palax ks35 booster??

[mdt]

have just had a look on caledonian forestry site and see jim has some palax ks35's with boosters anybody any idea what this is??

[timberluver]

I'm not sure how it works but it speeds up the cycle time on the splitting ram.

Palax usually have variable speed splitting of 3t for speed and 8t for hard to split logs but the 8t is a slower cycle. I believe the booster system makes it work at 8t all the time but at the 3t speed (or faster)