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SOUTHSTAR Processing head.

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loggers son

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the company i work for owns one of these units...... last i heard southstar had gone broke and we couldn't source parts from them anymore.Will see if this is still the case next week
 
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loggers son said:
yep same company and people....... still broke down here
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Hey I pm'd you and offered to help two weeks ago what do you need? I will pm you some phone

Southstar is Owned and operated in Canada now.
 
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i ran the quadstar 500, serial number 001 on saturday. hard to judge tho as it had sure grips opposed to danfoss controls I'm used to. well built, a lot of thought into it. going to be competition for waratah.
 
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I think they have better features than the Waratah. They are now designed and built by Waratahs founder I hear.
4 feed wheels that you can independently power and at head diagnostics are icing on the cake.
 
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seems like they are a very good prossesing head. in my opinion from the videos they waste a lot of wood but that could just be the operator. also just my opinion those operators are slow and I believe those could do a lot more wood in that amount of time. would like to try one some day.
 
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prolog nz

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Anyone else had a chance to run these heads recently? I am looking pretty seriously at purchasing one so any thoughts would be good, I hear there have been a lot sold into PNW and Canada in the past 18 months.
 
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prolog nz said:
Anyone else had a chance to run these heads recently? I am looking pretty seriously at purchasing one so any thoughts would be good, I hear there have been a lot sold into PNW and Canada in the past 18 months.
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They're good,but just like the competition,they have their glitches .In talking to guys,theyre no better or worse than Waratah.

I cant understand why you wouldnt go with Waratah,seeing as youre in New Zealand,parts and service for the SS might be a little tough....

the 622 4x4 looks to be a winner,but youre probably loooking for a bigger head....the new 625c looks good as well
 
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csquared

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QS500 on Volvo 220D last week on a demo vs 622C waratah. 622C has been parked since the operator tried the south star.
Pm'ed you Prolog
 
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