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Processing small thinnings - The Bilke S3


rowan lee
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This looks like one hell of a machine for small timber. Does any one on here use one? Just wondering what they cost new roughly, and the Pros and cons of such a unit?

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJN7o-Vi01s]YouTube - NEW Bilke S3 Klapikone Firewood processor Holzspalter zaagkloofmachine BDL Machines[/ame]

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhF592mgzqI]YouTube - Bilke vedmarskin[/ame]

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I had a look at one, they produce very rough firewood, most of it is smashed to bits! it's not bad if you're only going to burn it yourself but I think it would impossible to bag and sell. Also look very dangerous! Spend your money on a proper Firewood processor

aye it would be for personal use mainly, would wood type have any bearing on the finished product, in terms of how splittered up it becomes? What firewod processor would you recommend for small bendy thinning?

I thought about something like this also

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jb4r_NvXwqA]YouTube - Model 100[/ame]

 

Bilke cleans up the competition - News & Features, Farming - Independent.ie

 

Dont know what model number this is but comes out of it all right.

Aye saw that on tues myself, thats the S3 model in the videos above.

Proper quick jobby.:thumbup1:

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One problem with anything like the Bilke or Klapi Tuiko is that they are designed for green timber and for the stove market where the end log is more like big kindling than a typical UK log.

 

Very quick and reasonably maintainance free but as mentioned above they don't make great quality logs. Also, if you use the "wrong" wood i've seenone make nothing but splinters, with nothing log like amongst it.

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Cheers dude, i can imagine what larch or birch coming out of this machine would like, def. not log like. I suppose the next step would be to actually being some of our typical woodland thinnings to a dealer demonstration and see for ourselves. Most see if there is a dist. for Southern Ireland.

 

Can't argue with the speed though. It is very fast in fairness, and simplicity of components looks right down our street as well, regardless of end product.

Wood is wood at the end of the day.

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we use a bilke to process the small timber because it takes ages through the processor and you end up with little amount of firewood . The logs arnt brillient but it gets through it very quickly anb when mixed with rest it doest matter

Have you had any problems with the machine? Whats it like on wearing parts and does the spiral shear stand to all the abuse?

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