Zoo & animal park
Ferociously good.
The Weidemann machines are in their element in the zoos and animal parks - they have been successfully used for decades in traditional farming within livestock farming. Feed work, mucking out, transport and lifting work, maintenance work: all perfectly completed everyday with different attachments.
Compact design, small turning circle, and powerful - these features characterize the Weidemann machines and have made them an indispensable component of modern livestock farming. These qualities are also sought after in zoos and animal parks: Narrow trails on which feed and materials need transporting; however, that are likewise used by visitors, close building with small storage capacities for feed and material - Weidemann provides the perfect solutions for this.
Emission-free working.
The great benefit to our electrically driven machines: They banish exhaust gases and noise from the daily work routine. As a result clearly providing improved conditions for the operator and the immediate environment. Your valuable livestock is protected, because it is exposed to neither exhaust emission, nor noise. Especially work in areas like, for example, animal housing and the visitor zones, can be beneficially completed with these machines.
The running times of the lithium-ion batteries depend on the respective operating conditions, the work task and the driving style. With the different battery sizes and charge capacities of our machines, we can effortlessly cover a working day. It is possible to charge intermittently at any time. The charger is positioned directly behind the battery in the machine.
Tasks and applications in the zoo & animal park
Discover the options with some examples.
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Transport works
One of the most frequent tasks in which a Weidemann machine will support you is in the transportation of diverse goods and materials. In doing so, most attachments, like a pallet fork or diverse buckets, come into play. Physically strenuous manual labor is mechanized.
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Stacking works
Weidemann machines are not only very powerful, but depending on the model, they also provide a considerable lifting height. With this, it is possible to space-savingly stack cuboid bails on top of one another, for example, and to take them down again - where the storage capacities are restricted, this is a crucial factor.
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Feed management
Large animals also require large amounts of feed. So that the feed handling can be resolved effectively, the use of a Weidemann machine with attachments like the grab bucket, fork and grab, or diverse bale forks is suitable - the narrow routes on your premises are therefore perfect for a Weidemann.
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Cleaning
For the different cleaning tasks, the Weidemann machines can be equipped with diverse sweeping machines, high-pressure cleaners or brooms. Weeds can be mechanically removed with the weed broom. With this, you can keep your zoo and/or animal park clean and will always present a positive image.
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Mucking out enclosures
Keeping the animal enclosures clean and hygienic is a part of the daily routine in every zoo and/or animal park. Depending on the size and type of animal, there is a considerable amount of manure and dung. Even here a powerful Weidemann machine can provide energetic support and assumes the heavy work.
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Elephant house
In the elephant house there is a lot to do: large amounts of feed or heavy toys like tree trunks and tires need to be moved. Mucking out and cleaning out the enclosure are likewise a part of the daily routine. For this heavy work, the use of a Weidemann machine is suitable.
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Property maintenance
To mow green spaces it is recommended that the Weidemann machine is equipped with a lawn mower, mulcher, or a flail mower. Likewise available are pruning saws, hedge trimmers, or double-knife mowers to cut hedges, bushes, and trees.
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Winter service.
Depending on the model, Weidemann machines can be equipped with different snow blades, rear-spreaders, or snow blowers. Thus you will receive valuable support during your winter service in clearing the site of snow and ice.
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Low passageways
The appropriate height of the machine is a necessity to pass through different building entrances in the zoo and animal park. For this, Weidemann offers machines in graduated heights as well as special low position models and compact machines with fold-down overhead guards eps (Easy Protection System).
Weidemann in use
Zoo & animal park application reports
Our customers from the zoos & animal parks report which Weidemann machines they are using and which tasks they complete with the machines.
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23.07.20222 electrical Weidemann machines, 13 giraffes and 4 elephants
Two noiseless and emission-free Weidemann loaders in the Knuthenborg Safari Park.
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11.07.2019Animal use for the Weidemann telehandler T4512
The Essehof Animal Park in Lehre, Lower-Saxony has been around for 50 years.
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08.02.2018An eHoftrac for the French Beauval Zoo
The Beauval Zoo in the French Saint Aignan sur Cher purchased a compact, battery-powered 1160 eHoftrac from Weidemann.
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