palax 55, i want 1

[Stephen Blair]

after Tc's sale yesterday i have been looking around for something similar with its own engine, then i found this. Does anyone have 1, how much are they, good points, bad points. cheers:thumbup1:

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt5GmQatFeM]YouTube - Palax 55 Firewood Processor[/ame]

[18 stoner]

Looks like it has a slot in the market and will be interested in feedback too.

 

It does however hack me off that these demo vids ALWAYS show the easiest wood possible to process, then try marketing it here in the real world. Makes me dubious instantly.

[Chris Sheppard]

Not used the palax one but I do know you can get the Eagle (like TC's) with a petrol engine. Did really liek mine when I had it.

 

Re the demos - unfortunatley in the UK we're still a long way behind other countries in that we tend to be using relatively low grade timber for firewood whereas in other countries the timber going for firewood is what we'd consider "good" so what's show n in demo vids of machinery produced in central europe and scandinavia is just showing what they would use typically, nto anything special just to make the vid look better.

 

Maybe if we built more machinery in the UK for specifically handling UK timber then things would be different - the reality is though that it would cost loads more than what's out there at the mo

Edited December 30, 2010 by Chris Sheppard

[Tree Man Tom]

having picked up my hakki pilke eagle off _tc today, and having looked at this video i would say the hakki is better built, although mine is the PTO version.

 

Obviosly if there was a price difference, and this palax was alot cheaper then id go for it. If you have the right timber, looks like you could turn out logs pretty quick.

[18 stoner]

Cheers for that Chris. I do wonder why the euro guys/scandanavians dont market it differently here to "impress" the UK market though, I'm surely not alone in feeling put off by this type of "easy" work?

 

Any ideas how much this type of machine would be Chris and is it possible for the saw to be used at the same time as the screw?

[Stephen Blair]

So Chris, where can i get the Pilke version??

[Johny Walker]

So Chris, where can i get the Pilke version??

 

i heard theyd stopped making the h/p version ,may be some s/h 1, about .bit like hens teeth

[Chris Sheppard]

 

Any ideas how much this type of machine would be Chris and is it possible for the saw to be used at the same time as the screw?

 

A lot more than it did when I bought mine I don't know what they are now but I have a feelign they are still around a grand and a half (ish).

 

Me and Dad use to use it with one sawing and one splitting but there was a big sticker on it saying for use by one person only. The thign we used to find though was that if the guy splitting and the guy sawign were both cutting/splitting at the same time in tough wood then it would start to slip belts, no matter how they were adjusted (but to be fair it was never designed to saw and split simultaneously), but most of the time it worked well liek that.

 

So Chris, where can i get the Pilke version??

M Large are the importer, though they do still have some dealers listed so you coudl try them too. There were also odd new Hakki Pilke's come up on ebay from time to time.

 

i heard theyd stopped making the h/p version ,may be some s/h 1, about .bit like hens teeth

 

I'd heard somethign along those lines too but, coincidentally was talkign to someone tonight who reckoned not. It would be a shame if they stopped making it as I looked at the Japa and the Hakki Pilke and just liked the Hakki Pilke a bit more

[Chris Sheppard]

Cheers for that Chris. I do wonder why the euro guys/scandanavians dont market it differently here to "impress" the UK market though,

 

Probably because we (as in the UK) make us such a tiny percentage of their overall sales that we don't really count - driving round Sweden, Norway and Finland this summer made me realise just how far behind we really are.

 

Over there people have firewood processors/forwardign trailers etc (even saw a few retired old forwarders and harvesters doing simialr) sat in their gardens just for doing their own logs.

 

Sorry for the derail

[eggsarascal]

I have the pto version of the pilke they were £1600+vat a couple of years ago.Could run it of a static engine/motor, to free up the tractor.Have thought about this in the past, might be a project for the new year:thumbup: