The company I worked for bought this well used Koller. All the parts we had to order showed up in a few days. It is a long way from Slovenia to NZ if something breaks.
Skyline load capacities
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This probably a somewhat smaller load than your prospective yarder will be able to handle.
KiwiBro
Mill 'em, nails be damned.
Aint that the truth, but I haven't the $ to buy something like that anyway, and if ever I do in the future, by that time something else will be available no doubt. Here in NZ the issue of service and parts support is critical with any offshore made gear. I'll take a risk and buy from overseas if it's solid gear with a proven history and/or it won't break the bank waiting a week or two for parts that can't be bodged here in the meantime.
Have been looking at a framesaw for cutting cants from off my sawmill but there is no local distributor, the closest is in Aussie and I've had bad experiences with some machinery sellers across the ditch in Aussie when it came time to stand behind their product, and the machine and parts (Aussie dealer doesn't stock all the parts, and doesn't even stock the machine - it's indented and drop shipped straight to customers) are made in Sweden. Lots of red flags and the price of the gear doesn't come close to making up for the risks. So that's the end of that idea.
