I want to start a bio mass harvesting operation to follow loggers of large timber and to thin tree plantations in hilly Wisconsin. I'd want to pick up the larger limbs and put them on a wagon.
I am aware that Valby grapples with rotators can be used with excavators.
I also need to buy or rent used to begin with. I assume a 50 hp, over 12,000 lb machine would be required.
Are steel tracks a must?
How steep a side hill can these operate or drive on (even if a flat spot needs to be made for picking)? (our land is 20% sloped, or greater, and often roads are made on the traverse of steeper slopes to winch to.)
Is is possible to design a way to pull a farm wagon style trailer with a machine so that it follow the excavator to be loaded on a trail?
There is a tremendous need to harvest this material to use for alternative power and heat generation in our area.
I have a sawmill and am designing a Combined Heat and Power system to make power and to use the waste heat to dry wood chips for sale to larger plants. This operation will not work without some material handling beyond my current farm tractor.
I am aware that Valby grapples with rotators can be used with excavators.
I also need to buy or rent used to begin with. I assume a 50 hp, over 12,000 lb machine would be required.
Are steel tracks a must?
How steep a side hill can these operate or drive on (even if a flat spot needs to be made for picking)? (our land is 20% sloped, or greater, and often roads are made on the traverse of steeper slopes to winch to.)
Is is possible to design a way to pull a farm wagon style trailer with a machine so that it follow the excavator to be loaded on a trail?
There is a tremendous need to harvest this material to use for alternative power and heat generation in our area.
I have a sawmill and am designing a Combined Heat and Power system to make power and to use the waste heat to dry wood chips for sale to larger plants. This operation will not work without some material handling beyond my current farm tractor.