A tradition of cable yarder and three-wheeled loader manufacturing

Urus has been producing harvesting equipment since 1948.

The URUS range started in Austria around 1948 by Rheinhold Hinteregger. The main reason for his invention was to find a more environmentally friendly way to harvest trees. He designed a system that would not damage the ground whilst extracting the trees. About 30 machines were exported to Indonesia, Brazil and the Philippines. All this knowledge was passed down to his son, Karl Hinteregger, who identified a market for these machines in Southern Africa, and in 1985, started a company in Johannesburg. Since then the company has sold more than 200 URUS machines and introduced a 3-wheeled loader in 2006.

Since then two new 3-wheeled loaders have been developed with three fundamental changes. The engineers decided to change the shape to allow the oil tank to be fitted in the back of the frame. This permits all hydraulic components to be taken off and cleaned if a problem exists in the oil tank. Secondly, the 912 engine was replaced with a 914 engine which produces approximately 10 kW more power resulting in a stronger machine. The pump has also been changed from the Vickers TA19-19 to the Sauer Danfoss MPT044 pump, as the Vickers pump was discontinued. However, over the years the new pump continuously proves its durability and reliability. Since 2010, two new models have been available. The HT 2.3 A Logger (with a fixed boom) which is mainly for the South African market and the HT 2.3 A Tele Logger (with the extendable boom) which is primarily manufactured for export purposes.

Due to the company’s success, an assembly, servicing and training facility was opened in Chile in 1991. Over the years, Hin-Tech Manufacturing has acquired a great amount of information about supplying harvesting machines, harvesting operations and training teams for harvesting operations. In March 2013, Hin- Tech Manufacturing became the agent for Incomac in Southern Africa. Incomac are specialists in the wood drying process and have over 8500 functioning drying kilns in more than 50 countries. Source: http://www.urus-hinteregger.com/