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Loaders and trailers

Product catalog summary
Overview
Kesla is a prominent manufacturer in forest technology, specializing in tractor equipment for timber harvesting and bioenergy production. Known for durability, efficiency, and safety, Kesla manufactures all products in Finland under strict quality standards.
Loaders
Kesla offers a variety of loaders for agriculture and forestry, designed for efficiency and usability. The 100-200 Series features compact loaders with high-performance capabilities, while the 300 Series is tailored for professional timber harvesting, offering enhanced efficiency and reach.
Trailers
Kesla's timber trailers are durable and available in models suited for different load capacities and terrains. They feature advanced drive and brake systems for stability and handling in challenging environments.
Technical Specifications
The document details technical specifications for loaders and trailers, including outreach, lifting torque, slewing angle, and grapple details, emphasizing their capabilities and compatibility with various forestry applications.
Timber Trailers
Designed for professional use with large tractors, Kesla's timber trailers have load capacities of 12 to 15 tons and lengths from 6,050 mm to 7,500 mm. They are equipped for enhanced terrain handling and compatible with Kesla grapple loaders.
Bioenergy Equipment
Kesla's bioenergy solutions include the C645 chipper series and energy wood grapples. The C645 chipper is modular with high output capacity, while the grapples handle mixed silage and hay, with specifications on gripping force and working pressure.
Felling Heads and Delimbers
Kesla's felling heads, such as the 18G and 23G/25G, are for simultaneous felling and loading of energy wood. The stroke delimber 40LF is effective for timber delimbing and crosscutting, with specifications on cutting diameters and delimbing power.
Control Systems
Choosing the right control system is crucial for loader and trailer operation. Options include hydraulic, electrohydraulic, and mechanical systems, each offering different precision and power levels.
Additional Accessories
Kesla provides accessories like feed/fertilizer and gravel buckets to enhance equipment functionality, designed for specific handling tasks.
Product Specifications
  • Buckets: Kesla 18 and 19/24 buckets have 4 tines, with widths of 675 mm and 710 mm, and weights of 38 kg and 43 kg, respectively. Volumes are 120 l and 150 l per pair.
  • Winch K1400: Enhances loader reach with a pulling force of 1,400 kg at 175 bar, speed of 27 m/min, and is radio-controlled, weighing 45 kg.
  • Excavation Accessories: Convert loaders into excavators with quick hydraulic couplings. Includes a ditch forming bucket (120 l) and a drain bucket (60 l).
  • Timber Grapple: For handling tree stems, with a gripping area of 0.18 m² to 0.24 m² and a working pressure of 175 to 190 bar.
Technical Specifications
  • Kesla Digging Device: Ditch forming bucket has a volume of 120 l and width of 1,100 mm; drain bucket has a volume of 60 l and width of 330 mm. Breaking force at the bucket tip is 20 kN at 175 bar.
  • Timber Grapple: Gripping force ranges from 6.4 kN to 8.5 kN, with varying opening and closing times.
Conclusion
Kesla's extensive experience and innovation in forest technology make it a reliable partner for equipping tractors for timber harvesting and bioenergy production. Their products are designed to meet the demands of global forestry markets, ensuring high performance and safety.
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Catalog excerpts

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TRACTOR EQUIPMENT KESLA MAKES YOUR TRACTOR A FOREST MACHINE Kesla knows a tractor’s possibilities; the company has developed a wide range of forest machine accessories that make it easy to equip a tractor for timber harvesting. Kesla’s product family covers heavy-duty equipment for larger tractors as well as lighter solutions for smaller machine units. Kesla is the solution for the entire timber harvesting production chain - everything from felling and handling to local and long-distance transport. Kesla also offers an extensive selection of equipment for bioenergy harvesting. In its design and...

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TRACTOR EQUIPMENT KESLA’S HIGHPERFORMANCE SOLUTIONS In timber harvesting and local transport, the basic unit is the loader-trailer combination. Kesla provides pre-engineered highperformance solutions in which the combination’s features have been coordinated according to efficiency, safety and functional requirements. Customized, yet fully compatible, solutions can also be built by combining Kesla products. A WIDE SELECTION OF LOADERS PLENTY OF CONTROL VALVES EXTENSIVE TRAILER SELECTION MULTIFACETED DRIVE AND BRAKE SYSTEMS Kesla provides an extensive and versatile range of loaders. State-of-the-art...

