1978

Custom made forwareder and the makers, Seppo and Ali Nisula

The self-made forwarder without name and Seppo & Ali Nisula

On Nisula’s farm was a Valmet 702 that the brothers believed to be quite suitable for the base of the forwarder. At Valmet’s factory in Suolahti, then a new excavator base was built based on the 702, in practice, the blank had a motor, gearbox, and stern. A cabin that had been there in the noise measurements was purchased from the cab factory in Kuorevesi. Valmet’s portal wheels were turned to point forward, making the nose of the machine shorter by 44 centimetres. Auxiliary frames, armors, cabin sub frame were made to reinforce the front of the machine. The articulated joint and the rear frame were also made from scratch, and the found unused Valmet CK’s tipping bunk was used as a load compartment, from which ultimately only the pivot parts were used. The bogie was made from the mid-lift centre axle of the MAN truck, and so there was a ground clearance of about 50 cm at the back of the machine. A Granab 4010 loader was deployed as the crane.

Nisula today

Today, Nisula is a strong industrial enterprise. Its main products are energy wood heads, harvester heads, multi-purpose harvester heads and parallel cranes. Nisula’s cost-effective N5 harvester head was launched in 2013. Fitting forwarders for multi-purpose use and tractors and crawler excavators for forestry work are also part of Nisula’s core business. We want to offer our customers cost-effective, superb alternatives for thinning and special projects in which it is difficult to keep the bottom line in the black by using mainstream machinery.

The modern production facilities in Halli, Jämsä provide a good setting for developing the business in the years to come. The future strategy of the company includes the development of increasingly cost-effective products for thinning and new alternatives that help the company’s customers succeed in their operations. Productivity, functionality and low operating costs guarantee the result in thinning operations – not horsepower or oversized pumps. We know this from experience.

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