Rabaud F80 log splitter

[nathan 338]

just had a demo with this machine and the production of firewood is amazing. fast and easy to operate. with logs upto 800mm in diameter.

[s.varty]

One of these?

[nathan 338]

yes produced about 3 grain trailers of beech logs in under 2 hours

[jamesmerriman7]

nice if you have a spare 25k...

[Chris Sheppard]

Is that the same as the one you had on your stand at the APF?

[arboriculturist]

At around 30K with conveyor, the return on your investment will never stack up unless you have around 3 teams bring back oversize constantly. Also consider the Tractor HP to run it and a loading unit with grab.

So easy to go down the same route as farm contractors, with 100's K's of machinery and an annual net profit of less than a builder's labourer (no disrespect to the BL's)

[Mortimer Firewood]

Needed a grab to pick me up off the floor when I looked at this we can get oversized cord for a good rate and thought about hireing it out as it made like a tank. Would need a huge amount of timber to feed it.

[nathan 338]

im selling my processor, the production out ways the time and cost easily. sell all the small processor grade wood and use over sized. over sized is cheaper to buy. okay its best to have a crnae fitted or 3 point or in our case use a forwarder, but when you do the maths and if you produce a fair amount of wood this wins hands down. good strong equipment to go contracting with as well.

[Mortimer Firewood]

Did you film it?

[Mortimer Firewood]

Have you factored in the time for cutting it with chainsaw ?