360 diggers with harvesting heads

[elfinwood saws]

Do you run a 360 for harvesting, thinking of having a 360 converted for thinning work, what size and make of digger do you use? What head and who did the conversion and with hind sight would you change anything? plus what sort of tonnage a day do you manage? Cheers Mark.

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

CAT (can't remember tonnage; 18-27 range I think) with Logset head;

 

will find pics somewhere...

[Brushcutter]

8 tonne would be the smallest but reach wouldn't be good. Bigger machines say 20 odd tonnes would be better. Logmax head would be my choice. I'd have an extension boom put on for extra reach as well.

 

Purpose built machines are much better than their digger converted counterparts. Not sure what the cost of a s/h base unit would be compared to a converted digger. I'd of thought the guarding pump and cooling upgrades would be expensive. I was doing 8 tonne/h in Finland which was a little under what a pro would do (10ish/h).

[Robied]

I have purpose built but am thinking of 360 for smaller work but can't bring myself to go back to tracks or the reduction in oil flow that i have now I think if I did it would be a doosan or cat 13 ton zero tail swing with keto 150 good simple head but don't like the fact I loose so much reach so think it would be better to make larger machines narrower and keep the 10 m reach maybe fit smaller head not sure which way to go any suggestions ??? Anybody got smaller head for sale ?? 30-40 cm size

[elfinwood saws]

I was thinking Doosan somewhere in the 8 ton-13ton range and a Keto head.

[Robied]

Keto is a good head I had one years ago a good alrounder but I think if you are doing reasonable stuff you get more speed for your oil flow out of rollers instead of tracks 3 knife keto excellent on hardwood

[woodworm]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9khVnOC3qE]Hyundai R145 with Keto 150 Harvester - YouTube[/ame]

 

Logsdails Hyundai R145LCR with Keto head

They are really pleased with it and the oil flow on the base unit is far better than any other make apparently.

[renewablejohn]

For thinning work I have a 3 tonne Hitachi with Kesla shear head good for upto 8 inches. Any larger 360 and I doubt whether it would get in between the rows.

[arbwork]

I think wilsons were promoting the ‘harvadig’ at the last APF and since then in various magazines, quick conversion of digger to harvester and back , choice of base machine and high enough oil flow to power the head being the important factor

[Stu]

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/picture-forum/34831-basils-forestry-fetish.html

 

basil might be the fellow to talk to hes got a bobcat with a keto head