Recomendations for wood processor

[Tomr10]

Hi looking for recommendations for wood processor used or new pto driven. Wont be doing huge amounts of work but want something that will last

 

[oldoaktree]

Go for a circular saw one . Less saw dust less hassle all round don’t worry about odd nails in trees the tungsten tips will just eat them .No oil to worry about no bars or chains . I run a plalax 100 at the moment. I don’t think there’s much between them Posch are decent too .
Check the speed of the splitting ram and how the logs drops into the splitting chamber there’s nowt worse than constantly put logs right so they go through the splitting knife correctly.

 

[Tomr10]

Is there a brand to avoid

 

[oldoaktree]

Not sure but arbtalk might be worth going on plenty of nutters on there 2 .
I’ve only had japa and palax machines the japa was ok for an entree level machine main problem was the bar used to wear unevenly due the tension in the belt pushing the log on to the bar and the oiling system was pretty poor. Got a palax 90 with a blade had it for a good few years but the splitting ram was a bit slow to return. Got a palax 100 now it’s spot on 1000mm blade on it

 

[Goweresque]

Go for a circular saw one . Less saw dust less hassle all round don’t worry about odd nails in trees the tungsten tips will just eat them .No oil to worry about no bars or chains . I run a plalax 100 at the moment. I don’t think there’s much between them Posch are decent too .
Check the speed of the splitting ram and how the logs drops into the splitting chamber there’s nowt worse than constantly put logs right so they go through the splitting knife correctly.

Depends what the OP wants to cut with it, if its dead straight pine poles etc then a circular saw might be better, but if its knarly old farm timber then putting that through a circular saw processor can be a bit of a dodgy experience. Timber with twists in can move when offered up to the blade which can result in jams and all manner of nasty outcomes. I bought a processor that had a circular saw and after a number of close shaves decided it wasn't the right thing for me. I did make it much better by adding a hydraulically powered arm to hold wood tightly in place as you offered it to the blade, which made it far safer. But in the end it just didn't work for my system so I got rid of it.

 

[Chris16]

We had a Palax combi processor for years, aside from the sensors requiring fettling now and again it was a very good machine and didn’t half do some work.

 

[Tomr10]

It will be cutting all sorts of stuff it's only for personal use but want something semi there top end of bugget 10k

 

[oldoaktree]

Depends what the OP wants to cut with it, if its dead straight pine poles etc then a circular saw might be better, but if its knarly old farm timber then putting that through a circular saw processor can be a bit of a dodgy experience. Timber with twists in can move when offered up to the blade which can result in jams and all manner of nasty outcomes. I bought a processor that had a circular saw and after a number of close shaves decided it wasn't the right thing for me. I did make it much better by adding a hydraulically powered arm to hold wood tightly in place as you offered it to the blade, which made it far safer. But in the end it just didn't work for my system so I got rid of it.

Just done 75 tons of what could be described as arb waste and no problems . Apart from it’s annoying stuff. With his 10k budget a decent 2nd hand palax or pocsh machine with hydraulic controls and grip arm is well within budget.

 

[Tomr10]

What about this ?

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[Tomr10]

Or this https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hakki-Pi...-/324640163417?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286

 

[oldoaktree]

Try main dealers 1st you’ll find out what you can get for your money.
Jas P Wilson for posch never dealt with them but heard good things
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[Goweresque]

Just done 75 tons of what could be described as arb waste and no problems . Apart from it’s annoying stuff. With his 10k budget a decent 2nd hand palax or pocsh machine with hydraulic controls and grip arm is well within budget. View attachment 963098View attachment 963099View attachment 963100

If its got a hydraulic grip arm then it should be safer for sure. The one I had (BGU make) had a manual grip arm, so the operator was trying to hold the log still and push the cradle into the blade at the same time. There was no way you could keep any amount of pressure on the log doing both jobs, which meant slippage could (and did) often occur.

 

[oldoaktree]

If its got a hydraulic grip arm then it should be safer for sure. The one I had (BGU make) had a manual grip arm, so the operator was trying to hold the log still and push the cradle into the blade at the same time. There was no way you could keep any amount of pressure on the log doing both jobs, which meant slippage could (and did) often occur.

Quite often if a saw blade grips a log it’s due to the fact that the blade it’s getting blunt.
What you seam to be talking about is one step up from a small saw bench where as the OP seams to be after a medium sized processor most of which will have a hydraulic grip arm to hold the log in place.

 

[ACEngineering]

Dad likes his Dalen processor.

 

[Wigeon]

We have an old japa 700 I think. Fine if you've got nice straight small sticks and are cutting them to a reasonable length. If its knobbly, or you need them short, or it's big etc, then it's not brilliant.

 

[ACEngineering]

Quite often if a saw blade grips a log it’s due to the fact that the blade it’s getting blunt.
What you seam to be talking about is one step up from a small saw bench where as the OP seams to be after a medium sized processor most of which will have a hydraulic grip arm to hold the log in place.

Used to have a old blue and white transaw before the days of posch, good machine but blade could grab hold of a Karly bit of wood at time and jam or rattle it around and try to rip your arm off once in my teens i was loading timber in to it while dad operating it and it kicked a bit out and shot it across the yard back in to the pile i just pulled it out of must that cut up thousands of tons with it! only moved it on a few years ago! probably 40 years old???

 

[oldoaktree]

Used to have a old blue and white transaw before the days of posch, good machine but blade could grab hold of a Karly bit of wood at time and jam or rattle it around and try to rip your arm off once in my teens i was loading timber in to it while dad operating it and it kicked a bit out and shot it across the yard back in to the pile i just pulled it out of must that cut up thousands of tons with it! only moved it on a few years ago! probably 40 years old???

How often did the blade get sharpened

 

[the-mad-welder]

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[ACEngineering]

How often did the blade get sharpened

Tungsten tip, it had new tips and re ground several times over the years as and when required.
Defiantly improved it but it could still bite you Still we all still have our arms and fingers

 

[Tomr10]

Seams nobody wants to advertise the price of a new one and Google keeps throwing up old ads for used ones