Hydraulic chainsaw mill

[Robert Raven]

Hi all,

 

Saw a thread a while back about a hydraulic powered chainsaw on an Alaskan, but can't seem to find it now. There more I think about it the more sense it makes- stacks of power, no smoke, low noise, cheap running costs. I saw Rob D had put up some pics, Rob do you know what type of hydraulic saw they were using? Has anyone made one of these using a hydraulic motor and a harvester bar? I see you can get 16tooth sprockets for .404 chain, so a fairly fast hydraulic motor should be able to just about match the chain speed of a 7 tooth sprocket at 10,000rpm.

 

Look forward to hearing what you all think,

 

Rob

[Rob D]

It was from John Lloyd Rob - can't remember which thread it was in... I will try and post the pics up. I'll try and get some details off John as well..

[burrell_]

you mean this rod

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/milling-forum/67399-homemade-chainsaw-mill-3.html

[Robert Raven]

Yes that's the one, cheers. Would love to know what type of motor he was using, wouldn't be hard to mount one to a plate with some bar bolts and a tensioner.