In this video I show some cut to length harvesting of some fir trees on my woodlot. The excavator is a Komatsu PC90 and the harvester is unnamed, but may be a Hahn HSG14 harvester head.
Man I wished I lived remotely closer to you I would gladly come run the processor for you watching you learn on it and break the trees and beat up the excavator his driving my OCD crazy LOL
@@forestandfarm it wasn't that bad man just messing with you everybody starts out like that but I would suggest making one pile for the tops and a separate pile for the log
I'm thinking about taking the plunge on a harvester of some type. My biggest trees are 14" in diameter but most are running 8 to 10" DBM. If you were buying again, would you go with an excavator and a head or would you look for a harvester on wheels? I'm just over the border in New Brunswick by the way. Thanks!
That's a good question @oakmountainacotts The reality is that the cost of any type of harvester is so high it makes it almost impossible to be able to make a choice between them. The real decision maker is what can you find nearby that is affordable. I haven't found either types that are reasonably affordable in the past few years, other than what I bought. If you get around to getting price quotes and comparisons I'd be interested in hearing what you find. If price were no object I'd get a Vimek combi machine (harvester/forwarder). But a couple years ago I priced it at 250k plus freight. And that was before all of the price increases.
