To commemorate 100 years of STIHL, the company has put together a special website with stories from its history. One of the stories features this towing trailer that STIHL produced in the 1960s.
Here’s what they shared about it.
Rationalization in the forest
Closely associated with the tractor is the towing trailer which is produced in the 1960s. Forestry customers frequently buy it together with the small tractor and use it to transport timber from the forest. This product will also ultimately be a casualty of the STIHL focus on chainsaws, although it is discontinued a little later than the tractor. The towing trailer is promoted in the 1967 “Forestry Technology” catalog as a means of increasing profitability from plywood, posts and small-diameter wood.
This is essentially a trailer with a tipping body in a wide variety of versions. As part of a “rationalization concept” it allows for efficient sorting and bundling of wood even while still in the forest. This saves several work steps, and as such significant time and effort.
These images are of the 1967 STIHL catelog which was all about the trailer.
Here’s the translation of this page.
Advanced Small-Timber Extraction, on Flat and Mountainous Terrain!
Small-Timber Cable Lift, ready for operation with:
- 100 m rope (endless loop)
- 1 gallows frame for 3-point suspension including support, double deflection pulley, and release device, complete
- 1 deflection pulley with support and accessories
- 10 hangers with rope
- 5 hangers with hook
- 1 rope gripper
- 2 return hooks
- accessories
Drive Winch for Small-Timber Cable Lift: 1.5-ton winch with drive wheel for the lift, however without rope.
If a vehicle is equipped with a suitable winch, the drive wheel can be supplied separately.
Caption under large photo:
Small-timber cable lift loaded on RADOLFZELL return wagon
(with tilting long-log frame)Caption under top right photo:
Hanging a pole
Alongside the STIHL tractors, washing machines, and debarkers, it’s another random, interesting STIHL product from the past.
