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Product Focus – April 2009

April 28, 2009 |

TOUGH CUSTOMER
Cut through thick grass and brush and mulch 3-inch-diameter branches and saplings with Bobcat’s Brushcat rotary cutter.
· Available in 60- and 72-inch cutting widths; five models
· Travels in forward and reverse
· Works with Bobcat skid-steer loaders, compact track loaders, all-wheel steer loaders, the V417 VersaHandler TTC and Toolcats.

BRUSH BUSTER
ProGrind Systems’ excavator mounted Pro Head now offers a rotator that can be attached to the cutter head.
· Unit cuts brush and standing trees
· Clears right-of-ways in a single pass
· Rotator enables operator to change head positions during operation.

SWIFT SHREDDER
Perform large scale land clearing with Tigercat’s prototype 480 track mulcher.
· Useful for difficult terrain and sensitive site applications
· Features closed loop track drive system
· Has high lift boom geometry for improved performance.

MULCH MONSTER
Outfit nearly any excavator with FAE USA’s grinding and shredding attachment.
· Reduces wooden material to finely shredded mulch
· Works with existing power system or purpose-built power packs
· Useful for ROW maintenance, steep grades and other difficult terrain.

PRODUCTIVE PROCESSING
Fecon now offers the Bull Hog mulcher with a variable speed motor option for improved recovery time.
· Mulches small diameter material with less resistance through higher rotor speed
· Shifts to larger displacement for greater torque when working with larger material
· Unit defines optimal motor shift points for maximum productivity.

TIGHT TURNAROUND
Clear heavy brush with Kershaw’s Klearway 500 brush cutter, which features a 202-horsepower Caterpillar engine.
· Has 50-degree right or left steering ability
· Short turning radius enables complete turn within 35-foot right of way
· Closed loop hydrostatic system provides maximum power to the cutters.

BIG BITE
Penetrate up to 3 inches into the ground with CEAttachments’ Edge land clearing attachment, which has 52 carbide tipped teeth.
· Inline planetary gearbox ensures high torque
· No belts to tighten or bearings to grease
· Can handle hitting rocks with no damage to attachment.

CHOICE OF CUTTERS
Cut next to fence lines and pipeline or utility rights-of-way with Brown Bear’s brush cutter attachment.
· Flail rotor has free swinging cutters or fixed carbide tooth rotor
· Handles 6- to 8-inch hard woods and 10- to 12-inch soft woods
· Available in two models for skid steers with high flow auxiliary
hydraulics.