Delimbing with loader

[treefarmer87]

what is the smallest knuckleboom that should be used for pull thru limbing?

[Maine372]

Prentice 210, barko 160, serco 200.

what you want is a turntable loader. one with a big slew gear and bearing like an excavator. prefereably with two swing rotors. any way you go you will get longer reach than your 110 and a cab! (i reccomend adding a stereo)

[treefarmer87]

i run a 210 when i unload myself at the mill i really like it, i like the barko 160 also i have seen them as low as $12000 down in carolina on a trailer. i like the cab alot keeps me from getting wet.

[240b]

From what I've seen pull thru delimbiming is the wicked hard on any loader. Locally there is a 24000 hood which is just beat to crap from it. Now that is a pretty big loader, granted the operator has something to do w/ that but I can't see how any loader boom could be built heavy enough to withstand the forces and shock loads generated by this.  Hence the stroke delimber.  It isn't worth it to wreck a nice little machine for a few loads of wood. So grab a saw and get to it.( or hire someone to do it).

[Maine372]

the problem with limbing mechanically is the brush is on the landing. what do you do with it then? its a hellacious mess. with a grapple skidder you can atleast take it back in the woods and run it over to crush it. with a cable skidder i dont know what you would do.

i would still favor limbing in the woods with a saw considering the scale of your operation and equipment line up. pull through delimbers are better suited to softwood with small brittle limbs. the stroker will take the abuse best, but really hardwood tops should be hand processed or just chipped.

[Ron Scott]

Well said! Practice good forestry. Landowner's shouldn't be left with such an unsightly landing mess that degrades their property. Those that see it probably won't allow you to harvest timber on their property.

[treefarmer87]

the trees i usually cut have big enough and long enough limbs for pulpwood, so i take them to the pulp mill

[chucker]

the trees i usually cut have big enough and long enough limbs for pulpwood, so i take them to the pulp mill

?? so what your saying is that you log limbs the size of trees, or the trees have no limbs??                               

[treefarmer87]

no, i was saying i leave no mess i take the limbs and tops to the pulp mill even if it looks like a load of brush they will take it. the yellow poplars i cut have virtually no limbs except the top- all veneer wood, that is the main reason i cut them there is hardly a mess. i just moved to a new tract this morning 2 mi from the sawlog mill, and im not payin stumpage. im sorry, i didnt make my comment clear, made myself look real smart....

[chucker]

  lol !! WE ALL SEEM TO DO THAT WHEN IT COMES TO BRUSH!!  daily thing for me even feels wrong when i dont take a fall some days?? lol snaping the limbs off the bigtooth popel works best for me while out in the bush kinda just taking a step backwards before the pull..... lot less to tend with on the deck.