"No more hauling the heavy steel cable!"
With the Auxiliary winch by HAFO.
HAFO auxiliary and SAPI winches make forestry work easier!
Streamline tedious workflows and increase efficiency like never before. Our cutting edge solutions accelerate your processes and reliably take on the most demanding tasks for more efficiency and relief in everyday working life. for more efficiency and relief in everyday working life.
Why HAFO?
HAFO stands for innovative forestry technology and has made itself a name worldwide by its products, such as the SAPI winch and the hydraulic auxiliary cable winch. The company combines tradition and innovative spirit in order to make forestry work easier and safer.
Quality
Our winches are galvanised and powder-coated and are produced in Austria. A robust and durable winch means that you save in the long term - without frequent replacement or repair costs
Efficiency
With our auxiliary winches available for all standard forestry winches and the plastic rope that can be spliced on site, you work can be conducted much faster and more flexibly.
Security
Our MMB safety block, the protective cage and the rope entry funnelnot only protect the material, but also protect you - reducing the risk of expensive damage and dangerous accidents.
Experience
We are 3rd generation forest workers and have practically grown up working in the forest. We have developed the auxiliary and SAPI winches from practical experience, for practical use.
From tradition into the future
We are four brothers from the Mostviertel region and the founders of HAFO.
We have been felling and harvesting wood for three generations. Like many others, we were faced with the challenge of which tool, which machine and what effort was required to harvest the wood?
Thanks to our work in the forest and our inventive spirit, we have created sophisticated products that make many work steps much easier. We developed the first auxiliary cable winch and brought it to perfection with passion and expertise. A knowledge advantage that has often been copied but never equalled.
Today, HAFO is known for customised solutions that stand for ease of work, efficiency, quality and safety, but above all are built for practical forestry work. With our customised quick-change brackets, you can optimally mount auxiliary and sapi winches on your existing equipment.
Thousands of forestry workers now use HAFO to make their work in timber harvesting easier, protect their health and utilise their machines more efficiently. Our customers know: They can rely on us.
With HAFO, you invest in quality that lasts forever and is characterised by CE certification and Protective devices maximum Safety in forestry operations offers.
Forestry work with HAFO: a difference you will feel immediately!
Auxiliary winch
Increase your efficiency in wood harvesting!
The HAFO auxiliary winch makes forestry work considerably easier by pulling heavy ropes. Distances of up to 170 metres can be covered effortlessly.
Work efficiently and reduce physical strain at the same time!
An indispensable tool for forestry work that you can use with our individual consoles perfectly to your Existing forestry winch can grow.
SAPI winch
A portable winch system for a wide range of applications in the forest.
With the SAPI forestry winch from HAFO, you can conveniently pull in timber outside the crane reach. The integrated quick-change system enables tool-free mounting on various devices.
The universal helper in forestry work!
The low weight, the combination with radio and the compact dimensions make it easier to work with log splitters, logging tongs, earth shovels and much more.
We have been certified by the Kuratorium für Waldarbeit und Forsttechnik e.V. (KWF) We have been certified by the Kuratorium für Waldarbeit und Forsttechnik e.V. (KWF) since 2019 and are therefore authorised for professional use in forestry and forestry work throughout Germany.
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