Cooks debarker anyone using one

[Banjo picker]

Hey folks I have checked the old threads on the debarkers...seems like the Woodmizer folks like theirs...the Hudsons don't.....cant find anything on Cooks....if I have overlooked it let me know where to look....I still have time to have one installed on the mill before delivery....Does anyone have a verdict on the cooks debarker, either theirs or one they have seen....cost about 2 grand.....Thanks in advance for any help....Tim

[Norm]

I've never seen a cook's sawmill Tim but I consider a debarker one of the must have items for a bandmill.

[Banjo picker]

Thanks for the reply Norm....Several were looking ,no one replying....I have a Cooks on order,  and am thinking about adding the debarker before they get too far along....Cooks puts a different pump on a mill without the debarker....and if I wanted one later,,,I not only would have to get the debarker, but also change out the pump  ( buy it) then have to do the work installing it.....Hoping for a report shortly....as I will be talking with them today...Tim

[WH_Conley]

I am guessing that my debarker get me 2-3 times the blade life on a sharpening. If you are going to saw much it will soon pay for its self. Mine went out one time and I tried to finish a small job without it.

[Banjo picker]

WH what kind of mill are you running....you may have already told me ...Tim

[WH_Conley]

WM, that's the reason I never responded sooner. I take it the Cook's is a hydraulic debarker? I looked at their website and never saw anything about it.

[Banjo picker]

Yes it is hyd...Tim

[Gipper]

Tim, if you still have time, go with the debarker!  I, for some stupid reason, left it off mine and have regreted it since.  In the 6 & 1/2 years I've owned mine I often think of the number of additional blades I've had to buy because I did not get it.  I opted for the set works instead - big mistake!  I run the Cook's AC 36 fully hydraulic....Gipper 

[Banjo picker]

Thanks Gipper ,  I did just that yesterday....Tim

[MaddiesDad]

It's always best to have a debarker.