Randalls Forestry Equipment Australia

Commercial position

Randalls forestry equipment range and applications

Has operated in forestry equipment since 1968 and represents a broad range of specialist forestry brands in Australia while also manufacturing forestry grapples domestically. Particularly relevant where a project requires a combination — excavator plus grapple plus harvester head plus winch plus tracks — rather than a single standalone machine.

Randalls occupies an unusual and commercially useful position: it is both a multi-brand distributor and a domestic manufacturer. It represents Ponsse, SP Maskiner, SANY, Duxson, Indexator, Clark Tracks, Falcon Forestry, Risutec and OMEF, and manufactures rotating log grapples in Australia.

That combination matters when a project needs a system rather than a machine. An operation requiring an excavator, a grapple, a harvester head, a winch and bogie tracks is otherwise assembling that from four or five suppliers, each able to point at the others when something does not work together.

For a buyer, the practical value is single-point accountability across the assembly, and the ability to specify combinations that a single-brand dealer cannot offer.

Buyer fit

Who should buy Randalls forestry equipment

An equipment reference that only says where a brand fits is a brochure.

Suits you if

Projects needing a combination — carrier, head, grapple, winch, tracks — rather than a standalone machine
Cut-to-length operations wanting Ponsse or SP Maskiner with local support
Excavator-based contractors buying OMEF attachments
Steep-country operations needing Falcon Forestry winch systems
Buyers wanting Australian-manufactured grapples with local parts

Look elsewhere if

Where a single-OEM relationship across a large fleet is preferred for parts commonality
Where the operation sits far from the branch and service-agent network

Australian support

Randalls Australian dealers, parts and service support

For commercial forestry the dealer is part of the equipment. Entries marked as confirmed were checked against the supplier's own published information.

Represented brands and network

Confirmed

Randalls Equipment Company is the Australian distributor for Ponsse forwarders and harvesters, SP Maskiner harvesting heads, SANY excavators, Duxson attachments, Indexator rotators, Clark tracks, Falcon Forestry equipment, Risutec planter attachments and OMEF attachments, and offers a range of rotating log grapples. It has branches in South Australia and Tasmania with service agents in Queensland, New South Wales and New Zealand.

Before you commit

Randalls equipment buying checklist

Which branch or service agent covers your region, and what is held there
Whether the combination you want has been supplied and supported together before
Lead times for the specific components in your assembly, not the range generally
Who carries accountability if a combination underperforms

Comparison

Randalls forestry equipment alternatives

Where another supplier would genuinely serve the same requirement better.

OnetrakSingle-brand depth on Tigercat with a forestry-region branch network.

FeconIf mulching attachments are the requirement and dry hire would prove utilisation first.

Method

How to compare Randalls with competing brands

Comparing Randalls like for like

Randalls both manufactures and distributes, so a comparison against Onetrak or Fecon can span several brands at once. Keep it disciplined: compare the specific product against the specific alternative on geometry, mass and hydraulic requirement, then compare the distributor relationships separately — what is held in Australia, where, and what response is guaranteed in writing. Conflating the product comparison with the supplier comparison is how buyers end up unable to explain their own decision.

Range

Randalls forestry machines and attachments

Rotating logging grapples (Australian-manufactured)
Ponsse
SP Maskiner
SANY
Duxson
Indexator
Clark Tracks
Falcon Forestry
Risutec
OMEF

Australian supply

Randalls suppliers and dealers in Australia

Network structure, equipment coverage and the commitments to verify before purchase.

Randalls Equipment Company

Multi-brand Australian forestry specialist combining imported machines and attachments with locally manufactured rotating log grapples.

Cross-reference

Randalls forestry equipment categories

Benchmark specifications, buying criteria and specification traps for each class.

Forestry grapples

Geometry beats size — the grapple should be selected according to material flow.

Harvesters

The cut-to-length machine — fell, delimb, measure, buck and sort in one cycle.

Tree shears

Turns an ordinary excavator into a controlled tree-cutting machine — the fastest-growing attachment category.

Grapple saws

Grips before it cuts, and keeps control of the severed section — the attachment for working near assets.

Winch-assist systems

Mechanises terrain that previously required manual falling — but the whole system must be engineered.

Common questions

Randalls forestry equipment FAQs

What brands does Randalls represent in Australia?

Ponsse, SP Maskiner, SANY, Duxson, Indexator, Clark Tracks, Falcon Forestry, Risutec and OMEF, alongside its own range of rotating log grapples manufactured in Australia. Branches are in South Australia and Tasmania, with service agents in Queensland, New South Wales and New Zealand.

Why buy a combination through one distributor?

Because accountability follows the assembly rather than the component. An operation needing an excavator, grapple, harvester head, winch and tracks otherwise assembles that from several suppliers, each able to point at the others when the combination underperforms. A distributor supplying the whole assembly carries responsibility for it working together.

Does Randalls manufacture equipment in Australia?

Yes — it manufactures rotating log grapples domestically alongside distributing international forestry brands. For a consumable-heavy component category, local manufacture shortens lead times on the parts that actually wear: pins, bushes and seals.

Is Randalls support available outside South Australia and Tasmania?

It maintains branches in South Australia and Tasmania with service agents in Queensland, New South Wales and New Zealand. As with any distributor, confirm which location covers your region, what parts are held there, and the realistic lead time to you — that figure determines machine availability.

How to compare Randalls forestry equipment quotations

Brand strength is one input among eleven in the machine selection scorecard, where purchase price carries 3% and reliability, local service and parts availability together carry 40%. Make sure two quotations are genuinely comparable first — use the dealer quote checklist.

Randalls Forestry Equipment in Australia