What equiptment to go for? Arb wood processing

[Alycidon]

Japa 700 likes fairly straight timber, up to 280mm but you can get away up to 300mm doing a cut, turn the log and do a back cut, the offcut then needs to go through the splitter twice as the top lumps certainly on my 4 way are to big. Rings up to about 350mm can be dropped in but again will need splitting a second time.

 

Speed, single handed with a manual loading rack look at about 8 - 10 cube a day, including time to set up and take down/clear up.

 

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[ash_smith123]

hi their it seems if you are cutting up arb wood for firewood like the the one on you tube i would buy a kiln and burn it would be more profit in it

 

 

I see your point maybe 2 years ago but not anymore! The tarrif is basically nothing now unless you go 200+kW and I'm guessing if your looking at a small splitter and chainsaw you won't be in the market for a 40+k kiln system. And your 100 cube in a 200+kW system won't last you very long!!

[swinny]

Do people prefer a big disc or a chain saw for their processor machines?

[gdh]

Personally I prefer chainsaws. They're easier to change and maintain, the machines are more compact and you can go for a bigger diameter machine.

[swinny]

Personally I prefer chainsaws. They're easier to change and maintain, the machines are more compact and you can go for a bigger diameter machine.

 

yeah, last one i used had a chain saw.

 

its between a japa 700 and a japa 370 up to now. Japa 700 look very flimsy on the demo videos... esp the blade guard and the personel guard from the blade

[swinny]

Forgot to ask will these processors fit in a container once folded down?

[gdh]

I would think they would be slightly higher folded but you could leave the conveyor folded in half on the ground which would make it longer and lower. It must be possible since they get into the country.

 

Personally I prefer tajfun machine for build quality. our old hakki pilke 1x 37 was a decent machine but a bit worn when we sold it after 1800 tons wheras our tajfun 400 did 3000+ and still looked tidy.

Edited May 19, 2016 by gdh

[GlobalNewark]

Forgot to ask will these processors fit in a container once folded down?

 

 

Been offered a 2yr old Farmi today?

[Gray git]

Conveyer ain't attached when they come in to the country, palax definitely won't go into a container easily..

Think best set up is decent splitter and circular saw and a willing volunteer to operate them.

[Ashes_Firewood]

I tried sawing logs from the saw bench straight in to the tractor bucket to stock pile for splitting one year. Works ok but it doesn't take long to fill the bucket so you're forever jumping on and off the tractor. Then end up with a large pile of logs that can be quite outfacing if you're on your own!

 

If I was starting again I'd get a PTO splitter something along the lines of the Posch Hydrocombi so I could split the larger logs down in to billets then straight through the saw bench up a conveyor and in to IBC's. Smaller logs or twisty stuff put through the saw bench then split with the table in the place on the Posch splitter. Maybe one day!