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KESLA LOADERS TO SUIT THE PURPOSE Kesla provides a wide range of loaders for agriculture and forestry, designed particularly for timber harvesting and compatible with tractors’ forestry accessories. All Kesla loaders have been designed according to the highest standards of efficiency and usability, without forgetting occupational safety. Each loader is a combination of sturdy effectiveness, reach and agility. In practice it means working precision and power over the entire loading area; the loader obeys its controls with professional exactness.

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100-200 SERIES Kesla’s 100-200 Series provides an extensive selection of loaders in a practical size class equipped with high-performance features. The models in both series are sturdy and reliable wood collecters. The Xtender boom belonging to the 200 Series’ T models brings additional reach. Loaders can be fitted with hydraulic stabilizer legs. The installation can be made from the rear, above the wagon, or with 3-point attachment. The 204T grapple loader has a wide-angle joint that maintains the power of the transfer boom over its entire working range. TECHNICAL SPEC. Outreach: 5 m 16’ 5”...

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The design of the heavy-duty 300 Series has taken the efficiency and reach requirements of professional timber harvesting into account. The loaders are equipped with a wide-angle joint that improves loading in the immediate vicinity of the trailer and maintains the power of the transfer boom evenly over its entire working range, as well as with 4-cylinder slewing mechanism that gives slewing power. The installation can be made from the rear or above the wagon. The loaders can be fitted with hydraulic telescoping A-stabilizer legs or flap-down stabilizer legs, both of which provide excellent support....

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KESLA TRAILERS ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR DURABILITY Kesla is the world’s leading manufacturer of timber trailers. It offers one of the market’s widest selections of timber trailers for wood harvesting and transport, as well as a range of trailers - 12 models for 7-15-ton net loadings - used with tractors. Because Kesla timber trailers are made to withstand tough year-round use, they undergo rigorous quality and safety testing. The stability, load-carrying capacities, drive and terrain handling characteristics of Kesla wagons are superb. The wagon’s drive path remains steady and it readily obeys the...

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CARRYING CAPACITY AND TRACTION Kesla timber trailers offer genuine load-carrying capacity in all conditions. The wide-motion tandem axle provides excellent driving properties in difficult terrain in the summer and winter. Besides the wagon models without drives, 2- or 4-wheel drive timber trailers are also equipped with hydraulic capstan wheel or wheel motor drives. Models equipped with mechanical or hydrostatic-mechanical drives are also part of Kesla’s selection. Disc or drum brakes operated hydraulically or by compressed air are available. The two cylinder-controlled bushing is strong and...

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A NEW SERIES OF HEAVYWEIGHT TIMBER TRAILERS Kesla’s over 12-ton timber trailers have been designed for professional use with the market’s largest tractors. Their terrain handling characteristics are in a class of their own, and the models include timber trailers whose pulling capacity is as high as 5 tons. In difficult conditions the terrain handling characteristics can be improved with chains and tracks. The drive release facilitates faster driving speeds in highway traffic. The sturdily built and large capacity Kesla 15T/ND has been designed particularly for average-length local and highway...

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KESLA – FROM CHIPS TO BIOENERGY The felling head has been designed for the simultaneous felling and loading of energy wood. Its straightforward construction and operating principle make it extremely dependable. The fixed knife is easy to service. Switching the felling head in the loader is quick and no additional hosing is necessary. The tilt function is integrated into the device. The 18G is used with the Kesla 500-700 Series loaders. TECHNICAL SPEC. Kesla provides a comprehensive solution for the harvesting and chipping of energy wood. The 18G and 23G felling heads suit felling as well as loading,...

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TIMBER HARVESTING The Kesla 40LF stroke delimber used in combination with the Kesla 203T or 204T grapple loaders forms an effective tool for timber delimbing, crosscutting and bunching. The stroke delimber can be integrated with the loader’s stabilizer frame or it can be installed over a Kesla timber trailer. Width head open: 1 130 mm Width head closed: 870 mm Length: 1 140 mm Height without rotator: 1 100 mm Weight (without rotator): 445 kg CHAIN SAW Max cutting diameter: Guide bar length: Motor displacement: Feeding : Max opening of rollers: Feeding force: Speed max: A POWER PACKAGE FOR THINNING...

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