finally its making sawdust

snowstorm · June 16, 2013, 07:52:39 PM

seems like it took forever to get that rottne into the shape i wanted. yesterday i got to put it to work for a couple hrs. compared to the valmet much more room in the cab less noise along with an air ride heated seat. was 3 weeks getting the lexan for the windows because i wanted them cut to size. seems they were busy. then the big one came cut wrong. while i was waiting i painted it. the front half is new holland blue the rear silver. replaced almost every hydra hose on the machine. i did run into a snag on makeing the head rotate on the joy stick. rottne used 12volt electric over hydra controls the keto computer is 24 volt. ended up buying hydraulic switches normally open plumb they into the valve that rottne used for the rotator. run 24v to them other wire to the mckc works good. the crane will take some getting used to going from a telle boom to a parallel. the crane is faster but dosent have the swing power the valmet had. the keto head saws faster than it did. also feeds the tree faster and its much quicker to get up to speed . you have to use the presets now. keto says 17ft per sec feed speed its close to that. the knot backing also works much better. did find a fan blade cracked on the engine fan kinda of odd ya just wouldnt expect those to break

Ken · June 16, 2013, 08:24:30 PM

Great news. Good luck with the Rottne. How about a picture or video?

Cheers
Ken

snowstorm · June 16, 2013, 08:34:14 PM

Quote from: Ken on June 16, 2013, 08:24:30 PM
Great news. Good luck with the Rottne. How about a picture or video?

Cheers
Ken

maybe i can get the kid to do that i know i cant. ken we are coming up your way in a few days. heading for the gaspe. crossing the boarder in houlton friday night or sat. sometime. any tips on what to see in your part of nb

mainiac · June 17, 2013, 05:01:59 PM

What are you cutting? Anything I might be interested in?

1270d · June 17, 2013, 06:06:43 PM

Good to hear you re up and running. What size pump(s) does it run?

Did you get coated lexan I hope? It holds up to impact scratches a lot better.

Ken · June 17, 2013, 08:15:44 PM

[/quote] maybe i can get the kid to do that i know i cant. ken we are coming up your way in a few days. heading for the gaspe. crossing the boarder in houlton friday night or sat. sometime. any tips on what to see in your part of nb
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One of my favorite spots in NB is Hopewell Rocks on the Bay of Fundy. It would however put you out of your way a bit if you cross in Houlton. You could cross in Calais and be closer. On the western side of the province the Grand Falls Gorge is very nice and there is a zip line there I believe. Fredericton is a very nice small city to visit although a bit southeast of Houlton. If you travel towards Fredericton let me know and we could meet up.

Happy travels. The Gaspe is a very nice spot although my favorite time for there is early October when the leaves are in full color.

Cheers
Ken

snowstorm · June 17, 2013, 08:26:15 PM

Quote from: Ken on June 17, 2013, 08:15:44 PM

maybe i can get the kid to do that i know i cant. ken we are coming up your way in a few days. heading for the gaspe. crossing the boarder in houlton friday night or sat. sometime. any tips on what to see in your part of nb
[/quote]

One of my favorite spots in NB is Hopewell Rocks on the Bay of Fundy. It would however put you out of your way a bit if you cross in Houlton. You could cross in Calais and be closer. On the western side of the province the Grand Falls Gorge is very nice and there is a zip line there I believe. Fredericton is a very nice small city to visit although a bit southeast of Houlton. If you travel towards Fredericton let me know and we could meet up.

Happy travels. The Gaspe is a very nice spot although my favorite time for there is early October when the leaves are in full color.

Cheers
Ken
[/quote] i think i still have your # when we get up that way i will give you a call should be saturday

snowstorm · June 17, 2013, 08:38:06 PM

Quote from: 1270d on June 17, 2013, 06:06:43 PM
Good to hear you re up and running. What size pump(s) does it run?

Did you get coated lexan I hope? It holds up to impact scratches a lot better.

its 175hp 85gpm set at 3525psi it really has some snap to it and the sound it makes its a wild sound. that crane will take some getting used to. it is fast but not a lot of swing power. one popple had a 4"limb had to back up an hit it 3 times on the 3th try i opened the knives that did it. its lexan with marguard