triple grinding waste timber

JTL said:

How do you go about grinding wood debries down smaller than what they come out the end of the grinder? Can you close down the grinder rolls on that style machine? I've never been around that style before. The only one I ever worked around was a big tub grinder. A Morbark 1300 I belive. What a monster though!
We had to grind 9 miles of road right-of-way brush and stumps this last summer and then place it over the slopes, for erosion controll. About the smallest piece I saw come out of that thing was mabey a 2"x10" chunk. (we lost a window in our 966 that was loading the trucks with the waste) Man that thing would throw some crap around!
Jason

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mine is a horizontal grinder, different to a tub grinder, the size of the material coming out of the grinder depends on the screen, on the job the pics are from i used a 3 inch screen, although the screen is 3 inch most of the material is smaller than that, we put it through 3 times, each time you put it through it finishes up smaller.

Thanks!
I assumed it was a horizontal grinder. Like I said, I dont know to much about these machines, other that what I've read about.
Makes sence though. Just like a rock crusher, the more times you run it through, the smaller it gets. Till of course it gets to the point you cant grind it or crush it anymore without scarcificing production.
I do recall seeing some half round screen looking things hanging off of that tub grinder I was around.
Jason

australian pete said:

no chance of that mate, i have owned lots of different cars however have always disliked any kind of volkswagon, dunno why, just never liked them.

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Love mine. Bought a jetta in may. Been a great little car, it's an 02 with 116k miles, 14k of those I have put on. It's a diesel and before winter fuel and studded snow tires I was going about 600+ miles on 11 gallons of fuel. It's quick comfortable and great on fuel, must say love the heated seats too. But honestly I never wanted one till I was looking for a small car heard alot of great things about them so...........

PSDF350 said:

Love mine. Bought a jetta in may. Been a great little car, it's an 02 with 116k miles, 14k of those I have put on. It's a diesel and before winter fuel and studded snow tires I was going about 600+ miles on 11 gallons of fuel. It's quick comfortable and great on fuel, must say love the heated seats too. But honestly I never wanted one till I was looking for a small car heard alot of great things about them so...........

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i guess the new ones are way different, particuarly with a diesel engine, i like the idea of a diesel, i never liked those beetles with the crappy sounding air cooled engine.

MKTEF said:

Nice pics!
Nice Magnum you got there, 500ps?
Would be nice with some more pics of the truck too..

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some more pics of the multi skilling mack magnum, and some kangaroos that live on our property.

LOL Pete!! Those air cooled V dubs haven't been available here in the States for over 20 years!! I'll agree with you, those cars were cheaply built and underpowered, but they were cheap to buy and you could just about get parts at any department or hardware store. At 6'4" I could barely squeeze myself behind the steering wheel with the seat all the way back. They sold so many of them because they were cheap basic transportation and cheap to keep running. When the Japanese cars took hold here, they were even cheaper than the VWs and more appointed so their market dried up.

Since then VW has gone after a different market building FWD cars with high powered water cooled engines that have become very luxurious. They are typically more expensive than their Japanese counterparts, but they are a lot more car too. They're almost to the point of being a poor man's Mercedes, very well built cars.

Steve Frazier said:

LOL Pete!! Those air cooled V dubs haven't been available here in the States for over 20 years!! I'll agree with you, those cars were cheaply built and underpowered, but they were cheap to buy and you could just about get parts at any department or hardware store. At 6'4" I could barely squeeze myself behind the steering wheel with the seat all the way back. They sold so many of them because they were cheap basic transportation and cheap to keep running. When the Japanese cars took hold here, they were even cheaper than the VWs and more appointed so their market dried up.

Since then VW has gone after a different market building FWD cars with high powered water cooled engines that have become very luxurious. They are typically more expensive than their Japanese counterparts, but they are a lot more car too. They're almost to the point of being a poor man's Mercedes, very well built cars.

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LMAO but so true.

Steve Frazier said:

LOL Pete!! Those air cooled V dubs haven't been available here in the States for over 20 years!! I'll agree with you, those cars were cheaply built and underpowered, but they were cheap to buy and you could just about get parts at any department or hardware store. At 6'4" I could barely squeeze myself behind the steering wheel with the seat all the way back. They sold so many of them because they were cheap basic transportation and cheap to keep running. When the Japanese cars took hold here, they were even cheaper than the VWs and more appointed so their market dried up.

Since then VW has gone after a different market building FWD cars with high powered water cooled engines that have become very luxurious. They are typically more expensive than their Japanese counterparts, but they are a lot more car too. They're almost to the point of being a poor man's Mercedes, very well built cars.

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i think it is more than 20 years ago that the old vdubs were sold here steve, they are fairly rare now, you only occasionly see one on the road although the kombi is more common.

VW = Hitlers revenge .

You seem to have a few dollars tied up in machinery Pete .

Those Renault macks are like a mobile block of flats coming down the road . I know why you bought it though , they are as cheap as chips . I'm really needing a truck and float but the rego on a bogie is rediculous . Ive thought of getting a lightweight trailer built with no floor , only having 4 bolsters to sit the tracks of the digger on . If i can get the thing down to 35 tonne all up with a single drive truck i'll still be legal . The cost of cartage is not that big of a problem , it's the inconvienience of not being able to be somewhere at will , or to be able to pull up and do another job on the way home etc .

Iron Horse said:

VW = Hitlers revenge .

You seem to have a few dollars tied up in machinery Pete .

