<p>At this year’s National Ploughing Championship, McHale Plant Sales, the Irish Komatsu and Prinoth distributor, will showcase a range of exhibits, suiting all customers within the agricultural, construction and forestry sectors.</p><p>Set to make its Irish debut at the event is the all-new Komatsu PC220LC-12 excavator following its global launch at Germany’s Bauma construction show earlier in the year.</p><p> The PC220LC-12 has an operating weight of 24,885kg and is fitted with a 173hp engine which is claimed to offer 18% fuel savings over the current PC210LC-11 model. </p><div att="1" class="mx-auto w-auto w-fit text-center gadvertisementheader px-2 pb-2 mb-2"><span class=" my-font-roboto-regular text-[0.625rem] my-text-color-gray-1 text-center">ADVERTISEMENT</span><!-- /144848334/new2025-articlepage-deskmob-slot2-300x250 -->
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</div></div><p>Other updates include a 16% larger cab with improved access, 30% more legroom and upgraded standard and premium seats. </p><p>Hydraulic pump capacity has been increased by 6%, leading to a 7% increase in digging force. Service intervals have also been extended. </p><p>The control interface has been upgraded offering new adjustable working modes and improved safety thanks to the KomVision 360 degree camera system.</p><p>Other Komatsu machines on display will include the PC78US-11, which is also new to the Irish market, a PC138 excavator and the WA380-8 agri-spec wheel loader, which has proved a popular model among the agri contracting sector for silage pit duties. </p><p>Catering for the forestry sector, McHale will display a Komatsu model 845 forwarder. </p><p><strong>Prinoth</strong></p><div att="2" class="mx-auto w-auto w-fit text-center gadvertisementheader px-2 pb-2 mb-2"><span class=" my-font-roboto-regular text-[0.625rem] my-text-color-gray-1 text-center">ADVERTISEMENT</span><!-- /144848334/new2025-articlepage-deskmob-slot3-300x250 -->
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</div></div><p>McHale’s will also exhibit a number of wares from the Prinoth brand, specialists in tracked dumper and forestry mulching equipment. </p><p>One machine returning to the event is the Raptor 100 remote-controlled mulcher. The tracked tool carrier and mulcher is designed for vegetation management and land clearance, particularly sloped terrain (up to 45 degrees). </p><p>It is fitted with a 75hp Deutz engine and hydrostatic transmission and can be operated from within a radius of 100m. Track width is adjustable from 120cm to 160cm and ground clearance is 30cm. </p><p>Up front is the M450h mulcher offered in three working widths, 1,25cm, 1.35cm and 1.45cm. A number of flail options are available. Equipped with the widest mulching head the units weigh in at 2,590kg. </p><p>Also from the Prinoth brand, McHale will exhibit two excavator-driven mulchers, a M350e-750 unit suitable for a 5t excavator, and a M450e-1090 unit for 12-15t excavators.
</p><p><img src="https://www.farmersjournal.ie/WEBFILES/000/883/120/2430738-883120.jpg" style="max-width:100%;"/><caption><div class="article-image-caption inline-block">The Komatsu PC220LC-12 will make its Irish debut at the event. </div></caption></p><p><img src="https://www.farmersjournal.ie/WEBFILES/000/883/120/2430739-883120.jpg" style="max-width:100%;"/><caption><div class="article-image-caption inline-block">The Prinoth Raptor remote-controlled mulcher can be equipped with a number of mulching head options. </div></caption></p><p><img src="https://www.farmersjournal.ie/WEBFILES/000/883/120/2430740-883120.jpg" style="max-width:100%;"/><caption><div class="article-image-caption inline-block"></div></caption></p><p></p>