With timed wheel arms, timed knife arms and standard top saw, the 568 is well suited to roadside processing applications. The triangulated wheel arm design allows the operator to quickly pick from the pile.
The full-time 4WD system offers quicker acceleration, class-leading feed force, and a 25 percent improvement in braking performance.
Hydraulically balanced left and right drives improves stem alignment when feeding and processing multiple trees simultaneously.
The floating front knife and fixed back knife ensure good quality delimbing. Single or dual-track measuring wheels with a horizontally pivoting trailing-arm design, along with priority-flow length measuring, provide superior length accuracy.
| WIDTH maximum | 1 890 mm |
| WIDTH minimum | 1 670 mm |
| HEIGHT less rotator and link | 1920 mm |
| BASE WEIGHT less rotator and link | 2 660 kg |
| OPERATING PRESSURE recommended | 310 bar (4,500 psi) |
| REQUIRED FLOW maximum | 370 L/min (98 US gpm) |
| REQUIRED FLOW minimum | 325 L/min (85 US gpm) |
| CHAIN OIL CAPACITY | 17 L (4.5 US gal) |
| MAIN SAW UNIT standard | Tigercat 750 with auto-tension, proportional lubrication, saw limiting |
| CHAIN | 19 mm pitch |
| BAR standard | 915 mm |
| MAXIMUM CUT | 730 mm |
| BAR Optional | 965 mm |
| MAXIMUM CUT | 775 mm |
| TOP SAW | Tigercat 475 with auto-tension, proportional lubrication, saw limiting |
| CHAIN standard | 10 mm pitch |
| BAR standard | 670 mm |
| MAXIMUM CUT | 520 mm |
| CHAIN optional | 19 mm pitch |
| BAR optional | 660 mm |
| MAXIMUM CUT | 500 mm |
| DRIVE SYSTEM | Timed, triangulated wheel arms, 4WD |
| ARM DRIVE MOTORS | (2) 700 cc |
| Optional | (2) 800 cc |
| PEAK FEEDING SPEED | 6,4 m/s |
| With optional motors | 5,8 m/s |
| FRAME DRIVE MOTORS | (2) 400 cc |
| Optional | (2) 500 cc (2) 570 cc |
| FEED WHEELS | 20 mm (0.8 in) thumbnail |
| Optional | 20 mm (0.8 in) alpine Eucalyptus debarking, double edge |
| FEED WHEEL maximum opening | 820 mm |
| FEED WHEEL minimum closing | 55 mm |
| KNIVES | (2) Timed delimbing arms (1) Fixed (1) Floating Replaceable blades |
| FRONT KNIVES TIP OPENING | 670 mm |
| FRONT KNIVES minimum diameter | 50 mm |
Get the most out of your TCi harvesting head. The TCi D7 Control System combines a solid, field-proven hardware and bucking control technology with a head control and user interface developed by Tigercat Industries. The result is a system that delivers powerful functionality, simplicity and intuitive operator navigation.
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BTB visits a unique high elevation logging operation in Keystone, Colorado.
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30 May 2024
For the Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan based Tourand family, operating equipment is in the blood.
4 May 2021
Talented processor operator Rachel Brink impresses with her drive, work ethic, and positive attitude.
13 July 2020
BTB catches up with Sunshine Logging Ltd. after the Kaslo, British Columbia based company purchased two Tigercat 850 processors, each equipped with the Tigercat 568 processing head.
1 June 2020
Watch the 850 processor equipped with the 568 operating cliffside in the Kootenay region of British Columbia. The 850/568 package provides contractors with an all-Tigercat roadside processing solution.
27 June 2022
Download the D7 control system brochure. Discover how you can get the most out of your TCi harvesting head.
