Need help with Tree Farm setup

[StolidShrimp]

I'm using a 2 x 2 HP boiler connected to 6 industrial steam engines. I'm also using hardened leadstone fluxducts to transfer the power from the engines to a hardened leadstone energy cell which then connects to the harvester planter and 2 redstone furnaces. The problem is the harvester seems to work very slowly or just collect saplings and is always hovering around 200-300 RF. All the other machines connected to the energy cell work fine, it's just the harvester. It has an adjacent inventory connect and pipe to pump out sludge.

Also, only 3 of the steam engines recieve steam and are constantly red while the other 3 only work if I turn off the others. Why is that?

 

[Celestialphoenix]

Also, only 3 of the steam engines recieve steam and are constantly red while the other 3 only work if I turn off the others. Why is that?

Your boiler isn't big enough for 6 at once- I think each industrial engine needs 2 HP boiler blocks, so you'll want a 2x2x3 boiler.
If you're running the steam through pipes, make sure the pipe is big enough to carry that steam- and you have enough connections to the boiler (boiler outputs 80mb/t steam per connection, each engine needs 80 to run at full moo)

I'm using a 2 x 2 HP boiler connected to 6 industrial steam engines. I'm also using hardened leadstone fluxducts to transfer the power from the engines to a hardened leadstone energy cell which then connects to the harvester planter and 2 redstone furnaces. The problem is the harvester seems to work very slowly or just collect saplings and is always hovering around 200-300 RF. All the other machines connected to the energy cell work fine, it's just the harvester. It has an adjacent inventory connect and pipe to pump out sludge.

Been a while since I played with MineFactory, but I think the harvester is one of those that goes faster the more power you give it. I'm also fairly certain it strips the leaves first, then collects the logs.

 

[Cpt_gloval]

Correct on all counts.

The problem you will run into with this setup is that the mf harvester can use huge amounts of power in a single push if there are lots of trees to harvest at once, we're talking 100k sometimes. Best bet would be to put a dedicated leadstone or Redstone energy cell for the harvester so it has the backlog power to handle those spikes.

As for the boiler/engine setup I usually put mine right on the boiler so piping the steam isn't an issue. With a 2x2x3 boiler all 6 engines can fit on one side. Makes for a nice compact build.

 

[KingTriaxx]

HP is 1:1 with Industrial engines but you have to have one connection for each engine.

 

[Inaeo]

Don't forget to void the sludge (or otherwise remove it) from the Harvester. If the internal tank is filled, the Harvester slows considerably.

 

[ShneekeyTheLost]

Also, why are you still using Leadstone when you clearly have the capacity to make better conduit? You've got steel technology going to make HP boilers (and really, there's no point in making anything other than a full-sized 36HP) which means Invar should be relatively trivial for you to produce en masse, you can upgrade those leadstone conduits to hardened with a bit of invar, and have the throughput you'll need to keep up with that many steam engines.

 

[GamerwithnoGame]

Also, why are you still using Leadstone when you clearly have the capacity to make better conduit? You've got steel technology going to make HP boilers (and really, there's no point in making anything other than a full-sized 36HP) which means Invar should be relatively trivial for you to produce en masse, you can upgrade those leadstone conduits to hardened with a bit of invar, and have the throughput you'll need to keep up with that many steam engines.

I might be wrong Shneek, but I think he might be using the invar ones - the OP mentions "hardened leadstone fluxducts", now I'm wondering if thats because he started with leadstone and upgraded them later to the hardened fluxducts, so he's phrased it that way?