Advice from Trak Met bandsaw users please...

[Graham w]

Another thing we're looking into is a silver back band. This is a blade that has teeth to the rear of the blade that cleans up after the main cut in the same pass by creating a vortex that removes sawdust and tearing- could be good! 

[farmerjohn]

On 29/10/2018 at 23:11, Mikesmill said:

How much is the 1300 Mebor Big J? I'm in a similar situation as you Tom, with 3-phase at the yard and a hankering for oversized slabs. I've been searching high and low for a forestor 150 but am on the verge of giving up

That makes 3 of us!!!!

I have been cutting with my chainsaw mill with old 075's and we practically do a day milling and a day re-building / fixing saws.
i am very seriously looking at a 1200mm wide hydraulic mill thinking around march april 2019 if all goes to plan.
the main of what i will cut will be wither the odd oversized 3-4ft oak logs around 3" thick or 2 to 3 ft hardwood planked around 1.25 to 2" thick.
I am thinking due to budget of a 600 model rather than a 800, does anyone run a 600 with wide head?

 

also BigJ, out of interest, your 800, did it have 1 log roller or a number? u mention in a post you were milling pretty huge loge 4T+ im just wondering if 1 log roller, did it manage to roll the log?

also, hoe did you go on with import tax etc? did trekmet sort all that out so you just had a bottom line figure you knew it would cost?

 

if anyone else seriously thinking along the trekmet route early to mid spring next year PM me.

[Tom at Heartwood]

Thank you for all the information and advice, I appreciate your time, experience and expertise.  It has confirmed my thinking that a wider band is better suited to my needs and that Trak Met are good value for money.  I have also been in touch with Mebor and met with their sales people at the APF,  I await their quotation.  Thank again.  Tom.