Hakki Pilke 1x37

[Lillywhite Timber]

Ive been exploring the idea of buying or hiring a processor of some sort . Ive looked at all the videos ,gone to a few demos and talked to guys with one .

One guy who seemed on the level reconed he could get through an artic load a day , fair enough i thought thats serious production .

However today I dropped in to a guy i noticed selling firewood and asked him what sort of production he could get in a day and he replied 12 bags using the above machine on a MF 135 . The bags are 900 x 900 x 900 similar to what i use myself .

Now considering i cut split and bagged 16 of the same size bags with a Spud special 357 , Fiskars x27 and a helper between 9 am and 2 pm on Saturday the benefits would be nonexistant (with the obvious exception of producing regular lengths for net bags).

Could anyone fill me in on typical average daily production ?

[briquette_seller]

depends on the wood

[Lillywhite Timber]

This was fresh ash , nice regular and 3.1 m lengths (the processor guy ) , similar but seasoned myself .

[briquette_seller]

This was fresh ash , nice regular and 3.1 m lengths (the processor guy ) , similar but seasoned myself .

 

I have a Pilke 1 x 42 and with nice straight wood i can easily do 25-30 bags @ 900 in an 8 hour shift

[Lillywhite Timber]

I have a Pilke 1 x 42 and with nice straight wood i can easily do 25-30 bags @ 900 in an 8 hour shift

 

Thats decent output in fairness .

[Woodworks]

Ive been exploring the idea of buying or hiring a processor of some sort . Ive looked at all the videos ,gone to a few demos and talked to guys with one .

One guy who seemed on the level reconed he could get through an artic load a day , fair enough i thought thats serious production .

However today I dropped in to a guy i noticed selling firewood and asked him what sort of production he could get in a day and he replied 12 bags using the above machine on a MF 135 . The bags are 900 x 900 x 900 similar to what i use myself .

Now considering i cut split and bagged 16 of the same size bags with a Spud special 357 , Fiskars x27 and a helper between 9 am and 2 pm on Saturday the benefits would be nonexistant (with the obvious exception of producing regular lengths for net bags).

Could anyone fill me in on typical average daily production ?

 

Don't know about the Hakki but did 15-16 tonnes today with our Farmi. Think that would equate to 30 m3 of logs. Niceish processor stuff a spare pair of hands and telehandler.

[gensetsteve]

I had a Hakki pilki 2x a few years ago which would be 1/2 to 2/3 rds the output of a x37. With nice 8 in timber I could do a cu metre in 20 minutes. Bent hard knotty stuff or 3 in sticks and a metre could take 1 hr 20 minutes. Things that help are a good nippy loader and a good load deck. I think the most we did was 16 cu metres in 6 hrs inc lunch but we had to deal with thick mud and basic log deck and old temperamental processor. Get things organised on firm ground with the right kit.

[Steve Bullman]

I had a 1x37 and would average half hour per cube, this was for arb waste.

[gensetsteve]

I think our average with 2 men inc sharpening and adjustments was 40 minutes per cu metre. The cord we bought in could easily be described as arb waste that's part of the reason we packed up

[Mortimer Firewood]

I think our average with 2 men inc sharpening and adjustments was 40 minutes per cu metre. The cord we bought in could easily be described as arb waste that's part of the reason we packed up

 

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