Delimber are they any good?

[Ross Macneil]

Am going to look at a delimber next week.Are they any good?was thinking of putting it on to my forwarding trailer.Has anyone used one or using one?any info would be great.

 

Thanks Ross

[Brushcutter]

Is that the sort of gismo that the crane boom extends up the trunk with the knives closed delimbing. then comes back with the rear knifes open so it can move the trunk back to start the process all over again.

 

I've never used one or seen one being used (aside from on Axe Men). There was an old Forestry and British Timber with a guy who used them a lot who sore by them. I guess it depends on what your doing but i'd of thought a bed processer or a head would have been better.

[Ross Macneil]

  Brushcutter said:

Is that the sort of gismo that the crane boom extends up the trunk with the knives closed delimbing. then comes back with the rear knifes open so it can move the trunk back to start the process all over again.

 

I've never used one or seen one being used (aside from on Axe Men). There was an old Forestry and British Timber with a guy who used them a lot who sore by them. I guess it depends on what your doing but i'd of thought a bed processer or a head would have been better.

 

I that's the one it's a kelsa 40lf it's just for seconed thinnings.There is a video on you tube but don't no how to put it on.

[Brushcutter]

Are you hand felling and then processing with the stroke processor on a 3pl mount and loading with a roof mount crane.

[Ross Macneil]

  Brushcutter said:

Are you hand felling and then processing with the stroke processor on a 3pl mount and loading with a roof mount crane.

 

Hand felling then skidding to the ride.going to mount it on to the forwarding trailer using its crane to put the tree on to the delimer

Edited December 29, 2011 by Ross Macneil

[Brushcutter]

  hardwood logger said:

Hand felling then skidding to the ride.going to mount it on to the forwarding trailer using its crane to put the tree on to the delimer

 

Sounds like a good plan. If you can have it for the right money it may save some time. Ties up the forwarding trailer is the only issue. Also they're fairly simple so lack the complexity of a harvester head.

[Ross Macneil]

  Brushcutter said:

Sounds like a good plan. If you can have it for the right money it may save some time. Ties up the forwarding trailer is the only issue. Also they're fairly simple so lack the complexity of a harvester head.

 

That's the plan cutters are hard to find (well good ones).

[Brushcutter]

  hardwood logger said:

That's the plan cutters are hard to find (well good ones).

 

If it was just felling i'd have some less experenced guys just putting the timber on the deck. Then leave the processing to you with your fancy machine.

 

You just doing soft woods with it? I'd imagin that it would strugle with hardwoods. I know the harvester head sometimes struggles with forks in birch.

[Ross Macneil]

I just for softwoods. The hardwoods wood be to rough on it an there is a lot of wood wasted when hardwoods are put through a harvester.

[Ross Macneil]

anyone used one.