Debarking Logs Pressure Washer

Try to find a place away from the mill to do your pressure washing.

Debarking logs pressure washer.

I can debark a 24 x 8 log completely covered in mud in about five minutes. I keep logs out of the dirt skidding transporting. Tip 1 either wet the bark before. I have used it on two saws.

I get the logs up on a deck about waist high or what ever is comfortable then i use my chainsaw to cut the knots down flush then i use a bigger knife to knock the bark off then a smaller light sharper knife to remove the sap layer and clean things up. That s a worst case scenario. Anything less will cause difficulty in removing some types of bark. I find drawknife is the easiest.

This has the advantage of also removing some of the slippery residue that might be left after the bark has been peeled. In this video i demonstrate what i feel is the easiest method for debarking stripping cedar logs using only a putty knife. Pressure washers are good wash things out not into wood too much pressure wrong angle. I have a very powerful pressure washer but for me it make to much mess so i just use and axe or spud when the logs are real dirty.

You only have to brush on the cut. Some people use a high pressure washer to blast everything off but its slow leaves a fuzzy finish and is messy wet work. To strip the last tricky pieces of bark from a log some people have found a powerful pressure washer to be a helpful tool. To debark with a pressure washer you ll want to make sure you invest in at least a 2 000 psi pressure washer.

Small scale a good stiff steel brush helps. Do obvious dirt first. The bark on some of the fir is 2 or 3 thick so if the logs are going to sit around for a while for i saw them i run one or two splits down the lenght of the tree with a chain saw.