Farmi-harvester bar

[Hedger]

Anyone running a farmi processor with the harvester bar and chain?

Any better/worse? Worth the extra money?

 

 

[Woodworks]

Presuming we are talking about the Igland Forest all in one instead of the Oregon bar and spacer?

 

If so I have tried it and reverted back to the original set up. The Igland bar is a touch thicker and seems more prone to jamming with twisty wood. Also seems soft and spent a lot of time dressing it. It still used the same gauge 0.58 1.5mm chain so not a true harvester bar

Edited January 14, 2018 by Woodworks

[Hedger]

Presuming we are talking about the Igland Forest all in one instead of the Oregon bar and spacer?
 
If so I have tried it and reverted back to the original set up. The Igland bar is a touch thicker and seems more prone to jamming with twisty wood. Also seems soft and spent a lot of time dressing it. It still used the same gauge 0.58 1.5mm chain so not a true harvester bar

Ahh I see thanks for that! I new I had heard of a conversion but wasn’t sure it would be the right thing to do or not.

[Woodworks]

I should add I think others on here prefer the Igland bar. May depend on the quality of the wood you get. I do loads of twisty hedgerow timber which likes any excuse to jam up.

[SbTVF]

Others are using iggesund harvester bars but at £170 a pop they should be last a long long time!

[Woodworks]

47 minutes ago, SbTVF said:

Others are using iggesund harvester bars but at £170 a pop they should be last a long long time!

Clearly my spelling is off but that's the one I tried but did not like

[SbTVF]

Clearly my spelling is off but that's the one I tried but did not like

Another user on Facebook said they’d had a bad batch and replaced quite a few for people and they were working well now a guy up near me is very happy with his.

[Highlandcrofter]

On 1/14/2018 at 07:07, Woodworks said:

Presuming we are talking about the Igland Forest all in one instead of the Oregon bar and spacer?

 

If so I have tried it and reverted back to the original set up. The Igland bar is a touch thicker and seems more prone to jamming with twisty wood. Also seems soft and spent a lot of time dressing it. It still used the same gauge 0.58 1.5mm chain so not a true harvester bar

How easy is the changeover, i have the igland blade and am not happy with it.

[Woodworks]

2 hours ago, Highlandcrofter said:

How easy is the changeover, i have the igland blade and am not happy with it.

10min job if can budge the large allen bolts.

[Highlandcrofter]

2 minutes ago, Woodworks said:

10min job if can budge the large allen bolts.

Nice one, when it finally gets to eaten away, guess I'll go for the changeover