stripper delimber looks good.

[elfinwood saws]

Anyone got one or used one of these and how much do they cost? or shall i build one? [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSqfpSgNk38]The Stripper Delimber - YouTube[/ame]

[A Townsend]

Anyone got one or used one of these and how much do they cost? or shall i build one?

 

Looks pretty effective! If you do build one please remember to share the pics!

 

Cheers,

 

Andrew

[Chris Sheppard]

I like the simplicity of it but think it would need something like a big 360 (so slewing on a turntable) with a grapple to pull the wood through rather than a conventional loader with slewpots.

[Breezeblock]

i would be concerned about twisting the boom when side sweeping with that

[Brushcutter]

I like it.

Think Chris is right about needing a 360 to get the best of it. i was thinking it might work with a fast forwarder crane with a saw on. Draw it up to the headboard using the dipping boom saw repeat. Couldn't do tree length as i think you'd wreck the slew pots doing anthing over 8".

[nathan 338]

really common in New Zealand, but bigger and stronger units for delimbing radiator pine

[openspaceman]

I like the simplicity of it but think it would need something like a big 360 (so slewing on a turntable) with a grapple to pull the wood through rather than a conventional loader with slewpots.

 

I agree, maybe a case for a separate machine with hydratongs to pull them through after the grapple loads them.

[Mr Ming]

I have seen something similar used in Germany and other parts of Europe, which like to operate tree length harvesting. They use there nice skidders or hydrotongs to pull them through. Here is a video of one in operation.

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RG3gIEYiMQs&feature=channel&list=UL]Entaster SILVATRADE OS1 - YouTube[/ame]

 

And this what happens when you have a overzealous operator...

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exJr-ABQ4zY&feature=related]"Aggregat 2"- Vollbaumentastung..... - YouTube[/ame]

[Chris Sheppard]

I agree, maybe a case for a separate machine with hydratongs to pull them through after the grapple loads them.

 

Perfect excuse for an old timberjack skidder