Niab linkage mounted processor

[Chris Sheppard]

has anyone any experience of these? [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MOZCVnKu20]YouTube - ‪Traktorový procesor NIAB‬‏[/ame]

 

Always fancied a Patu but it meant tying up a crane, saw these and thought they might be a sensible option.

 

Did have a Nokka for a short while but it was a bit numb on the back of the County

[roseyweb]

Looks like a very faffy way of converting a tree

[Stephen Blair]

Clever bit of kit , very powerfull for it's size.

great firewood processor, I am sure I have seen a harvester with a home made splitter on it that would go on that aswell.

perfect for the right situation

[Chris Sheppard]

Looks like a very faffy way of converting a tree

 

Realise it's not going to be ideal for every site but I think it could be useful. admittedly the tress in the vid are quite small/short, but around us there is a lot of wood that really should have been thinned years ago so is tall and thin, but still quite hairy, and not in a position to be shortwooded out. I see the niab as a way of cutting out a process or two - go mad felling, get someone following up behind winching and processing and then chase them up with a forwarder.

 

Clever bit of kit , very powerfull for it's size.

great firewood processor, I am sure I have seen a harvester with a home made splitter on it that would go on that aswell.

perfect for the right situation

 

I'm liking the whole self contained-ness of it, no crane needed and it'll go on a bog standard tractor. Nokka do a head (think it's a harvesting head rather than just processign) which does indeed have an adjustable four way knife on it which is a stroker so I reckon you could be onto somethign there Stevie Did see the homemade one on youtube somewhere too.

[renewablejohn]

Really like that as a thinning tool. Bet its not cheap anybody have an idea on price.

[Chris Sheppard]

no idea on price but I bet there's a few kickign about second hand in Sweden/finland etc.

 

I wonder if it would handle lightly branched hardwood?

 

only ever seen the Patu, Nokka and maybe one Hypro over here.

[Charlieh]

ouch looks like £23k new on mascus

 

looks a bit steady but as said that could be the timber its in. But for that kind of money there are two harvesters on ebay you know you want one

[Brushcutter]

Looks like a very good bit of kit. I'd rather load it with a crane rather than a winch, but thats just a personal thing.

 

As for hardwoods i imagin that it would eat through birch regen thats only got some branches on top. Bigger stuff i and stronger stuff such as oak thinning i think it would struggle.

 

Wonder what the cost is compared to a s/h small harvester head?

[Chris Sheppard]

ouch looks like £23k new on mascus

 

looks a bit steady but as said that could be the timber its in. But for that kind of money there are two harvesters on ebay you know you want one

 

£23K - bum - I was kinda hoping there'd be a few second hand ones floating about for Patu money

 

Looks like a very good bit of kit. I'd rather load it with a crane rather than a winch, but thats just a personal thing.

 

As for hardwoods i imagin that it would eat through birch regen thats only got some branches on top. Bigger stuff i and stronger stuff such as oak thinning i think it would struggle.

 

Wonder what the cost is compared to a s/h small harvester head?

 

For crane feedign the Patu always looked quite good - bit like the niab but the other way up and you caould do it all from inside the cab.

 

I was thinking similar, we do get a lot of birch round us that is usually fairly straight and with not a lot of low branches and fluffy tops.

 

We've been throwing a few ideas around for mechanising on a smaller scale - I'd still really really liek a Vimek harvester (I can dream) or maybe a reverse drive valmet and roof mount with a Keto Forst head on it but again, that's still a long long way off.

 

Been considering somethign like one of the Naarva grip stroker heads but they are quite steady and will only cut up to around 10-12" on timber that is quite soft as they are a shear, but from memory are sub £10k for the head and fittings brand new.

[Charlieh]

there is a used naarva shear head on mascus but i dont think is a processor just has the bunchers on on it.

 

there is also a used vimek 404t3 harvester on there as well with a keto head, in sweden i think got about 700hrs on it from memory, price on application so i can imagine it will be dear.