures good manoeuvrability and visibility with precise stem catching and fell cut positioning.
The H212 features the new and efficient SuperCut 100S saw unit with improved auto tensioning and easier servicing, which can fell and process trees up to 520 mm (20.5 in) in diameter. The delimbing arms complement the feeding power and grip of the drive arms on large or crooked stems. Likewise, the processing arm option, with an extended upper and lower knife offset, enables picking stems from the ground or piles to reduce processing time.
The H212’s two-roller-design permits drive arms to float and easily follow crooked or straight stems while also achieving superior debarking when fitted with debarking options. The wide roller and delimb arm opening allow for fast grabbing of standing trees for increased productivity and evenly processes to the smallest top size. A long length measuring arm together with twin diameter measuring sensors provide measuring accuracy in all tree species.
With the ability to nimbly weave through the stand, the H212 is ideal for first thinning in dense stands. The narrow head design provides excellent visibility even when knives and rollers are open, which helps increase agility in small diameter dense stands. The saw box also provides good visibility for aiming felling cuts as well as pivot position for efficient cutting.
The new H212’s knife geometry naturally draws the log into the head and provides good delimbing from 30 mm to 360 mm (1.18 in to 14.17 in). This feed geometry helps hold the log when knives are opened during feeding. The H212 utilizes the TimberRiteTM H-16 control system. This system provides good versatility with configurable settings for improved head performance, productivity and measuring accuracy.
Various available options, from wide feed roller selection to processing knives, provide the flexibility to adapt to almost any application in the modern forest harvesting and processing industry. The Waratah H212 is currently available to customers in Europe. Additional market availability will be announced at a later date. Source