Well as some of you know i purchased a new wallenstein firewood processor this past year. It has been a great machine for me and has worked for me pretty good. It has boosted up my production and has made some money for me but its time to up grade. I have been doing some research on a few different processors to replace it with.
Too small, too slow ? Or what is it you don't like on it, or why upgrade ?
Just think it would be interesting for people who are looking at the wallenstein products.
Had too long :D Logman gets a little fidgety when he owns something for more than 6 months ;D
Well my deman has increased yet again. So im having trouble keeping up a little. And i am getting tired of having to stop and fuel up the saw. It has nothing to do with me being fidgety its lack of production.
Well I guess that's not a bad thing, to be busy.
What model do you have?
I'm just ribbing you logman ;)
I have the 835 with all the options
Might want to consider a remote fuel and oil tank for the saw.
This machine isn't worth the effort to modify it. Im hoping to be bought out by Clayton at brute force manufacturing and get one of thier model 16-24 processors.
I would look at cord king too. not that high price for the features and production in my opinion
I heard from several people that they are junk but idk. And brute force may be buying my machine but nothing has happened yet.
seriously?? I have my eye on a bar and chain model 24-30. I hope your wrong
Yes seriously, they won't return my calls so the heck with them. Bells is also a very good well made machine but a little pricey.
I wouldn't call cord king junk. They've had some problems with welds on the earlier models but claim they have them fixed now.
Also heard of unhappy customers and calling cord king names, but those were mostly operators fault. On those big machines with several tons of force you can brake pretty well anything if you run it without common sense.
Some dealers are just not interested when they know there is a trade in.
I think Cord King and Bell are linked by design or builders?? Someone started in one and then opened the other up almost across the road so I expect they are similar. I look at designs and try to guess how hard it would be to fix or replace things because I know who is going to be doing it if I own it. Over the years I have modified numerous pieces of machinery with simple changes to make it easier to fix the first time or the next. Very often just access problems related to looks or just poor planning. I would prefer to talk to someone who has owned the same machine for a number of years and is running it how I wanted to run it, ie full time/part time/hired help etc.
Im hoping to get a brute force machine they are well maid.
I bought an older used Wood Beaver-16 and love it. Saw the newer model at the Paul Bunyan show and wish I could upgrade. Think they are a good machine and reasonable priced.
Nice hey whatever works and does the job.
Quote from: logman81 on March 05, 2017, 06:38:43 AM
Nice hey whatever works and does the job.
I have been looking into purchasing a Wallenstein 835. I dont have the capital to purchase a big machine and all of the support equipment needed.
Just hoping to get some positive feedback. This 6-10 cord a week by hand is starting to kill me.
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I have the 835. 2 weeks ago we did around 4 cords in 6 hours. I run a Stihl MS440 with semi chisel chain. The wood we cut up on that Saturday had some mud on it and the chain did fine up to the last hour. Most of the wood was 20 - 40 feet long 6" - 18" diameter oak, maple, and poplar. See my post on the processor. https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php/topic,90860.msg1399301.html#msg1399301
Quote from: Wallys World on March 27, 2017, 07:58:42 PM
I have the 835. 2 weeks ago we did around 4 cords in 6 hours. I run a Stihl MS440 with semi chisel chain. The wood we cut up on that Saturday had some mud on it and the chain did fine up to the last hour. Most of the wood was 20 - 40 feet long 6" - 18" diameter oak, maple, and poplar. See my post on the processor. https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php/topic,90860.msg1399301.html#msg1399301
Nice... That thread was one that had me leaning towards the Wallenstein. I cut and split another 2 cord today by hand and I am really not liking the wear and tear on me. I have to load in the morning and have 2 buddies coming over that I pay to help. I would love to be a one man show.
They are a ok processor for someone just started out in firewood on a larger scale. Definitely need some improvements to a few things and are not made for high volume firewood production.