Flail Debarker

[Hog Country]

Anyone know of a smaller flail debarker being made, possibly pto driven?
Or, maybe a mobile salvage one that could be set up as stationary?

Thanks, Tim

[Magicman]

Tim,  Welcome to The Forestry Forum....

[bandmiller2]

Tim,small debarkers are not common you may have to look at larger ones and build your own by scaling down.I've often thought about it but never got around to building anything.And welcome Frank C.

[Chico]

Most of the flail style s are built for portable chippers  It  wouldn't be too hard to build a flail but you could prob look around and find a rosserhead style I'm sure there are some in your area does a better job than a flail and doesn't damage the wood fiber as bad and according to prod you could prob debark an hr a day or less

[Hog Country]

Thanks for the replies. To give ya'll a better idea of what I'm doing, this is for a pellet mill that I started about 2 years ago. I recently got everything running pretty good, but the chip price around here has gotten high enough that I'm planning buying pulp wood and doing my own chipping.

The biggest thing I'm trying to figure out is the best way to debark. I was thinking that a rosser head might not be fast enough since I'll be running a lot of small stuff thru. Also thought about a drum debarker, but they are usually so big that I'm not for sure if that would be the way to go either.

Seems like a flail might be good for what I'm trying to do but, dosen't seem like anybody makes a smaller one for the production level that I need. Everything that I've seen is for big production and that puts them out of my price range. Looks like building my own might be the best way to go if I do go with a flail.

Anybody have any other ideas?

Tim

[Kobraken]

Tim   my dad and i are n the design phase of building a debarker.  We have a small one powered by a PTO from the tractor that spins a 24" drum seperated by a 16" gap  with chain across the intervening space. these chains spin and basically beat the bark off the log, or in this case the fence post.  I have 2 extensions for my sawmill that we have made a 4 post head similar to my sawmills that contains the drums now powered by a 25 horse Kohler that you walk up and down the logs. It will work, but we are still debugging and gathering parts.  Ken

[WDH]

The deliminator chain flails are commom in the South to delimb first thinning planted pine.  That will work good.  You can find a used I am sure.

 

[Chico]

yes I agree with WDH I assumed you were using it for sawlogs sorry A samall ring may work well also

[captain_crunch]

 I was going to play with one of those powersaw driven planer things. But if cut in spring Doug fir don't have much bark left on it by time it gets mauled on way to mill