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TOUGH FROM THE GROUND UP SEASONED PROFESSIONALS 3 For well over 30 years, Hitachi has systems, improved horsepower, and new hydraulic systems promise increased been actively involved in the logging industry. During that time, we have efficiency or precision. The comfortable built a solid reputation for supplying and roomy cabs have great visibility base machines renowned for smooth for increased safety and productivity, hydraulic controls, long-lasting engines, and are available in SAE-, OSHA-, and and superior components. DA S H productivity without sacrificing fuel BC/WCB-approved side- and...

■ DESIGNED TOUGH: The strong machine design gives you powerful performance, no matter what model or configuration you choose. From the tough, next-class-up swing and travel systems to the strengthened rugged upperstructure and heavy-duty undercarriage, each Zaxis Dash-3 Forester can take on the wildest of woods. Each front has been redesigned and built tougher to meet the needs of today’s logger. For example, the purpose-built processing front eliminates the need for boom-tip and hoist-cylinder adapters. ■ RESPONSIVE CONTROLS: Dash-3 Foresters represent the very best in productivity and efficiency,...

YOU TALKED, WE LISTENED Hitachi has been in the woods helping loggers for a long, long time. Your insights and comments have always been invaluable to us. We know you’ll appreciate the latest productivity features found on our Zaxis Dash-3 Foresters because you asked for them. Swing torque. Tractive effort. Horsepower. Hydraulic flow. Seamless integration of attachment and carrier, with installation of Waratah processing heads and a variety of makes and models for grapples. All powerful features that make the Forester as responsive as the company that builds it. Improvements all the way around....

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Productivity FROM GREAT COMFORT AND CONTROL Information Center (ICX). It captures and stores vital TOTAL COMFORT We know you spend more time in the cab than you do in machine-performance data such as engine speeds, hydraulic your bed at home. That’s why Hitachi Forester cabs deliver temperatures, pump pressures, alarms and faults, hours both comfort and productivity. Depending on the machine’s of operation, and more. The information is downloadable application, the cab comes mounted on either a 7-inch (178 through a Palm Pilot™ and then can be transferred to mm) fixed or 48-inch (1219 mm) hydraulically...

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Reliability DURABILITY AND SERVICEABILITY PURPOSE-BUILT ADVANTAGE EASY TO SERVICE Purpose built to stand up to harsh forest environments, Sturdy, well-placed handrails and eruption plate are each Forester model features an improved purpose-built located to make access for routine service safe and easy. mainframe with a strengthened boom tower, heavy-duty These features, along with centralized grease points, remote- track and chain, a swing system sized with larger bearings mounted fuel-, hydraulic- and engine-oil filters, and dynamic for extended life, and external debris-management features...

IMPROVED HEAVY-DUTY GUARDING Hitachi Foresters feature one of the most aggressive guarding packages available. It includes heavy-duty side and upper-deck panels supported with reinforced bulkheads, guards to protect the hydraulic-oil filler cap and exhaust stack, a heavy pump door with support bracket, sealed underdecking panels, and a tough threepiece purpose-built engine enclosure. Your Forester also comes standard with rock guards, belly pan, travel motor guards, and log deflector. Vital components on the underside of the undercarriage are protected with solid panels. Optional cylinder Protective...

PURPOSE-BUILT Configurations Hitachi Forester machines are purpose-built to be the Deere-Hitachi Specialty Products (DHSP) plant through toughest in the woods. They are available as road builders, the Hitachi-Waratah partnership. With a hydraulic system harvester/processors, live-heel log loaders, butt-n-top log designed specifically for Waratah heads, Forester processors loaders, and stroke delimber carriers. deliver top-of-the-industry performance, productivity, and Your Hitachi can be configured with a Waratah processor uptime. We also use the impressively accurate Waratah at the factory so...

ge 10 SWING MACHINE ZX210F-3 ZX240F-3 ZX290F-3 ZX370F-3 Harvester/Processor ● ● ● Choose your Waratah attachment H270 HTH470-HD HTH616 H290 H480 HTH622B HTH616 HTH622B HTH622B HTH624C HTH624C HTH626 Road Builder ● ● ● ● Log Loader Fixed Heel ● Live Heel ● ● ● ● Power Clam ● ● ● ● Butt-n-Top ● ● ● ● ● ● Delimber Carrier More options: • 660-mm single grouser pads* • 750- or 800-mm triple-bar pads; 900-mm triple-bar pads (ZX210F-3 and ZX240F-3) • 130-amp alternator • Oil-transfer pump • Hockey-stick log deflector • Air-ride heated seat, with lap belt or four-point harness • Diesel-fired coolant...

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ge 12 Quality MANUFACTURED IN Hitachi Foresters are built in Langley, British Columbia, near Vancouver and the heart of the Northwest logging country, in a John Deere-Hitachi 50-50 joint-venture factory. The 105,000-square-foot DHSP facility uses the Demand-Flow Technology-Manufacturing System, so everything is built to order. Once an order is received, the needed parts are pulled from inventory and the assembly process begins. Collaborating with Hitachi Japan, the DHSP team designs, then builds and ships these Foresters to logging customers across North America. The result is machines that incorporate...