brush chipper. Photo courtesy of
Morbark.
Morbark LLC welcomed about 250 customers, dealers and others from 15 countries to its 11th annual Demo Days this year.
Morbark is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year and highlighted its history throughout the event. As part of the celebration, one of Morbark’s first Eeger Beever brush chippers, built within the first six months of production in 1980, was refurbished and on display in Winn, Michigan.
Morbark’s Demo Days event gives its customers and others the opportunity to watch the company’s equipment in action but also to meet the people who build and support the equipment. Attendees see firsthand the manufacturing processes utilized. The event includes factory tours, networking opportunities, vendor booths and the chance to see equipment up close.
This year’s event culminated with demonstrations of equipment for the forestry, biomass, recycling and tree care markets. Morbark demoed its latest equipment, including the 3400XT Wood Hog horizontal grinder and the Morbark Pronar trommel screen. Both portable plants were introduced this year.
According to Morbark, one of the most important features of the 3400XT is its standard width of 8 ft., 4 in., making it within the legal transport width in any country – no matter what engine is used. This model accommodates engines from 540 to 800 hp, so it is ideal for a range of applications in a variety of markets worldwide, the company says.
courtesy of Morbark.
Other key features are a longer in-feed bed with sloped sides for improved operator sightlines and more efficient loading of material, as well as an extended platform between the hood and the engine, for better access to components for general maintenance or to change screens.
The Morbark Pronar mobile trommel screens, meanwhile, are available in four sizes, and suited to work with a variety of materials, including soil, compost, municipal waste, coal, aggregate and biomass. Electronic controls allow the operator to tailor the operation parameters to the materials to be separated. A variety of drums are available to meet the customer’s specific needs, with round or square holes and of any mesh size.
According to Morbark, the equipment models it demonstrated were:
- Beever M12RX brush chipper
- Beever M15R brush chipper
- Beever M20R chipper with loader
- Boxer 600HD compact utility loader
- Boxer 700HDX compact utility loader
- 223 Flail
- 23 NCL Chiparvestor
- Beever™ M20R forestry chipper
- 40/36 MicroChipper
- 50/48 NCL drum chipper
- 3400XT Wood Hog horizontal grinder
- Morbark Pronar MPB 20.55 trommel screen
- 4600XL Track Wood Hog horizontal grinder
- 6600 Wood Hog horizontal grinder
- 1300B tub grinder