How much processed in a day?

[Hodge]

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

 

Ifor Williams make lots of different size trailers, what size are you talking? Are you logging and splitting in that time?

[posch jon]

I can process 16 ton of green wood (ash, sycamore, alder) a day with two people in an 8 hour day, that is good straight wood mix of 4-14inch diameter, that is with a Posch 300.

You can split up to 18 inch rings in the splitter which is handy.

Edited April 18, 2011 by posch jon

[rovers90]

Thanks for the replies guys. I think the big learn is sorting the timber prior to starting so you're not having to manhandle the larger stuff, put the split stuff back through etc. Its also our first season with the machine so we are still getting used to it.

 

Many thanks guys.

[mikey10]

Two of us can do 15 -20 cube a day packed into 1.5m3 nets(8 hours) if timber is all the same size (10 -12" best) and very straight. thats with a hakki 1x42 and a homemade log deck with a hydraulic infeed on it, loaded with a timber crane.

I try and keep the processor going the whole time while other person loads wood, sets nets up, moves full ones etc.

[sandbach-sticks]

I am new to processing and first attempt did 4 tonnes in a day. However, i got organised, sorted the wood into similar diameters and tidied lengths up. Big rings i saved and just used the processor as a splitter, and can now fill 5 1.5 tonne potato crates in a day with logs at 10 inch. I have considered just using the processor to produce billets as the 10 inch logs tend to twist in the splitting trough and the last log is always hard to cut. I got depressed at the initial slow process as it didn't seems much quicker than the old method, however, I can get up the next morning and do the same again instead of lying there thinking someone had battered me the night before I deal in Arb waste and i really do get all sorts, i presume if i got top notch cord wood then i would be much quicker.

[APC]

Ifor Williams make lots of different size trailers, what size are you talking? Are you logging and splitting in that time?

 

 

Twin axle, 2.2m3 to the top of the solid level on there. That is only split though, not sawn, not stacked, just split and lobbed in. Don't know how long I could keep that up for though. We aren't efficient enough yet to dedicate several days to processing and only tend to do odd amounts here and there. This year will hopefully be different though.

[Johny Walker]

i did 20 ,bulk bags the other ,cut,bagged & stacked,

[BCF]

i did 20 ,bulk bags the other ,cut,bagged & stacked,

 

Are you powering that processor with a Lawnmower:thumbup:

[gensetsteve]

once diced up we produce 1cu metre an hr with one man operating our vertical splitter. 6 hrs is enough . So with 2 men working a processor you need at least 3 cu an hr or its not worth owning a processor. Ours is rated 6 cu an hr but 4 is more realistic especially with 3" sticks drops even more.

[Johny Walker]

once diced up we produce 1cu metre an hr with one man operating our vertical splitter. 6 hrs is enough . So with 2 men working a processor you need at least 3 cu an hr or its not worth owning a processor. Ours is rated 6 cu an hr but 4 is more realistic especially with 3" sticks drops even more.

 

how many cube in an area that is 4m sqr x 2,m deep