Morbark celebrates 60th anniversary with Demo Days event

Morbark LLC, Winn, Michigan, welcomed about 250 customers, members of its authorized dealer network and other guests from 15 countries for its 11th Demo Days event on Sept. 28 and 29. Morbark celebrates its 60th anniversary this year and highlighted that history throughout the event. One of Morbark’s first Eeger Beever brush chippers, built within the first six months of production in 1980, was refurbished and on display.

The company’s Demo Days are meant to give its customers and other attendees the opportunity to watch the equipment in action and meet the people who build and support the equipment as they see the manufacturing processes. Events included factory tours, networking opportunities, vendor booths and a chance to see the equipment up close.

Attendees learned about Tier 4 Final engines, financing, Morbark factory training and using Morbark parts on Thursday, Sept. 28. Demo Days participants also had the opportunity to learn about the Milwaukee-based Association of Equipment Manufacturers’ (AEM’s) I Make America program, a campaign launched in September 2010 to improve American manufacturing policies and create more jobs in the U.S. Morbark has been named among the campaign’s Gold-level supporters since 2013.

The event culminated with demonstrations of equipment for the forestry, biomass, recycling and tree care markets. Morbark’s latest equipment additions, the 3400XT Wood Hog horizontal grinder and the Morbark Pronar trommel screen, were demonstrated at the event.

The 3400XT’s standard width of 8 feet 4 inches, designed to be within the legal transport width in any country, no matter what engine is used. The grinder is designed to accommodate engines from 540 to 800 horsepower. Other key features are the longer infeed bed with sloped sides and an extended platform between the hood and the engine.

The Morbark Pronar mobile trommel screens, available in four sizes, are designed to work with materials including soil, compost, municipal waste, coal, aggregate and biomass. The electronic controls are made to tailor the operation parameters to the materials separated. A variety of drums are available with round or square holes and of any mesh size.

The equipment models 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