So what caught your eye at this years APF?

[Woodworks]

Had a great time as always at the APF yesterday.

Didn't go with anything in mind just wanting to have nosey round and these two things caught my eye.

 

The first regular processor I have seen that is guaranteed to make perfectly sized logs not to mention it grading out the waste. Secondly an all electric battery powered chipper!

 

 

 

[Steve Bullman]

So far only the traffic 

[Woodworks]

Bad luck Steve. One of the upsides to going on a wet Thursday is the traffic wasn't too bad.

 

The APF just posted this on Facebook "Our apologies if you had a bit of a delay on the way in, it was just sheer weight of traffic. A lot of people who put off coming yesterday have come today."

Edited September 21, 2018 by Woodworks

[Woodworks]

Only other picture I took for MR eggsarascal. A small companion chipper to go with the electric one above 

[jose]

electric chipper? be interesting to hear how quiet it may or may not be when working.

 

didnt get the chance this year to go so any other highlights would be welcome

[woody paul]

Battery chipper? Have they got it 750kg or heavier.

[Woodworks]

16 minutes ago, woody paul said:

Battery chipper? Have they got it 750kg or heavier.

Some detail on their site. Be good to see a video of one action though. http://www.tpchipper.com/news/tp-175-mobile-el.aspx

[woody paul]

7 minutes ago, Woodworks said:

Some detail on their site. Be good to see a video of one action though. http://www.tpchipper.com/news/tp-175-mobile-el.aspx

Interesting read, first I have heard about 25hp and particular filter regulations coming in.

So how do we stand with old chippers.

[ash_smith123]

That japa processor is so slow and the logs coming out are no where near perfect. Most are slithers that people would moan about. With that sort of size log you would get better results on a 1/3 of the time with a 6 or 8 way knife.

[Woodworks]

2 minutes ago, ash_smith123 said:

That japa processor is so slow and the logs coming out are no where near perfect. Most are slithers that people would moan about. With that sort of size log you would get better results on a 1/3 of the time with a 6 or 8 way knife.

We have very different customers ash. I guess if you sell a log of a certain size you build up a customer base that likes that size. We have always split quite small partly to aid drying time and I did see a HEATAS guide recommending that no split dimension should be over 6" and I have taken that to heart.