Hakki Pilkie 1 x 42 problem

[Guest BOB WAUGH]

Hi everyone

 

This is my first post so bear with me if my spelling or typing is a bit off. I have owned and run a Hakki Pilkie 1 x 42 greenspeed now for 3 years and find that reliability to be a bit of an issue. Bearings in particular seem to be very soft . to date i have replaced 8 beraings , 1 gearbox , 1 hydraulic motor, 9 belts and one complete chain drive assembly. Has any one else had problems like this

[Johny Walker]

how many tone are you putting thru it ,p/s wecome aboard the good ship arbtalk

[Guest BOB WAUGH]

Cheers wood picker putting through roughly 1200 ton per year. We only cut soft wood , hey it sells

[Johny Walker]

Cheers wood picker putting through roughly 1200 ton per year. We only cut soft wood , hey it sells

 

think the ansewr lies somwer in the 1200t of wood going thru it ,thats a lot of wood

[Guest BOB WAUGH]

kinda thought that can you suggest a more suitable machine for me have looked at quite a few but need some help

[woodworm]

Sounds to me like you need to start looking at something like a binderberger processor if you're doing that much!

[Johny Walker]

thers posh,bindereck ?,german i think

[Chris Sheppard]

for that sort of volume you want to be looking at something like a Pinosa I reckon, more of a firewood factory than a typical processor.

[Guest BOB WAUGH]

looked at a repossessed Bindenberger looked like it had not done much but by the time i made my mind up it was sold. I like the Hakki Pilkie cause M Large are only 80 so miles away and give a really good service . What about the fuel wood firewood factory ????? any views:confused1:

[firewood]

bob

 

i run a 1x37( Easy control) Hakki owned for just over a year and had about 1000 ton pushed thru it. (90% softwood) I have not managed to trash any bearings yet but i am a maniac with a grease gun! I give every nipple a pump at least once a week. However i do go thru lots of belts. to date 6 sets of 3 off the main gearbox and 3 chainsaw belts. I use standard tractor belts as replacement and i suspect that they are not quite tough enough. maybe a belt made of a harder compound if available, would be better. they do seem to stretch every 50 tons or so. I suspect that the less sharp the chain is the more stress / wear in the drive belts. The chain may still cut but not easily enough.

 

not yet seen any sign of wear on the infeed or out feed belts.

 

how are you loading yours? I presume you have a log deck. if this is set at too steep an angle it can batter the infeed conveyor especially if you putting big diameter lengths thru. consequent stress on deck bearings and infeed belt and rollers.

 

I have noticed a small oil weep on the gearbox / pump but this is very small and has not got any worse. this started when the pto shaft i was using failed (sent shock thru machine?)

 

 

specifically what belts have failed on yours?