Biomass

Sustain healthy forests, the environment, and your bottom line.
Now you can help improve forest health and make money by turning forest "waste" into carbon-neutral fuel. Biomass harvesting is an eco-friendly system that removes residual slash from the forest floor and efficiently processes it into energy bundles that can be sold as fuel in the increasingly robust green-energy market.

Turn forest residue into renewable and profitable energy:

Begin by thinning timber with one of the four machines in the Deere harvester line.

Begin by thinning timber
with one of these eco-friendly wheeled harvesters - 770D, 1070D, 1270D, and 1470D available with John Deere heads.
Productive on slopes
exceeding 35 degrees High flotation, exerting low ground pressure and minimal soil disturbance Excellent operator visibility Harvest the low-land softwoods or up the hardwood hills with one of these three agile tracked harvesters - 703JH, 753JH,
and 759JH - available with Waratah heads to match your timber. Cool-running, fuel-efficient hydraulics Multi-functioning at your fingertips Fast and nimble for maximum productivity

The 1490D Energy
Wood Harvester follows, gathering slash and compressing it into manageable bundles.

The John Deere 1490D Eco-III Energy Harvester is the first machine of its kind - it allows you to turn "waste" into profits: Gathers biomass with
an extended-reach
boom and grapple,
and compresses it by 80 percent Produces bundles
for biomass energy
or fuel feedstock Able to gather and compress in excess
of 25 bundles per hour

Next, a forwarder collects logs and bundles and stacks them for transport.

Fuel-efficient John Deere D-Series Eco-III Forwarders are available in five models - 810D, 1010D, 1110D, 1410D, and 1710D:
Provide superior ground clearance and operator visibility Total Machine Control (TMC) - on the 1110D, 1410D, and 1710D
- adds increased
forwarder productivity Great all-terrain performance