The KX-280 and KX-350 energy wood grapple can be equipped with a collector.
Using a collector to cut energy wood speeds up the work, especially when cutting smaller wood, by 20-50%. This has led to a significant increase in the use of energy wood collectors.
In Central Finland, the current price for woodchips is around 22-24€/m3 when piled up on the roadside.
The cost of driving energy wood is around 5,5-7,5€/m3
In our own tests with the KX-280, we have achieved around 2.5-3.5m3/h without the collector and with a energy wood collecting grapple. 4,3m3/h j
Thus, without a collector, 22,5€ (price of wood on the roadside) – 6€ (driving) = 16,5 €/m3 * 3m3 (volume felled per hour) = 49,5€/h
KX-280 Energy Wood Grapple with collector 22,5€ (price of wood on the roadside) – 6€ (driving) = 16,5€/m3 X 4,3m3 (volume felled per hour) = 70,95€/h
The output per hour is therefore around €21.49 higher. This can be almost entirely counted as profit.
It is important to remember, however, the energy wood grapple requires practice and requires 2* dual action hydraulics on the machine. We are happy to help you design the implementation of the hydraulics.
Steps to use the energy wood grapple collector:
- Move the grapple in the direction of the tree to be cut, with the collector closed and the grapple open.
- Cut the tree by squeezing the grapple.
- Once the tree is cut off, the collector is opened.
- Close the collector, open the grapple and move on to cut the next tree.
- Repeat steps 1, 2, and 3 until the grapple blade can no longer cut or the bundle collected becomes unstable.
- Empty the grapple by opening the grapple and collector at the desired discharge point.
- Shorten trees on the ground using a grapple if they need to be shortened to facilitate the removal.
Kimmo Tossavainen, 23.09.2021