TimberKing or WoodMizer, a 50/50 call

[difflock]

A 1600 TK, with the optional manual toe-boards. with a 27 HP KOHLER

 

or a

or a LT20MG25SDH3 woodmizer with the hydraulic gubbins and a25 HP Kohler

 

prices for either are within a couple % of other, assuming I got the import duty right at 2.2% for the TK.

Incl for carriage to N IRELAND

 

TK Pros, heavier built, hydraulic head motions, fractionally larger engine.

 

TK Cons, not "CE" compliant, not UK spec trailer, no hydraulic toe boards, no setworks.(not that I want them)

 

WM Pros, easily re-salable, Euro spec, full Euro compliant running gear, spares availability, hydraulic toe-boards, full metric setworks.

 

WM Cons, 12V head motions rather than hydraulic, cantilever design.

 

decisions decisions

 

Heart says TimberKing

 

Head says WoodMizer

[se7enthdevil]

i'd go for the timberking as i've heard alot of people saying how expensive it is to fix woodmizers.

[Daniël Bos]

Without trying to be unfriendly....

 

I don't think you want a sawmill at all, you just immensely enjoy the delightful agony of indecisiveness:biggrin:

[difflock]

oh er!

Rover,

how very perspective:001_tt2:

Clive at work allows i WILL, yet, TALK MYSELF INTO BUYING A SAWMILL:lol:

I am the worlds worst decision maker.

Cept in respect of

(i) Picking a wife/life partner

(ii) buying land

(iii) buying antique furniture

PS

this Sawmill indecision is ABSOLUTLY NOWT compared to my car buying decision making.

Mind I only do that every 12 to 15 years

regards,

Marcus

[difflock]

oops

thanks 7thdevil

heart might well win out yet.

specially iffen I kin drum up another purchaser to go 1/2ers on the transatlantic carriage.

 

Already planning the 600mm square wooden gate posts fabricated from 4 no 300mm square sections bolted together diagonally (with 16mm/20mm threaded rod), with all but the last 18" of each inner face chamfered off to form a cresote resovoir feeding into holes bored outwards into each quarter section.

marcus

[difflock]

see below, should sufficiently pickle the shitty Sitka in-situ.

Other gates swung from 2 salvaged ex Narrow Gauge railway field-gate posts, solid Mourne granite, about 12" square, by 8 feet long.

I had fun getting them set up on my own.

gaults gate posts.pdf

Edited January 13, 2014 by difflock

[se7enthdevil]

a 2' square gate post, what the hell is it holding???

[agg221]

Not wishing to add to the complexity of your decision (OK, that may not be true) but have you seen the Oscar 230CE mill from Hudson and rejected it?

 

Alec

[difflock]

I have decided that iffen I am oblidged to use shitty Sitka.

I will "go large" to compensate for the finger thick growth rings.

To swing a set of "wrought iron" style gates, spanning a 6.0m gap.

Aiming for a 30-50 year lifespan.

Anyway downsized to 500mm to allow covering with a 600mm paving slab.

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For some reason I cannot "warm" to the Hudson product.

Edited January 13, 2014 by difflock