Those Renault macks are like a mobile block of flats coming down the road . I know why you bought it though , they are as cheap as chips . I'm really needing a truck and float but the rego on a bogie is rediculous . Ive thought of getting a lightweight trailer built with no floor , only having 4 bolsters to sit the tracks of the digger on . If i can get the thing down to 35 tonne all up with a single drive truck i'll still be legal . The cost of cartage is not that big of a problem , it's the inconvienience of not being able to be somewhere at will , or to be able to pull up and do another job on the way home etc .

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it is one hell of an ugly truck, but yes cheap, it has a cummins signature , 600 horsepower, 18 speed road ranger, eaton diffs , b double rated, ugly as it is it rides really well, i like it and while im driving it i cant see what it looks like, i bought it at auction for $30,000. it had heaps of little things wrong, air conditioner missing etc, it owed me around $50,000 on the road registered, have had it working for a little over 12 months and have spent next to nothing on it and it has never let me down, luckily it was mechanically good.
the rego on the truck is expensive approx $7000 with the green slip. trailer only $1000. it is well worth it though, i tend to do a lot of small jobs that pay well because i can float the machines there for a low cost and as you say the conveniance of being able to shift machines when you need to is great, a lot less downtime for machines instead of them sitting somewhere waiting for a float, if you were ever going to buy a truck and float now is the time, when i bought my float second hand ones were incredibly scarce and often the ones that were for sale were as expensive as a new one, i have seen pleny of used ones for sale at more than new price, however i notice now due to the economic slow down there are quite a few floats for sale and trucks are extremely cheap, a great time to buy. how much do you save with a single axle compared to a bogie ?

Every time i see one i think OMG ...But i have even thought of buying one myself . I saw an ex Nolan 2003 model with a Signature with a Thermal engine kit fitted for $44,000 . Half the price of most that year model and 4 times less than a KW of the same build . The only thing that really scares me is the picture i have in my mind of going over the handlebars and straight through the screen and onto the road if you hit something . You can see 60% of the driver from outside . A single drive is/was last time i looked , $1350 a year in road tax , then your greenslip . I know i could do float work for others with a bogie but then i'm trying to get the money out of loggers , earthmovers etc. that have no money . If i get stiffed a couple of times i'm way behind . In regards to trailers , i can't believe what their asking , as you said , they want new price . A single axle tag for instance is $21,000 new , it's nothing to see a used one for $23,000 . A brand new Lusty tri is $99,000 , a 1995 model is $88,000 . I'm looking at a Super Tilt but i don't know how heavy they are or how much they can carry .

i guess you save approx $3000 with a single axle, when you consider i will not be as good the minute you leave the butumen a bogie starts to look reasonable, i have had a few cab overs so i guess i am used to them, just dont crash it and you will be ok.

Iron Horse said:

Every time i see one i think OMG ...But i have even thought of buying one myself . I saw an ex Nolan 2003 model with a Signature with a Thermal engine kit fitted for $44,000 . Half the price of most that year model and 4 times less than a KW of the same build . The only thing that really scares me is the picture i have in my mind of going over the handlebars and straight through the screen and onto the road if you hit something . You can see 60% of the driver from outside . A single drive is/was last time i looked , $1350 a year in road tax , then your greenslip . I know i could do float work for others with a bogie but then i'm trying to get the money out of loggers , earthmovers etc. that have no money . If i get stiffed a couple of times i'm way behind . In regards to trailers , i can't believe what their asking , as you said , they want new price . A single axle tag for instance is $21,000 new , it's nothing to see a used one for $23,000 . A brand new Lusty tri is $99,000 , a 1995 model is $88,000 . I'm looking at a Super Tilt but i don't know how heavy they are or how much they can carry .

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in the last couple of deals on wheels there are definately more floats for sale and prices are more realistic.

nice pics

G'day Pete , i can have my choice of these 2 for 82K . They are 500hp 14 speeds with crosslocks . They have 3.78-1 diffs which is a bit fast but i would have to just use 1st gear when launching . All i then need is a float , Lusty do a deck widener for 119K , which makes more sense than 80K on an old rigid one .

wow thats a trailer

Iron Horse said:

G'day Pete , i can have my choice of these 2 for 82K . They are 500hp 14 speeds with crosslocks . They have 3.78-1 diffs which is a bit fast but i would have to just use 1st gear when launching . All i then need is a float , Lusty do a deck widener for 119K , which makes more sense than 80K on an old rigid one .

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hi reg,i was talking to a mate today who is a used truck dealer, he said late model (or any model) trucks are incredibly cheap, he is selling bugger all, you should check out auction prices before buying i reckon, as for floats, a deck widener is well worth the extra $, i bought my float from lusty/colron, they make a good float and seem like good people, i have not had any problem with mine,well worth paying the extra money than buying a used one at that price

australian pete said:

mine is a horizontal grinder, different to a tub grinder, the size of the material coming out of the grinder depends on the screen, on the job the pics are from i used a 3 inch screen, although the screen is 3 inch most of the material is smaller than that, we put it through 3 times, each time you put it through it finishes up smaller.

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Isn't that kind of a waste to grind 3 times without changing the screen size? I would have been a little bit pissed if I was the customer. I'm assuming those are the smallest screens you own?

quantum500 said:

Isn't that kind of a waste to grind 3 times without changing the screen size? I would have been a little bit pissed if I was the customer. I'm assuming those are the smallest screens you own?

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i think it was a waste, however that is what they asked for. the third time was not much different to the second time, i believe they dont really know what they want.

I see, the customer is always right!