Chris Sheppard
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hakie pilke eagle petrol engine?
Chris Sheppard replied to normandylumberjack's topic in Large equipment
Officially no, in reality yes. It's another one ot those that's suposed to be operated only by one person. We used to run it on the back of the Carraro most of the time (48hp) and if you timed it just right (or wrong) and were sawing a big bit at the same time as splitting a knotty bit then it could start to slip the belts. Was worse when it was on the back of the county though. -
If it was me, I'd not worry too much about painting it - it's a forestry tractor that's going to get brayed to hell. I'm surprised it's got any paint left at all Don't do half as much skidding a used to, used to do a lot of work on bank sides but less so now. Also, sold the County a few years ago and tend to use much smaller machinery now too, where we can quite often shortwood from stump. Did have a small 100 tonne job a few weeks back that was all to winch up hill though. We did that with a 30hp landini and 3t igland.
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At one point the only real difference was the colour (and styling) of the plastics.
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Sorry, I was meaning more from a buying new and putting it to work in a situation where employees are to use it. Getting round interlocks etc is a doddle though, yes
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hakie pilke eagle petrol engine?
Chris Sheppard replied to normandylumberjack's topic in Large equipment
I asked M Large about them a few weeks ago and apparently they are now discontinued as the petrol one, which is a shame. When I had my PTO one we did look at converting it using HP parts but was told that by the time I had all the bits to do it, it would have been as cheap/easy to sell the PTO one and buy a petrol one. 10" diameter in theory, though with a bit of juggling and double cutting you can saw a little bigger. Can't remember exactly but think there's a little bit of adjustment to get slightly more than 10" onto the splitter too. I really liked mine and wished I'd not sold it and bought a processor. -
This one was the Detroit engined one, it used to sound amazing coming down through the wood with a snig on. I left for College shortly after it arrived but while I was there it definitely changed things. Was old enough it had a spool to steer but it was up and down instead of left and right, don't know if they are all like that? Saw it wiggle it's way up some big rock steps in reverse; get as far as it could on it's own then run the winch out to a stump to help it the rest with a bit of a wiggle thrown in. From what I could gather, if they start to go wrong it's usually torque converter or gearbox related.
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Whilst I agree, ultimately rules is rules and nowt we can do will change that.
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As been said above, there's no one bringing them into the UK because they don't have CE and probably can't get around it. From what I can gather about how these work, they are great on straight grained, easy splitting timber but next to useless on anything knotty. two handed doesn't have to be a slow machine, it's more about things like ram speed, adjustable stroke and auto return.
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I agree with Andy
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Come on, get some pics of the TJ 360 up! We used to run an old one on one estate and it sounded awesome and would climb anything
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Given that splitters are supposed to require two handed operation, there should be no possible way your hands are in line of the splitting knife. Before anyone starts, I don't know which piece of legislation relates to this, but it does exist, I've been shown it and know of at least one manufacturer who HSE had interest in for not following this. Also, nearly every commercially produced splitter I've seen new has got a sticker on it saying for use by one person only - if someone elses hands are i nthe way then themachine has been being used incorrectly surely? More and more vertical splitters are now also being produced with a small sliding spike that moves just below the knife - the idea being you bang the log against the spike so as then not having the problem of needing to hold the log.
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There's meant to be a new UK importer now too, they were at the APF and sell carabiners and pruning saws - I'm not 100% sure but think they were calld comething like Cutting Edge?
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Shhhh, don't tell everyone
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That's a nice looking transporter Stevie
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Speaking to fuelwood at the APF, the japa 100 has apparently had several fairly big mods to the new ones that have done little more than make it more expensive - don't know what the price is one one now though. LAst price I got back for a HP Eagle was £1500 plus vat and delivery but including the TCT blade. As a next step from your current set up, and if you get a good amount of sub 10" diameter stuff, I think you'll find a sawbench a good move. I used to have a HP Eagle and really got on well with it, and especially found the corkscrew handy when dealing with billets as it meant any odd bigger bits could get split before going in the pile. If you get a lot of big diameter stuff thats a bit gnrly then its chainsaw and splitter and thats about it.
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The 346 would have a bit more torque than the 242 but feel positively lardy in comparison. For that size stuff a 357 with a 15" bar and maybe up a tooth on the sprocket wouldn't be a bad thing.
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We've been doing the retro forestry thing this week - smaller larch thinnings felt the pain of a pair of 242's letting rip
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That seems not bad for the 346, but I feel he's maybe undervaluing your 242 if it's a good one. I'd be leaning more towards the 357 for firewooding if it was me and was chosing between the two. Depends on what sort of diameter stuff you deal with mainly as to how big a saw, but I find ringing up boring so usually want a big saw, short bar and big sprocket.
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I'm inclined to agree. The balance would be all wrong and on the normal 372 (so not the new Xtorq), in my opinion, hasn't got the power to sensibly pull 28".
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If the 242's a good one, then in my opinion you would be foolish to get rid of it. It's not a saw I'd want to use for firewooding (but neither is a 346 really) but they are fairly sought after. Why not see what he wants for the 346 without swapping and take it from there.
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Absolutely - shove that echo in the bin and keep letting rip with the 560 - you know it makes sense Having never used the echo though I can't say for sure
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Do you ever have any none climbing positions come up?
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Being all grown up now - They look quite shiny new and being solid centres like that there's half a chance they could aftermarket ones from somewhere like Totrax. Dunno what else they might fit though.
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I reckon a David Brown
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Not legal to tow on the road though. No suspension or mudguards for one.
