CIRCLE SAW SLASHER

[treefarmer87]

do these require more hydralic pressure? i only see bar saws around here, why dont people use them around here. i see all the piles that they cut next to loaders up north. they dont have that much wood cut up around here next to the knuckleboom.

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[barbender]

Up here, you only see circle saw slashers. I've never seen a bar saw unit around these parts. Slashers here tend to do a lot of multiple stems, I think the circle saw has a little more grunt for that. Pictures I've seen of bar saw units, it looks like they are working 1 tree at a time.

[Jeff]

I've run a circle saw slasher before. At times it seemed under powered, but that was overcome by the momentum you have with the circle saw. If you don't have enough oomph with a bar slasher is simply won't cut. With a circle saw, you can list it back up, let it regain its speed, and cut on.

[SwampDonkey]

All circular saw slashers here as well. The only bar type I ever saw was mounted on a skidder to cut pulpwood sized softwood and was nothing a large operator would even fart around with. I could cut as much with a chain saw, type of thing.

[treefarmer87]

will they cut multiple sawlogs?

[snowstorm]

will they cut multiple sawlogs?

yes but it takes a lot of oil.......i would think at least 75 gal. a min.    dont even think bout runing a slasher with your 110 prentice.

[chevytaHOE5674]

My boss is running a circular slasher saw on his prentice loader. It will cut multiple stems at a time without too much trouble. But as said it requires a lot of hydro flow to keep that big heavy saw blade spinning.

[treefarmer87]

i wont unless i get a 384 or 410 ;D