Forestry

Only the best and most cost-efficient forestry machinery will reach the highest sales volume and biggest market share. The best brands invest heavily in continuous product development and also cooperation in search of innovative solutions. Black Bruin is proud to be the long-time supplier to the leading OEM’s but also a trusted partner in many of their product development projects.

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Hydraulic motors and rotators for forestry equipment

During its over 66-year-long history, Black Bruin has delivered innumerable hydraulic drive solutions to manufacturers of forestry equipment and their end users, loggers and contractors all around the world. These highly durable and energy-efficient solutions include e.g. radial piston rotators, feed roller motors and winch drives, to name a few.

Forestry machines

To win the contracts, suitability for different kinds of logging sites – thinning, processing individual stems, regeneration felling – is something a forest machine operator or contractor needs to be sure of in his forest machine. This is reflected in every feature and component of the harvester.

Forestry trailers

What matters most to manufacturers of forest trailers is of course competitive price and durability of the product and all its components. But to stand out from the crowd and gain a market share, there are other issues to consider, too, such as ease of installation and integration into other parts of the system. Black Bruin’s experts in forestry hydraulics can offer both the reliable, quality components and the installation support you need.

Track drives

Trusted by forestry professionals

For our customers, the hydraulic wheel drive is something they really want if they can only afford it. It helps them in muddy and hilly terrain.
Margus Kerm, Commercial Director, BMF
It’s just great that a Black Bruin rotator never wears out, like some other makes do. It maintains its accuracy throughout its long, long service life. The rotator stays strong and causes no problems even in the longer run.
Jussi Antman, logger, Finland
After 12 400 working hours between May 2019 and May 2023 with two Scorpion Kings, our felling team has changed 3 rotators powered by vane motors and all we have done with our Black Bruin radial piston rotator is change the gasket in the link.
Pierre Ragnarsson, SCA Skog, Sweden
The first 2017 model Scorpion already had 22 000 working hours with over 6 years of service and it still had the original rotator. We were just not able to break it.
Antti Luukkonen, Heavy Rakenne, Finland
Black Bruin rotators have proven to be easy to maintain and long lasting, and their feel remains nice and tight throughout their service life.
Eino Piironen, COO, Finnharvest

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An important part of our business is to have a deep understanding of hydraulic system functionality, the requirements of different type of applications and also market demands in various parts of the world. See for yourself what our customers have to say about us.

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Sustainability

Our handprint is the positive impact we make on people and the environment with our products. It is sustainability in action to help our customers, the machine designers and manufacturers as well as their customers, the machine users, to improve their environmental efficiency, productivity and reduce risks.

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Radial piston hydraulic motors

Tractive power exactly where it’s needed

Hydraulic wheel drive system

What makes the Black Bruin radial piston rotator stand out?

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