hydrolic chainsaw

[ifixbuses]

Im wondering why a hydrolic chainsaw isnt used in milling for the actual milling not just cutting to length it would seem to me that it would be an easy way to have good power and have the hydrolics there for lifting moving ext ext .(this idea has been burning circles in my head for a few days now)

 

[n8ghz]

That idea has been doing the same thing to me for the last 3 months....so I built one.

 

[tomtrees58]

thear to slow

 

[BobL]

Are you talking about a chainsaw or a chainsaw mill?

In terms of a hydraulic chainsaw they work well when attached to machines that already have hydro on board, like harvesters, which are basically hydraulic chainsaws on wheels and have been around for a long time. if you can afford one, then good luck to you but they don't serve every purpose. For just cutting a tree down, as a faller I would not want to be encumbered by hydraulic hoses etc. In fact they would be very dangerous. Getting a harvester into some places is also just not possible.

In terms of a chainsaw mill it depends how mobile you want to be and what power sources you already have on hand. If you have to bring along a 4-stroke motor to power a hydro pack to power a chain saw then why bother with a hydro pack - it just robs power from the 4 stroke - just connect the four stroke to the bar or a bandsaw and away you go. If you already have hydro with you on site, like a or a tractor/loader to move stuff, then hydro makes more sense, although if I did that I would want to wait for cutting to stop to use the machine say to move something. For wide cuts a 20 HP four stroke on a Lucas slabber can run a 76" bar without blinking, or run super low rakers on narrower cut.

 

[ifixbuses]

I was thinking more along the lines of a trailer mounted mill and using a hydraulic chainsaw as a chain saw mill now the way bob put it it does make less sense couse you still have an "alaskan mill" without the coinveiance of bringing the mill right to the log(kind of a double dis advantage.
Now the idea of a 4 stroke powered band saw mill dosent sound to bad. anyone on here use the tire wheeled bandsaws that are all over youtube? Think a 5 horse would do ?

 

[BobL]

I was thinking more along the lines of a trailer mounted mill and using a hydraulic chainsaw as a chain saw mill now the way bob put it it does make less sense couse you still have an "alaskan mill" without the coinveiance of bringing the mill right to the log(kind of a double dis advantage.
Now the idea of a 4 stroke powered band saw mill dosent sound to bad. anyone on here use the tire wheeled bandsaws that are all over youtube? Think a 5 horse would do ?

For a hyrdro carriage mill have a look here.

Lots of folk on here using four stroke bandsaw mills - just do a search for "bandsaw"

 

[Sawyer Rob]

I have a friend who has been cutting some of the best gunstock blanks sold, out of stump wood for many years.

He uses a 5' chainsaw bar powered with a hydraulic motor on each end. He has two of them, and they work just fine for him and his use.

Rob

 

[Tnslabber]

That idea has been doing the same thing to me for the last 3 months....so I built one.

Good on ya for building one. I've trying to find info. I've got a skid steer with 40 gpm at 3000 psi I would like to use as power. Motor size rpms? How is yours cutting? Thanks