Happy Birthday BIGAB!

The year of 2018 is a meaningful year of BIGAB's history. 

Exactly 40 years ago there was a man coming up with an idea of building a machine which today is known as BIGAB hooklift system. Fors MW is the manufacturer of BIGAB machines, but Göte Håkanson is the man behind this successful story. A journalist from Swedish newspaper Entreprenadaktuellt visited Göte in Ulricehamn to ask more about the birth of BIGAB hooklift trailers. 

BIGAB 40th jubilee interview in Entreprenadaktuellt with Göte Håkanson 

The original interview can be found in Entreprenadaktuellt webpage: http://www.entreprenadaktuellt.se/artikel/56956/jag-hade-gjort-precis-likadant-idag.html

The short summary in English would be the following:

”I would do the same again today”

Göte Håkanson is the brains behind the BIGAB trailers. After school, Göte Håkanson started work as a welder at a workshop in Blidsberg, outside Ulricehamn in Västergötland, that manufactured tipper beds for trucks. When the workshop in Blidsberg went into administration in 1968, Göte decided to buy the company and run it himself. 

The basic concept of  BIGAB was the same then as it is now. These BIGAB trailers are from the early 1980s. At the same time that Göte bought the workshop in Blidsberg he also bought himself a farm, and that was where he got the idea for the BIGAB trailer. The first trailer built was the 8-12 model, a 12 ton hooklift trailer with a maximum load of 8 tons when exchanging containers.

Göte says that he would do exactly the same thing as he did 40 years ago - he is happy with the design and satisfied with the quality. He also mentioned that people in Sweden are still associating him with the red trailer and are calling him to ask about their trailers that have been bought many years ago. "If you buy a BIGAB trailer you are almost guaranteed to get your money back when it is time to trade it in", says Göte.

Source: Ann-Louise Larsson, Entreprenadaktuellt

Hereby, Fors MW company wants to thank Göte Håkanson, your contribution behind the success of BIGAB cannot be put into words. 

We have always striven to meet our often changing customers requirements and will continue to do so. There are next 40 years and more to go! 

Göte Håkanson visiting BIGAB stand at ElmiaWood 2017

What do you know about our longest crane C8,5 G2?

Did you know that we have a wide range of cranes, of which the longest one reaches up to 8,5 meters?

This crane has the longest reach of our G2 cranes, and its lifting capacity is impressive as well. This particular C8,5 G2 crane on this video is from 2013 when it was introduced at Elmia Wood together with G2 lumber trailers. All those 5 years after the exhibition it has been put into work almost every day during the forestry season and it has not disappointed the owner even once.

Read more about the C8,5 G2 crane from HERE!

FORST LIVE took off!

We are in Germany again this weekend, this time in Offenburg which is a city located in the state of Baden-Württemberg. The another FORST LIVE exhibition started today and we are there until Sunday at stand N2.45. There we have our both Generation trailers, as well as Generation 3 crane - the C6,7 G3 together with the best-selling 9 ton trailer.

FARMA in Forst Live at stand N2.45

At the same time in the other side of the Europe, in Central Finland, our dealer Viita-Kone Oy is running a machine day in Viitasaari. Tero is there, also our FARMA and BIGAB machines.

Viitakone at Viitasaari with FARMA and BIGAB

Use the opportunity to talk with our salesmen and see the machines yourself! 

FARMA at Silva Regina Brno 2018

Before the FORST live takes off on the weekend, people in Czech have an opportunity to visit today and tomorrow the Silva Regina Brno 2018 exhibition, where FARMA is represented at our dealer JPJ Forest's stand 034. We have there our FARMA both Generation lumber trailers with cranes, as well as equipment that came out last summer.

JPJ Forest at Silva Regina Brno 2018 with FARMA machines

Thank you JPJ Forest for sharing the photos and good luck for the rest of the days at the exhibition!

New BIGAB dealer in Northern Germany

Hilbig Landtechnik GmbH & Co.KG has been our FARMA dealer for some time, and now they have decided to become a reseller of BIGAB machines as well. They are located inbetween Bremen and Hamburg in Northern Germany, which makes it well accessible for people around that area. Just last week Hilbig Landtechnik received market's best-selling BIGAB 12-15 and FARMA CT 6,7-9F machines to their yard, where the customers can go and gaze the equipment themselves. Further information can be found on their webpage www.hilbig-landmaschinen.de or just simply visit their shop in Neuenkirchen OT Grauen.

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Ein neuer Partner! Wir begrüßen die Niedersächsische Firma Hilbig in 29643 Neuenkirchen OT Grauen als neuen zuverlässigen und starken Partner in dieser Region. Seid dieser Woche steht zwei unserer top Seller zu Besichtigung dort bereit ein Hakenlifter BIGAB 12-15 sowie eine Rückewagen FARMA T9F mit einem Kran 6,7m in neuester Bauart. Wir freuen uns auf eine guten Zusammenarbeit und auch einige Messeauftritte die wir zusammen unternehmen werden. Weiter Information finden Sie auf der Partner Homepage www.hilbig-landmaschinen.de oder bei uns direkt www.forsmw.com.

FARMA and BIGAB machines in Hilbig's yard in Germany

Kilworth Machinery delivered another trailer to the new owner!

FARMA best-selling trailer and crane combination CT 6,3-9 headed to the new owner's yard in United Kingdom last week! 

Our dealer Kilworth Machinery Ltd, who sold this machine set, has a family business run by 2 generations of Parnhams. They have been active in the machinery trading for over 42 years - after so many years of experience in this field a company knows what people need and which machines are capable of meeting those requirements. Thank you Kilworth Machinery Ltd for the trust and cooperation!

PS! Kilworth Machinery also said that they have more machines in stock! Call or visit them to get more information about our machines.