Wood processors

[mainiac]

thecfarm-Thanks for the link. It is all book marked for future use.

The only Timberwolf Processor in Maine is PenBay Tractors in Burnham and I did see them on the list. I will be giving them a call to see what they will be bringing for equipment. He is usually set up right next to Union Farm Equipment. That is how I found out about the show in the first place.

Mainiac

[letsgetitracing]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=hhmKBDIAXd0

this one is kool

[Corley5]

I'd like to have the tumbler setup  8)

[Gary_C]

I wondered what the purpose was of the tumbler?

[Corley5]

Ir removes slivers, sawdust and loose bark  8) 8)

[farmerdoug]

For dirt too.

Corley5,

Roughly how much sawdust does a full cord of wood produce through your processor?

I have wondered about the amount of sawdust left when bucking but since you are stationary it may be an easy guess for you.

[Furby]

Doug, it kinda sounds like ya might have heard about my chainsaw bagger attachment idea. ;)

[farmerdoug]

Sounds good but my help probably would not approve.  How about a hose with a dust collector? :

[Corley5]

I've never checked.  It'll make a big pile fairly quick though.  I've got some orders to fill Friday so I'll see if I can get some idea.  Sawdust bagger on a chainsaw ???  I don't think so  ;) ;D

[burnwood]

Just curious, how much wood to you intend to product each year with this thing?

[johncinquo]

I think I have seen that video a dozen times, every time I get .......

:D :D

[mainiac]

Burnwood-

If that question is directed towards me, I would like to get up around +/- 125 reg.cord of sales per year. I am busy through the summer, so I plan to do most of this processing in the winter and spring. This year with all the snow we have had, I would be able to process about 4-5 months. Normal winters though, it would be more like 6 months.

I am also considering doing "custom processing" where my client would buy a truck load of tree length wood and I could come to their place set up for a couple of days and process for them. Right now, tree length is selling for $90/cord for a 10 cord truck. Cut,split, and delivered fire would is selling for $180-$200/cord green. If I charge $80/cord to process, the customer still comes out better in the long run. I have not run of these machines as of yet, but based on what I have been reading, I feel that 2 days to do the 10 cord would be a fair time guestimation.

Mainiac

[WILDSAWMILL]

consider this processor option  www.millerswoodcutting.com

[mainiac]

I got to see a Timberwolf PRO-MP in use today and I am very impressed at how easy it works, the quality of the machine, and how fast the machine is. The only thing I have to do now is figure out how to pay for it and I will have one in my yard.

The guy that has it actually was able to use a PRO-MX which is one step up and the only advantage it had over the MP is it could load a 24' log onto it. The MP can only load up a 12' log, but the splitter is alot faster on the MP. 6sec versus 10sec.

Mainiac

[woody1]

I think we should all get together and buy the best processor available. With all the bells and whistles...Everything you want. If we got 10 people, it wouldn't be that much money.


And we'll keep it at my house.  :D :D ??? ???

[mainiac]

Someone e-mailed me the other day asking if I ever bought a processor last year so I thought I would give an update. I tried emailing  them back, but it got kicked back to me.

In February'08, I took delivery of my Timberwolf Pro-MP. I was loading it with my B7500 Kubota and after I almost tipped over for the second time, I found an old pulp truck that I now use to load and move wood around.

First year sales was about 75 cord and I missed out on about 50 cord because I could not get logs. To much compition for the trees last summer.

On average, it takes me about 1.5-2 hours per cord to process. That is by myself. The brow will hold not quite 1/2 of a cord at a time.

To sum it up- I love my machine and will be expecting many years of use from it.
Timberwolf Co. is outstanding to deal with.

Mainiac

[beenthere]

Good for you. 

Now, what is a brow?

[SwampDonkey]

A place to unload and store logs. It was a term used in Maine and New Brunswick when horse logging, basically a place to deck logs where they were loaded onto sleds as a load was harvested. He might mean his decking for his processor. Brow of logs, is a phrase commonly used here.

[mainiac]

Yup! What  swampdonkey said.

Did not realize that was a regional term.

Mainiac

[thecfarm]

Brow may also be an old timer word.I use to hear my Father say it.I have a brow in front of my mill to put my logs onto.Probaly now the new word is deck?

[gunman63]

HI, I was just wondering if u got the $80 a cord u thought about charging for cutting and splitting, I dont think we could get $40  here in northern Mn, But then with my processor i can do 2 cords an hour in most wood.

[SwampDonkey]

gunman, double that and more here in New Brunswick.

[gunman63]

WOW, thats good money. Is there  much for custom processing up there. A guy could make $160 a hr. and up  with one, granted it isnt all the time and have to figure move time in there, but its a good start.

[barbender]

Do you mean $80 per cord total or just for the processing?? I think around $40 per cord for just the processing sounds about right around here, so if you paid $80 per cord for the wood you would be trying to get $120 for it when you are done.

[gunman63]

I took it he was getting $80 for processing it, I could be wrong tho.  If u buy wood for  $80 a cord delivered in, (buying 200 cords hardwood for just under $60 delievered in right now), and figure $40 for processing, thats $120, plus holding it for 6 plus months, and delivery in the fall, U need to get $160-170 a cord to come out.