Greenland South
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Anyone here have any experience with this brand/model. One for sale here locally, guys asking $8K.
Thank you mountainlake. That makes sense now. I did glance at the photo on their website but got the impression it was vertically slanted, which I couldn't understand.
What's a standard log length up there? The EZ has about a foot less log length capacity, but a foot more log diameter.
If it's less work for the EZ mill because of the angled attack to the log, any reason why they don't offer a similar 18hp option like WM?
We all know what happens to our chips (dust and small chips to larger chips and then noodles) when changing the bar angle with our chainsaws, so could the EZ blades benefit from slightly different teeth geometry from standard to make the best of the potential benefits? Have any EZ owners experimented in this regard or further changed the blade angle of attack?
Thanks for the responses. The guy sold it before I had a chance to go look at it. Still looking but I think I may add a FX65 or FX90 skidding winch to the arsenal this spring before a new to me band mill.
I'm curious to know what size tractor you have. I have a New Holland TC45DA. Biggest tree I might have to skid or winch might hit 24". We don't have any big oak or elm trees here, just spruce and poplars. Not sure if I would need the FX90 or if the FX65 would be adequate for what I would be doing. I don't know anyone personally who is using one of these winches. What's your opinion on the FX90? Do you think I need 350 lbs more weight and 2500 extra lbs of pull it has over the FX65. I'm moving into a whole different world since I got this tractor and I don't want to make the mistake of by buying to to lite or to heavy duty. Read quite a few old posts about skidding winchs here and elsewhere, but not to much discussion out there regarding what might be better suited for a tractor of my size. Maybe a topic for another thread.I gotta tell ya, my FX90 is one of my all time best purchases...
I've skidded some big logs with it,
It takes a decent sized tractor to skid the big logs out though, unless you have easy skidding.
As for HP and BSM's, with things equal, it really depends on how fast you want to cut, with lower HP you just go slower...
As for the LT15, I've run a couple of them, looks like a good mill, but I'm sure glad I don't have to screw around with that rope and crank on my Lumbermate!! I'd MUCH rather push the head through the log...
SR
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