Looks like it takes pretty small logs though
Call me when they come up with an automatic stacker. Love splitting/ hate stacking.
By U.S. but not European standards.
They tend towards much more intensive, shorter life management practices.
The two schemes, from what I've read, that are most prevalent are either clear cuts every 30 years to maximize fiber production for paper and firewood, or very regular thinning cuts from 30 to 60+ where all the poor trees are thinned out while still pole log sized like those in the video and the mature trees are what we'd consider high grade saw logs.
I like it. "The user only has to make sure that there are logs on the table for the machine to work with". Of course, huge logs will not work either, and there is no guarantee that the split logs that it produces are going to be the same size.
Good point. The Bobcat add on may still have it beat, kicking out 8 cords per hour (my estimate that nobody contested). Take a look:its cool the thing folds up for transport,but i haven't seen any electric in the woods yet..
,but i haven't seen any electric in the woods yet..
I agree on that one....That Finnish processor must be way more $$$'s the the Bobcat attachment...Good point. The Bobcat add on may still have it beat, kicking out 8 cords per hour (my estimate that nobody contested). Take a look:
YouTube - Worlds coolest logsplitter‏
I wonder what the price of electricity:gasoline or diesel is in Europe...I don't have the figures for this type of work.
You hit the nail on the head....I'm kind of wondering if the situation may be reversed and it might be significantly cheaper to use electricity if your fuels cost $8+/gallon already...
I guess it also gets down to cost and purpose. The Bobcat also costs a bunch to obtain all by itself, but it can do much more than split wood.I agree on that one....That Finnish processor must be way more $$$'s the the Bobcat attachment...
Ingersoll Rand knew what they were doing when they invented the Bobcat.
The Keller Loader had two drive wheels and a rear caster wheel, and the brothers built half a dozen more in the first year. In September 1958, they were hired by the Melroe brothers at Melroe Manufacturing Company in Gwinner, North Dakota, which was later to become Bobcat Company. Using the brothers’ design, Melroe introduced the M60 Self-Propelled Loader and, in 1960, Louis added a rear drive axle, resulting in the M400 model, the world’s first true skid-steer loader.
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