hakie pilke eagle petrol engine?

[normandylumberjack]

Thinking about the above as i dont have a tractor to power it, can anyone give me some feed back, good or bad, I have seen the video on youtube and it looks ok.

 

what is the max size it will a) saw and b) split in hardwood. in real world terms?

 

Thanks

[Chris Sheppard]

Thinking about the above as i dont have a tractor to power it, can anyone give me some feed back, good or bad, I have seen the video on youtube and it looks ok.

 

what is the max size it will a) saw and b) split in hardwood. in real world terms?

 

Thanks

 

I asked M Large about them a few weeks ago and apparently they are now discontinued as the petrol one, which is a shame.

 

When I had my PTO one we did look at converting it using HP parts but was told that by the time I had all the bits to do it, it would have been as cheap/easy to sell the PTO one and buy a petrol one.

 

10" diameter in theory, though with a bit of juggling and double cutting you can saw a little bigger. Can't remember exactly but think there's a little bit of adjustment to get slightly more than 10" onto the splitter too.

 

I really liked mine and wished I'd not sold it and bought a processor.

[normandylumberjack]

Thanks for that, will have to keep my eyes peeled for a second hand one! just one more question, if 2 people are on it at once will it split and saw at the same time?

 

Thanks

[Chris Sheppard]

Officially no, in reality yes. It's another one ot those that's suposed to be operated only by one person.

 

We used to run it on the back of the Carraro most of the time (48hp) and if you timed it just right (or wrong) and were sawing a big bit at the same time as splitting a knotty bit then it could start to slip the belts. Was worse when it was on the back of the county though.