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Above:
The harvester shares the same Above:
undercarriage, body and The cabin and riser can be folded down to
cabin as the log loader. reduce transport height.

carriage, highlighted in grey while the while the different sticks are fitted with
entire cabin and riser hydraulically a live-heel log grapple and Waratah
folds forward to reduce the transport processor respectively. The log
height. The body captures the angular grapple is a mixture of metal and
shape of the original well, with an plastic and unfortunately, the grapple
opening side door revealing some of arms are fairly loose, so it is not pos-
the internal details while on the sible to actually grip anything. The
opposite side, the full side panel is Waratah Processor is all-plastic with
hinged along the bottom and folds rolling wheels, movable grapple
down. The surface engraving of the arms, an extending saw blade and Above:
The side panel opened to reveal a simply
castings includes the inset cooling 360-degree rotation of the head modelled interior.
slots and grill panels. which also has a hydraulic hose
bundle. The processor cannot be fully
At first glance, both booms look to be positioned in the upright position
the same but on closer inspection, which is a shame, although the detail
there are differences to the castings, doesn’t look bad.

Above:
The opposite side panel folds down to reveal
more of the interior.

Above:
The plastic cutting head has plenty of detail and
functionality.

Winter 2019 - TPMMW Magazine 47