Tapio Heads

[County 764]

There is a matbro harvester( eagerbever) down road from me and has been sat for a few months if your interested in one?

 

sounds interesting, do you know if its got much life left in it? And what head its got?

[Isabelle68]

HI All

 

 

 

Been thinking about thinning machines and Tapio stroke heads but don't know much about them and if they are any good?

 

 

 

The 400 or 600 models look ok and I'm guessing they are fairly simple to maintain.

 

 

 

Cheers

 

 

Many many years ago we had an old jcb 912 powerslide with a tapio 600 stroke head on it and it was bloody painful!! In the two months we had it (before sending it back as unsaleable goods!) we never had a full successful days work out of it!

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

Many many years ago we had an old jcb 912 powerslide with a tapio 600 stroke head on it and it was bloody painful!! In the two months we had it (before sending it back as unsaleable goods!) we never had a full successful days work out of it!

 

Those JCB powerslides were infamous; I remember the Lako heads on those. I think LogLogic were the pioneers of JCB swing harvester conversions. Was it the base or the head that you found awful?

[Isabelle68]

Both! The base had constant niggly breakdowns, the head was a nuiscance would work fine for half an hour then jib at the slightest bit thing, never an accurate size! The final straw was when the cab tried to fall off the tracks!! Resulting in a very irate call to the dealer a similar one to the finance company both saying " come and get this f...ing thing!!!!"

[Isabelle68]

Those JCB powerslides were infamous; I remember the Lako heads on those. I think LogLogic were the pioneers of JCB swing harvester conversions. Was it the base or the head that you found awful?

 

 

20 years on and that pic made me shudder! Lol

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

20 years on and that pic made me shudder! Lol

 

There's a reason there's no produce in the picture!

[County 764]

Anyone know much about the Patu stroke heads?

I see there's plenty of people watching this one on ebay.

Forestry Timber Patu Harvester Head | eBay

[Brushcutter]

Anyone know much about the Patu stroke heads?

I see there's plenty of people watching this one on ebay.

Forestry Timber Patu Harvester Head | eBay

 

I'm watching that. There was a guy near me who had one on his digger, he had no complaints with it. It did an fairly good job on the hardwoods too.

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

Anyone know much about the Patu stroke heads?

I see there's plenty of people watching this one on ebay.

Forestry Timber Patu Harvester Head | eBay

 

Also watching that

[County 764]

Its been a expensive month otherwise I would of probably would have bought it by now