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Ponsse's 10-wheeled innovation

A well-known saying "the best inventions are very often simple" is also true with Ponsse's 10-wheeled solution.  The 10-wheeled solution was born when Ponsse's product design veterans, technical specialist Jouko Kelppe and product specialist Risto Vidgrén, first thought about installing an extra pair of wheels to a forest machine and to develop special tracks to be used on top of the wheels.
This optional equipment installed on the forwarder does not, in fact, make the machine just a "soil machine" or just a "peat soil machine". Even though the concept introduces a new range of uses to the forest economy, it can be said that the new machine is, above all, an environmentally friendly machine. Tracks designed for various conditions can minimise soil damages in all conditions and achieve excellent mobility on soft terrain as well as in deep snow. Ponsse's 10-wheeled solution is above all an environmentally friendly machine, which enables profitable harvesting on soil with poor bearing capacity. Based on favourable user experiences, Ponsse Oyj has applied for a patent for this solution.