Fecon Introduces Bio-Harvester

Fecon, Lebanon, Ohio, has introduced the Fecon Bio-Harvester, a machine that simultaneously fells, chips and collects small diameter woody biomass. The Bio-Harvester is designed for pre-commercial and commercial thinning applications, non-merchantable timber and brush.

The Bio-Harvester helps provide a non-agricultural renewable biomass energy supply that enhances forest management practices. It harvests fire-prone ladder fuel material, producing wood chips from previously unutilized biomass sources. Wood chips can then by used to produce bio-energy via the generation of electricity or liquid fuel production.

The Bio-Harvester can be mounted to the Fecon FTX440, a 440-hp, forestry guarded crawler tractor; or to a large, high horsepower PTO tractor. The FTX440 is also capable of towing and powering an agricultural dump wagon to collect material.

Material is chipped using Fecon Bull Hog chipper knives or carbide tools, then augured to a material processing fan and blown into a collection unit. It can discharge from the rear or the side enabling a variety of collection units.