How much processed in a day?

[Fahrenheit]

Was at a guys the other day who runs two Palax processors. Can't remember which one but they're only cheap ones at 7k or so.

 

He has tried them all and prefers Palax.....they're a circular saw setup.....cuts quicker and stays sharp longer.

 

He replaces the machines every 2 years or so. He said you need to remove all guards and covers and then they'll turn out wood at a decent rate.

Edited April 17, 2011 by Fahrenheit

[gensetsteve]

I think the 1x37 is a good machine for the money. Takes a good size of timber and u can justify the out lay without being chained to it 24/7 spend over 10k and it starts to need some serious work to pay for it ok if you get larger free wood but buying in cord wood not sure

[BCF]

If the cord was dry it could have lost nearly half its weight. So you may have still done 8 cu metres. I have a hakki pilike 2x which should do 12" anything over 9" forget it, top two logs come out too big. i can ring and put through a vertical splitter and create less waste in not much more time. with 9" stuff cut to 1200mm long I can get 6 cu metres through an hour with someone loading. Get cord smaller than 5" it can take an hour to make 1.5 cu. For big cord u need a big processor, log deck, teleporter, big overdraught

 

1200mm long, thats a mighty big log Steve:biggrin:

[baz]

We process 11m3 per day which equates to 7 tons. thats with 2 people (one responsible for preperation and feeding from the log deck and the other working the processor) taking 6 hours out of an 8 hour work day. The other time is set up or clear up time. We find there isn't much point going beyond that as the rate of production falls off quickly as the fatigue and boredom sets in.

 

With one person the average is no more then 1m3 per hour.

 

Those processing 13 tons a day must be very enthusiastic or working 15 hour days. You do however have lots of scope to raise your current 4T bar though.

[nick channer]

i pay my lads from 7.30 in morning till 5 with half hour for lunch...the machine is running for that time non stop.. only thing that might speed it up for us is the guy on the digger has plenty of time to sort wood out into piles with log grab.. he puts all 6 way wedge stuff in one pile, 4 way wedge stuff in another and stuff that needs splittin in half or not at all in another.. that way they just change the wedge once every couple hours.. most of our wood is over 10 inchs so 6 way wedge is used alot which ultimatly speeds things up.. worst stuff is 6 inchs and smaller.. slows the job down...

[windfall]

I can knock out a m3 per hour with me, my ms390, my tractor and 10t spitter.

 

I am sweating alot though.

[ash_smith123]

yea with 3 people, one cutting, one splitting with a log splitter and the other usually making tea/pottering about, from 9 til 5 with lots of tea brakes and chatting we usualy do 5/8m3 a day, with the 3rd person moving the logs about stacking/baging a few more.

[windfall]

i pay my lads from 7.30 in morning till 5 with half hour for lunch...the machine is running for that time non stop.. only thing that might speed it up for us is the guy on the digger has plenty of time to sort wood out into piles with log grab.. he puts all 6 way wedge stuff in one pile, 4 way wedge stuff in another and stuff that needs splittin in half or not at all in another.. that way they just change the wedge once every couple hours.. most of our wood is over 10 inchs so 6 way wedge is used alot which ultimatly speeds things up.. worst stuff is 6 inchs and smaller.. slows the job down...

 

is it rude to ask what sort of return you are getting for this outlay in wages and processor etc ?

 

Sounds like you really have the system nailed

[nick channer]

not as much as i'd like... i've been doing firewood for over 20yrs... thats how i got into tree work.. last yr was 1st yr i've ever bought firewood in.. i bought around 300 tons in through summer and started processin in august... sold all that wood by xmas but didn't really have an idea of profit as wasn't sure how many metres i was gettin per load.. [ the300 tons was all in 1 pile]. after that i bought loads in seperatly and then could see exactly how long it took to process an artic load [26 ton].. turns out was makin around £30 per load... was doing around 15 loads a day 7 days week for month up to xmas mind and my transit holds 3 loads at time.. this year i'm still buyin it in but also collectin every bit wood [soft and hard] i can get my hands on.. reckon i got 150 ton in shed all split ready for this winter thats cost nothing except bit labour.. although most splittin is done at end of day after any tree work..

[APC]

level load on an ifor trailer, me and an axe, <1hr.