Trakmet

[topchippyles]

26 minutes ago, thomasvdb7 said:

The woodmizers are a lot more expensive for the same things you can get on a £24k trak met machine and, to be honest, I think the trak-met machines look far more solid. The b1001 with smart set is about £15K+VAT without a trailer, so probably £17k or so with a trailer. It's a good price for a solid machine but I think when you are looking at logs that size you need hydraulic handling if it's a mobile mill. 

If your going that size then why not a folk lift or grapple type of loader to load the mill. Makes easy work of things and unloading the processed timber is effortless 

[trigger_andy]

If your going that size then why not a folk lift or grapple type of loader to load the mill. Makes easy work of things and unloading the processed timber is effortless 

I could not work without a loader, even with my baby 751. I can move beams around easy enough on a trolly but 24” slabs? No thanks.

[Johnsond]

Nothing to hide price wise, all In with the options inc extra length on bed and wider head, HD chassis option and extra hydraulics etc it was 27k inc Vat, I’d probs change a few things on build sheet now with benefit of time on mill but I guess you won’t get it right first time 🤷‍♂️. I’ll mod and fabricate a few things to suit myself over time but for now it’s a case of tweaking and learning every time out especially on max width cuts. . One thing I’d wholeheartedly agree with is the comments on loading etc, having a loader on-site makes a night and day difference to a days work/production rate. 

Edited July 26, 2021 by Johnsond

[Johnsond]

Just now, Big J said:

I like to think that it's the quality of the independent consultant consulted through the ordering process......the guy that had the first Trakmet machine in the UK and has been to the factory 😎 🤣

Lol im sure i expressed my gratitude for your knowledge and much valued advice previously J 😆. 

[Johnsond]

1 hour ago, topchippyles said:

Its the best mobile saw i have seen to be honest. Dave seems to have covered every option for a mobile mill and only thing you could say its limited to 4.8m but knowing him you could set it up with extension tracks.Very well thought out and credit ware credit is due. 

I’ll have to give credit to big J Les I did pick his brains on a  number of occasions ref the build  spec etc and it turned out to be sound advice. I’m sure it will do over 5m in length, but as you say having a loader is a big help. 

[topchippyles]

27 minutes ago, Big J said:

I like to think that it's the quality of the independent consultant consulted through the ordering process......the guy that had the first Trakmet machine in the UK and has been to the factory 😎 🤣

Bet you had a semi on walking around the factory J  🤣

[thomasvdb7]

I wholeheartedly agree regarding the usefulness of a loader. But on a mobile mill there just isn't a way to tow a mill of this size and also get a loader to site that will lift the 2t+ logs that the machine will mill. Unless, of course it's a few days of milling and so worth paying for the transport to get a machine on site. But in that case I would probably look at getting the wood to the yard instead. A lot of my work is mobile milling for others and pretty much always it's a place that doesn't have a machine to load so I'm doing everything with a winch. My only other option that I can think of is getting the logosol mill and mounting it on a ti axle Ifor or similar and having a good size hiab on the trailer too. But you would still struggle to lift more than 1.5t with the kind of hiab that will be able to be mounted to a trailer... It's a tricky one really. 

[Johnsond]

1 hour ago, thomasvdb7 said:

I wholeheartedly agree regarding the usefulness of a loader. But on a mobile mill there just isn't a way to tow a mill of this size and also get a loader to site that will lift the 2t+ logs that the machine will mill. Unless, of course it's a few days of milling and so worth paying for the transport to get a machine on site. But in that case I would probably look at getting the wood to the yard instead. A lot of my work is mobile milling for others and pretty much always it's a place that doesn't have a machine to load so I'm doing everything with a winch. My only other option that I can think of is getting the logosol mill and mounting it on a ti axle Ifor or similar and having a good size hiab on the trailer too. But you would still struggle to lift more than 1.5t with the kind of hiab that will be able to be mounted to a trailer... It's a tricky one really. 

Guy I work with has just bought this, lovely bit of kit. You are right in a lot of what you say, unfortunately you need about 5-6 bits of kit to tick every box🤷‍♂️. 

[topchippyles]

3 hours ago, thomasvdb7 said:

I wholeheartedly agree regarding the usefulness of a loader. But on a mobile mill there just isn't a way to tow a mill of this size and also get a loader to site that will lift the 2t+ logs that the machine will mill. Unless, of course it's a few days of milling and so worth paying for the transport to get a machine on site. But in that case I would probably look at getting the wood to the yard instead. A lot of my work is mobile milling for others and pretty much always it's a place that doesn't have a machine to load so I'm doing everything with a winch. My only other option that I can think of is getting the logosol mill and mounting it on a ti axle Ifor or similar and having a good size hiab on the trailer too. But you would still struggle to lift more than 1.5t with the kind of hiab that will be able to be mounted to a trailer... It's a tricky one really. 

To much weight and you would be adapting a mill to a non custom trailer. Forget that idea 

[Johnsond]

43 minutes ago, topchippyles said:

To much weight and you would be adapting a mill to a non custom trailer. Forget that idea 

16-18ft tri axle Les and a decent mill 15k he paid for that trailer with the HI AB etc stick 10k on for a decent mill and you have a very versatile set up. Adds few more legs etc, bearing in mind I did my woodlands twin axle from scratch !. 

maybe not as far fetched as it first seems. I guess it’s all down to what you are intending to do with it once built  🤷‍♂️.  

Edited July 27, 2021 by Johnsond