Very nice young man. Was working on repairs for the grapple arm or something, blew a hydraulic hose. Didn't get to see the processor in operation ButI got some pictures. Hydraulic chain saw: Splitter moves up & depending on the size of the round. You can see the control station on the right He says about 8 -9 cord, then the chain need sharpened : Have to use/cut make fairly straight logs, bag on the right is to collect the chips, they go to an oil refinery something to do with diluting waste sulfur & shipped to Seattle Has a live table to roll the next log on. Splits com off, up the conveyor & stacked pallet on the ground is the operations center & Barrel on the left is the operator's heater You can see some of the logs in the background. Mostly aspen & cottonwood which they use to feed the 48" shop stove. When they get a land clearing job, they have to take all the trees, spruce & birch is the $$ money firewood, some of the bigger solid cottonwood & spruce go to the saw mill. So cottonwood is shop heat. (he said free, but near the same amount of work & fuel) My guess would be there's 40 cord of cottonwood logs to be processed. Anyway got the grand tour Nice setup, & a nice hardworking young man.
Nice pics of the operation. Can you tell me Dave what the name of the processor is? I've done some lurking a few years ago and saw some of the tops brands, which one is that? Thanks for posting, always appreciate a firewood producers yard
Thanks for sharing the pics Dave. Nice job you have there Nate. Hard work, but something that looks enjoyable.
I've seen these before and they are quite nice if you need to buck up a lot of firewood, especially if this is a one man operation. Glad you two finally got to meet.
bogydave , I like how the splitting area on the processor is shrouded, not many are. Nothing like a tough round and the pressure of the 6 way sends a reminder your way. I like that machine.
