Hakki Pilke OH60, Thoughts please..

[bez248]

Hi,

I am new to this Forum and found it to be most informative. I would like to ask opinions on the OH60. Use would be for a side line business so we are looking to purchase a small to medium processor. What are the alternatives?

Timber would be Hornbeam, Ash, some oak some bent some straight.

After reading other threads we are leaning towards a blade rather than chain at the moment.

 

Will need to be PTO driven (Case 5120)

 

All comments greatfully recieved, If you have a vested interest ie dealer please state this.

Thanks

Mark

[Steve Bullman]

i looked at the oh60 when i was purchasing but chose the 1x37 for a number of reasons. firstly, i definetly preferred the chainsaw over the blade....but probably what swung it for me was the size of the splitting bay. although the chain only cuts 37cm, you can actually fit substantially larger rings than this in the splitter bay.

 

nothing wrong with the oh60 though im sure, and quite a bit cheaper too i guess.

[bez248]

Thanks Steve,

whereabouts in Suffolk are you based? Would it be possible to have a look when you are next using the machine, I run the Paintball site at Tendring so am probably not that far away.

 

I dont want to buy a machine that I have to upgrade next season!

 

Thanks

Mark

[Saw-sick Steve]

Just done 4hrs on one this morning. Good little machine, especially for smaller diameter coppice wood, limited use on gnarly arb waste. Personally, I like a decent plate blade as Tct ones can be a bit ''snatchy'' and chainsaws a bit more wasteful. In tandem with our home-made splitter, we can handle most stuff thrown our way.

One gripe is the absence of an over ride for the splitter, something been meaning to look at. Once the ram has been tripped theres no way of stopping it which can be a pain in the ass if processing logs of 8'' or less, as they often land on end in the tray and subsequently jam the splitter and ram, resulting in downtime.

The Palax I use enables you to stop the ram as soon as you see a log presented incorrectly, avoiding this issue. On longer logs, say 10-12'', its rarely an issue.

For an ''entry level'' machine i'd say its hard to beat, particularly as the price of second hand processors shows little sign of dropping!