Tractor forest equipment

Located in Karvia, Lehtoranta farm is a family estate specialised in organic farming and forestry. The farm has a long history and its operations have been actively developed: the family gave up cattle rearing in the 80s and were one of the first to start organic farming in the 90s. Today, the farm consists of 40 hectares of field and 500 hectares of forest, which are mainly managed with Finnish machinery.

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Machinery designed for Finnish conditions meets even the most demanding needs

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PJ Beale and Son is a UK based company that uses KESLA 316 loader with proC control system and KESLA 144ND trailer with proTRACTION drive control for wood haulage

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Jätkä-Juho is a company with a 12-year-old entrepreneur, Juho Kemppainen, selling lumberjack’s candles, birdhouses and firewood in Hyrynsalmi. The company annually brings up to 5,000 ready-made lumberjack’s candles to the market, thanks to Finnish machinery and high-quality wood material.

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Living in Pieksämäki, Finland, Janne Leikas and his brother own a farming syndicate that also carries out forest work as a side business. The syndicate, Maatalousyhtymä Leikas, was originally a crop farm that was passed on to the brothers by their father in 2013. Today, daily life on the farm includes many kinds of work, in which tractors and their accessories have proven invaluable. Especially in forest work, which has been increasing in quantity, the brothers rely on Kesla’s high-quality loaders, which operate efficiently even in demanding conditions.

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The snowboarder Roope Tonteri is also a forestry professional. He is using Valtra & Kesla package in his work. Hear what he has to say! Language: Finnish with English subtitles

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Tomas Backman uses Valtra + KESLA package for handling wood as well as chipping. Listen to what he has to say. Language: Finnish with English subtitles.

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Andreas Bogner is an independent entrepreneur who runs his own forest service company in Southern Germany. He was familiar with Finnish forestry technology, already having used a Finnish tractor in his work. Bogner was so satisfied with the Finnish tractor that he wanted to have a trailer and loader from Finland as well. That is why he acquired a KESLA 144 series trailer with proTRACTION combined with KESLA 316T proC crane. Bogner’s expectations of Finnish technology and its performance were once again more than fulfilled.

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Ranua Wildlife Park was established in 1983. Today, the park is home to around 200 animals that represent 50 arctic species. The animals are housed in spacious enclosures right in the middle of a Nordic forest. It takes a lot of hard work from an average of five members of staff to look after the animals and maintain their enclosures. This work is made easier by a Valtra N114 Hitech tractor and a KESLA 204T loader.

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In addition to running his own farm, Kari Väisänen also operates a forestry business in Sonkajärvi, right at the heart of Ylä-Savo in Finland. While his farm mostly produces barley and oats, Harvus, Väisänen’s forestry business focuses on felling, thinning, and transporting trees, as well as selling firewood. The different activities of these two businesses are conveniently spread across the year — the farm work is largely done in summer, leaving the winter months for forestry.

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