wallenstien wood processor

treechopper40 · February 16, 2014, 06:23:23 PM

im thinking about buying a wp830 Wallenstein woodprocessor any of the guys on here have one or that have tried one please let me know your thoughts about them

thechknhwk · February 16, 2014, 08:38:53 PM

I want one too, but I ain't got the coin laying around for that. Only seen them workin on the you tube.

Kemper · February 16, 2014, 10:04:26 PM

Seem pretty nice, what's the price range?

Corley5 · February 16, 2014, 10:09:25 PM

Isn't that the one the one that drags the log through the dirt to the machine to cut it with a chainsaw

treechopper40 · February 17, 2014, 03:17:35 AM

unless you have a forwarder don't skidders drag the trees too ?

cutter88 · February 17, 2014, 05:32:08 AM

Quote from: Corley5 on February 16, 2014, 10:09:25 PM
Isn't that the one the one that drags the log through the dirt to the machine to cut it with a chainsaw

lol I always thought those ones that drag the log up with a cable threw the dirt wasn't a real great design either

Corley5 · February 17, 2014, 07:46:02 AM

It just adds more

Hilltop366 · February 17, 2014, 11:54:10 AM

I don't know the prices of other small wood processors but if you are saving lots of $ by going to this style with the trade off being having to buy a couple extra loops of chain verses having to buy a tractor or loader in order to run it why not.

I guess you could add some cribbing to drag the log on to keep it out of the dirt.

JamesE. PikeLogging · February 17, 2014, 01:03:21 PM

I have used one of these processors quite a bit, they work good.

thechknhwk · February 17, 2014, 06:03:11 PM

Maybe you could drag it through the snow instead. What other processors are self contained, trailerable and cost 10-14k?

logman81 · February 17, 2014, 07:19:40 PM

I like the hudson badger, pretty similar and all self contained with cut off saw.

treechopper40 · February 17, 2014, 10:48:47 PM

yeah its a lot like a badger my friend had a badger and the problem with the cut off saw is it don't cut the blocks square on the ends cause of the angle the tree is coming in the machine that's why I think it would be better with a chainsaw you could make the cuts straight I do 5-7 face cord a day and I think one of these would take a lot of the bull work out of it and you don't need another machine to feed it with im thinking drop the hitch rate behind the processor and then your not pulling the wood any distance to get on the machine I think for my one man operation it would be very handy

redprospector · February 18, 2014, 12:26:59 AM

A little higher price range maybe, but not too much. I've got a Chomper 14" processor with the automatic feature. It drags the logs through whatever's there and shears the pieces off. Nothing to sharpen at all. Some folks don't like them, but I haven't found anything that suits my needs better, and it's paid for. ;D

logman81 · February 18, 2014, 07:31:05 AM

Treechopper48, I'm thinking about the same thing you are. My thinking was on my TSI jobs was to buy the badger and bring it to the jobs and set it up in the landing and skid the hitch right to it. Process it right to firewood on the landing , seems like a no brainer to me for a one man op. I never heard of any one complain about the badger not cutting straight?

John Mc · February 18, 2014, 01:06:32 PM

I've only seen a Badger in real life once, and that was a while ago. But I don't recall it not cutting square. I thought the saw and frame are mounted at the same angle as the log infeed, so the cut was square.

logman81 · February 18, 2014, 01:20:39 PM

I'm pretty sure they are too seem to cut square to me !

thecfarm · February 18, 2014, 05:17:42 PM

I saw one of those Chompers in Maine. I just barely saw the top of it. One of those,"hang on,we're turning around" moments. There was soneone there running it too. I talked just for a minute and stood there for about 20 watching him run it.

treechopper40 · February 18, 2014, 06:56:30 PM

with short logs the badger does cut square blocks but when you put tree length through it the whole tree is so long that it doesn't match the angle of the saw until the tree is about half way gone

logman81 · February 18, 2014, 09:32:32 PM

Now I get it, that would make sense so a little limited on the length of log then.

treechopper40 · February 18, 2014, 10:12:47 PM

yup thats why with the Wallenstein you could use a chainsaw to get the blocks square and still do the whole tree Hudson makes a model called a wolverine also not much different than the badger and you can get that with or without a cutoff saw also

two-legged-sawmill · February 20, 2014, 11:12:54 AM

Hello Treechopper 40, with so many models of processors it is possible to confuse one model with an other. The Badge cuts off square however the Wolverine has varible slants on its cuts depending on log length or tree length.
IS THIS GUY MAY BE REFERING TO A WOLVERINE? , IT HAS AN ANGELD TRAY BUT THE SAW IS NOT ANGELD , It all boils down to personal prefferance.
There is hardly ever been a machine built that didn't have a short coming some where. Rene' B in NewComb,NY built a firewood processor on a big Allis Chalmer dozer,that had like 3 or 4 splitters. It would split 3ft blocks, then the blocks move to an other splitter, and then to an other for kitchen size wood.
This was back in the late 50's when they had camps for the Logger's!
I never carried a camera with me, but sure wished I had a picture of that Monstrosity! It had a picker for the big blocks, short conveyers between splitters.it took about 3 or 4 men to run it. Rene must of had a ton of welding
stick rod on it. Strickly an off road machine. Dan sr

treechopper40 · February 20, 2014, 06:47:35 PM

that's funny cause I know rene beroua (spelling) I worked for allen and ronny when I was younger when they had the 518 cats they are a great bunch of guys is rene still alive ? he was a old man when I knew him 20 yrs ago me and allen drank a lot of beer together