Harvester and Firewood Procesor saw motors?

[wills-mill]

I'm thinking of making a hydraulically driven large log slabbing mill running a chainsaw bar and chain. I currently have a Trekkasaw with diesel power pack, so massive flow and the rail setup are all there. I find the band head a bit of a fiddle, and there is plenty of scope for going wider than the current cut.

 

I've never been involved with speccing hydraulic motors, but the common ways to run a chainsaw chain are with a processor or a harvester. Are the motors broadly similar, or are harvesters way ahead in terms of power output, rpm/chain speed and cost? Is it utterly daft to think of wombling along cutting slabs stood near to a harvester motor- I've heard all the warnings about chain shot....

 

Thanks.

Edited December 22, 2017 by wills-mill

[Khriss]

Good concept - basically decided by if yr gonna stand next to the bloody thing ! I would say it's depending on yr chain and bar and how much gyp yr gonna give them motors shouldn't be a problem ( Euro hydraulics - Leeds from memory seem to have everything ) K