Yea a lot of people look at a video and assume that all we cut are these little pines like we have the last several months and say " you need a hotsaw" but they don't understand that this is a rare treat for us to get to cut these little buggers on terrain where they can be grapple logged especially. We have 5 cable skidders and only 2 grapples cause we usually work ground that has to be roaded to get the timber out.
Everything has its place and the hotsaw vs dangle head is as big a debate as long bars. The guys with the 800,000 dollar hotsaw machines get touchy when a machine like this that is 1/3 of the cost shows them up.
I just saw this post sorry for the delay. The head I have is a little too big for a 160. This head weighs up toward 5k pounds. They make a smaller one called the 2800 I think??, it is just about right for a 160. This one is a 3550.
This is a 210x3 Link Belt 2018 model. It is 49,500 pounds with no attachment and we added over 8,000 pounds of steel for protection and the 3550 head weighs about 5,000 pounds and we put on KBJ severe service single grouser undercarriage so she comes in at about 65,000 pounds. I had the dealer to turn up the tracking power 25% and you can't hardly stall a track(I may regret that later). Pretty much any tree that it will grip it will hold it up in the air after it comes of the stump. We started to put a smaller head on the 160x3 but I am glad we didn't cause this 210 handles trees really well that I know the 160 wouldn't have. This head has the 70,000 pound Rotobec rotator as well, it is worth buying Ryan's biggest head like this just to get that rotator. I shouldn't say this probably but knock on wood I have used this a year and a half since we bought the head new and I have only replaced 1 bar(and that was my fault), and no hoses or anything like that. I just grease it everyday and watch it go! Best thing is 5 days of running on 110 gallons. This setup actually doesn't seem to work an excavator as hard as digging does.
Yuck get a ryans that 2900 is expensive to maintain & and still have to drive the machine all over hell to double cut ! Had 5 hot saws and 2800 intermittent, Ryan blow em away in bigger timber ,
@@StumpjumperVideosPA Right on buddy, I been trying to convince him that. These guys buy these 700,000 dollar machines and they don't want to admit that they would have been better of with a trackhoe and an 80,000 dollar ryans head. No fixed head can touch a ryan's in big timber on steep ground, and those intermittents stay tore all to hell after a little age. People just have to come experience the ryans to believe it. Mine does way more than I ever thought it would. It's a 125 load a week machine in the right timber.
Good job. The Ryan's head is lighter than the hot saw to. Bet the chain is cheaper than cutter teeth. Have a blessed day and I'll see you on your next video
Yes I would say this is maybe a ton lighter than a hotsaw coming in at 5,000 pounds. I pay anywhere from 77 to 105 dollars for a 3/4 chain with 66 drives. I grind the chains at the shop and carry spares on the machine. If you can avoid rocks a chain will cut in pine a week sometimes and hardwood a couple days so they last a really long time. I try to keep about 6 good chains and they last up to a year. Bars are 400 dollars but they are really, I mean really tough. They are so tough if you bend one bad a ten pound sledgehammer won't phase it. I have only replace one bar in 18 months and that was my own fault. It uses about a gallon of bar oil a day, holds 10. When you figure in the fuel savings( a week on 110 gallons) this thing is way cheaper than a hotsaw machine to own.
@@StumpjumperVideosPA the chain won't roll on mine by hand. Randy said that on some machines they won't so it is easiest for me to switch chains. takes less than 10 mins probably.
Yea we would have probably just bought the 28 head if it hadn't been for the bigger rotator on the 35. I figured we would get better longevity. Im off here today we got about 2 inches last night!
That head suits your needs. Don't need to sell me on it, I get it.
Yea a lot of people look at a video and assume that all we cut are these little pines like we have the last several months and say " you need a hotsaw" but they don't understand that this is a rare treat for us to get to cut these little buggers on terrain where they can be grapple logged especially. We have 5 cable skidders and only 2 grapples cause we usually work ground that has to be roaded to get the timber out.
Gotta have the right tool for the job 🤙🏻😎
Everything has its place and the hotsaw vs dangle head is as big a debate as long bars. The guys with the 800,000 dollar hotsaw machines get touchy when a machine like this that is 1/3 of the cost shows them up.
Is a 160 series excavator too small for a Ryan’s head?
I just saw this post sorry for the delay. The head I have is a little too big for a 160. This head weighs up toward 5k pounds. They make a smaller one called the 2800 I think??, it is just about right for a 160. This one is a 3550.
Looks good what size machine is that
This is a 210x3 Link Belt 2018 model. It is 49,500 pounds with no attachment and we added over 8,000 pounds of steel for protection and the 3550 head weighs about 5,000 pounds and we put on KBJ severe service single grouser undercarriage so she comes in at about 65,000 pounds. I had the dealer to turn up the tracking power 25% and you can't hardly stall a track(I may regret that later). Pretty much any tree that it will grip it will hold it up in the air after it comes of the stump. We started to put a smaller head on the 160x3 but I am glad we didn't cause this 210 handles trees really well that I know the 160 wouldn't have. This head has the 70,000 pound Rotobec rotator as well, it is worth buying Ryan's biggest head like this just to get that rotator. I shouldn't say this probably but knock on wood I have used this a year and a half since we bought the head new and I have only replaced 1 bar(and that was my fault), and no hoses or anything like that. I just grease it everyday and watch it go! Best thing is 5 days of running on 110 gallons. This setup actually doesn't seem to work an excavator as hard as digging does.
Nice though it was a link belt when I seen the red pistons
I love a dangle head. I be very interested in the 2900 intermittent head.
Yuck get a ryans that 2900 is expensive to maintain & and still have to drive the machine all over hell to double cut ! Had 5 hot saws and 2800 intermittent, Ryan blow em away in bigger timber ,
@@StumpjumperVideosPA Right on buddy, I been trying to convince him that. These guys buy these 700,000 dollar machines and they don't want to admit that they would have been better of with a trackhoe and an 80,000 dollar ryans head. No fixed head can touch a ryan's in big timber on steep ground, and those intermittents stay tore all to hell after a little age. People just have to come experience the ryans to believe it. Mine does way more than I ever thought it would. It's a 125 load a week machine in the right timber.
Good job. The Ryan's head is lighter than the hot saw to. Bet the chain is cheaper than cutter teeth. Have a blessed day and I'll see you on your next video
Yes I would say this is maybe a ton lighter than a hotsaw coming in at 5,000 pounds. I pay anywhere from 77 to 105 dollars for a 3/4 chain with 66 drives. I grind the chains at the shop and carry spares on the machine. If you can avoid rocks a chain will cut in pine a week sometimes and hardwood a couple days so they last a really long time. I try to keep about 6 good chains and they last up to a year. Bars are 400 dollars but they are really, I mean really tough. They are so tough if you bend one bad a ten pound sledgehammer won't phase it. I have only replace one bar in 18 months and that was my own fault. It uses about a gallon of bar oil a day, holds 10. When you figure in the fuel savings( a week on 110 gallons) this thing is way cheaper than a hotsaw machine to own.
You can sharpen with a cordless grinder in 5 mins a not even take the chain off !
@@StumpjumperVideosPA the chain won't roll on mine by hand. Randy said that on some machines they won't so it is easiest for me to switch chains. takes less than 10 mins probably.
Nice editorial!
Yea we would have probably just bought the 28 head if it hadn't been for the bigger rotator on the 35. I figured we would get better longevity. Im off here today we got about 2 inches last night!