Me on the Prentice 2670 Timber Feller Buncher

[Byrdbros]

nice video and web site pics.

[RLWMK3]

cutting stumps that high isnt easy on skidder driver....

[dwjkkrondor]

why not drop cut trees in one central area according to diameter, instead of dropping them all over the place??

[DavesTreeFarm]

What many loggers will do is use a grapple skidder to transport the logs to the loader, which is in a central location. It's more ifficient that way. I have a vid of this if your curious check it out. We recently logged about 10ac of hardwood. The equipment they used was a feller buncher, a grapple skidder, and a barko loader.

[arkashhhh]

S IT 2 CUT LEGS ?

[450RriderDylan]

i dont think your camera man is quite 300 feet back lol cool vid

[mathiastheok]

Sweet machine. Ever have any enviro nut spike a tree or two on ya? My cousin in Maine destroyed a feller buncher when he hot a stump with a couple pieces of re bar driven into it.

[o2RAYBID]

Ive actually hit concrete pillars reinfor=ced with rebar that was covered up with a mound of pine needles and briars. The carbide teeth chewed the side of it and dug it up 2 or 3 feet out of the ground. Dulled em, but it'd still cut pine just fine.

[4pistons]

Got to love FLAT GROUND! Those wheeled feller bunchers sure can make up the time compared to the tracked feller bunchers us goats have to contend with. Great video! Ever have landowners carp about the stump height?

[o2RAYBID]

Yeah, after the other machines rip and romp all over the place and eat the dirt out around the stumps (they get higher) ill usually come back through when my teeth are dull and cut the highest ones, that or the dozer and hoes come in.

[Paulpunkrocks]

The problem with feller bunchers and other huge machines like that is if it breaks down its going to cost a lot to fix, i guess when u invest in something like that u need to consider all those costs

[anooseholay]

It does cost more but the trade off is that when you are up and running you are producing a lot of timber then with a cable skidder and a chainsaw. The problem comes in when people decide they need to have all brand new shiny equipment and can't possibly hope to make the payments and some profit at the same time. Especially when you factor in the break downs that you mentioned. The answer is to find decent used stuff and good people to run it.

[crazytimbermonkey]

just curious what year is the machine? We're looking to buy either a new cat or tigercat fellerbuncher. Cat is basically a prentice with a black and yellow paint job.

[gangsta4eva13]

you cant beat a tigercat buddy.

[polska20v]

what i would give to run one of those :) im in the demolition/scrap business but would love to go over to this kind of work. how hard is the transition?

[jeremiahdixonlive]

really depends on where you live, I accindently gave you a thumbs down, sorry man. But yeah where I live logging is really going to the craps. I know it is alot of other places too. I own my own stuff and would be out of it tomorrow if possible. But hey man give it a try, just talk to people. Most loggers are pretty understanding of newcomers, some arent at all. Like I said though where Im at right now its kind of crappy far as pay goes. Im actually loosing money, but hoping for better. goodluck

[crazytimbermonkey]

that depends on what you run now and how good you are with machinery. you would also need to know your tree species. If you're familiar with a few machines, say a trackhoe, front end loader, ect. it shouldn't be that hard. You probably won't get paid quite as good as you are now though. If you live close to Hayward wisconsin let me know, I may be able to get you on a 2005 John Deere 643H feller buncher.

[Gasteraner]

Super Video

Good job

Good maschine

Please more videos

Take care

Gasteraner

[jeremiahdixonlive]

nice vid though man, what state do you live in and is this your equipment or do you work for someone, also wondering what kind of pay you guys get around there.

[o2RAYBID]

Im in a family business. At the time i was running this machine for a large clear cutting crew. Im really a mountain side logger with cable skidders. Pay varies around here in Tennessee. Thanks for the good comments.

[jeremiahdixonlive]

thats not a hydro ax, thats a prentice

[o2RAYBID]

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