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Portable Post-Peeling Machine
Some people use this post-peeling machine to take the bark off fence posts. Others peel logs to make teepee poles. Still others use it to take bark off small limbs and branches to make natural wood furniture.
Anders and Debra Rosenlund, Kingston, Idaho, import the Austrian-built post peeler to the U.S. Their
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Portable Post-Peeling Machine WOODLOT EQUIPMENT Saws 26-2-37 Some people use this post-peeling machine to take the bark off fence posts. Others peel logs to make teepee poles. Still others use it to take bark off small limbs and branches to make natural wood furniture.
Anders and Debra Rosenlund, Kingston, Idaho, import the Austrian-built post peeler to the U.S. Their company, Scandinavian Forestry Tech, sells two versions of the post peeler, along with a variety of other machines for small-scale logging.
The larger, more expensive peeler automatically feeds up to 9 1/2 in. dia. logs past a 22-in. dia. disk equipped with four 6-in. knives. The automatic feeder pulls the log through the knives in a spiral pattern, taking off bark and stubs up to about an inch long, leaving the post smooth and round. A blower blows bark strips and wood chips into a pile away from the machine. Debra Rosenlund says the bark can be recycled as livestock bedding, mulch or fuel.
Logs must be fed manually through the smaller version and, since it has no blower, bark and chips must be removed from the work area manually. Rosenlund says by manually feeding the logs through the machine, branch stubs can be left on the posts. It can peel off bark without leaving marks on the wood. "A lot of people who make rustic wood furniture use this machine," she says.
Both machines can also sharpen posts so they can be driven easily. Power is supplied by a tractor pto, gas or diesel engine, or electric motor. The larger automatic model requires at least 22 pto hp or a 15 hp motor or engine, while the smaller needs only a 5 hp single phase electric motor, 10 to 12 hp from a gas or diesel engine, or 15 hp at the pto.
The automatic feed sells for $4,795 while the manual machine goes for $2,295. Both prices are without add-on motors or engines to power the units.
Rosenlund says commercial post and pole makers generally find the bark is also a valuable commodity. "Horse owners like the bark strips better than shavings or sawdust for bedding," Rosenlund says.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Scandinavian Forestry Tech, P.O. Box 427, Kingston, Ill. 83839 (ph 208 682-2002; E-mail: foresttvone@nidlink.com; Website: www.foresstindustry.com/forestrytech).
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