Palax KS35 or Hakki 1X37?

[bingoben]

Hello all,

I am considering these two machines and wondered if anyone has experience of them. I am looking at the joystick versions of both. I will be putting all sorts through it, not just straight clean birch and ash. Let me know what your thoughts are.

[rovers90]

I recently purchased a Palax KS35 Ergo after much research and I am very pleased with it. You don't say where you are but it might be worth having a trip up to Caledonian Forestry Services, Jim and his tean were very helpful and the set up service was excellent. I saw the Hakki Pilke at the APF and didn't feel it was of the same build quality.

[bingoben]

I recently purchased a Palax KS35 Ergo after much research and I am very pleased with it. You don't say where you are but it might be worth having a trip up to Caledonian Forestry Services, Jim and his tean were very helpful and the set up service was excellent. I saw the Hakki Pilke at the APF and didn't feel it was of the same build quality.

 

Hi Rovers90,

i looked at the apf as well. The palax is certainly a bit heavier (about 100kg). I have been using a Hakki Pilke Hawk, which is a smaller machine, but similar to the 1x37. The things i find annoying with the hawk are, the outfeed conveyer getting jammed with crap under the belt, it looks as though this wouldn't happen with the palax 's chain conveyer. logs dropping into the splitting trough sideways on and jamming in the splitter. How much have you used the palax? What's good? what's not?

 

thanks for your info

 

Ben

[gensetsteve]

I run a hakki 2x . Found back up from large tree very good and machine has been reliable 9 years old 5 with us. If you do a search you may find some posts a year ago relateing to palax after service.