Model, maybe something about your choice process between companies, or between models.
Likes and/or dislikes with equipment?
Likes and/or dislikes with buying direct?
Likes and/or dislikes with equipment?
Likes and/or dislikes with buying direct?
I've looked at them real hard. The 12-22 with box wedge would be the proper fit for my business model. Will the production time increase enough over my current setup to offset the cost..? Hmmmm.
I have looked at them and have even talked to the owner on the phone. They seem expensive and look nice but seem to produce a lot of trash with the box design form watching the videos of them running. The box wedge design looks good for my needs but it's not just a matter of production. It looks like you would need additional equipment for them to be productive witch ads to the cost of running one. I would need a skid steer to move and handle bigger rounds and a wood conveyor and separator to load a trailer and move to a stacking area. Then could I keep up with one and handle how much wood it would produce. Also can I get and market that much wood. I'm sure I will not be going that big any time soon.
I've talked to them as well and seen a machine run local. Thing I see with all of em is like you said they produce a fair bit of trash. Once you load a round you get what you get out the other end. Running a Super Split I get near zero trash. I can split around anything knotty or foul and feed it to the boiler rather than tater mash it and make a big mess.
Another consideration, if you dont run the box wedge a lot of wood produced is what I would sell as boiler wood. If that is your market great. If you do bundle wood or home owner grade there is going to be a fair bit of re-split.
Yet to see a do all end all splitter made that wasnt near $100k (Multitek)
Not to beat a dead horse but most guys on here know that we run a power split so my view is going to be slanted. We ran a TW-5 for years , then switched to the power split. There is no comparison. The Eastomades look like great, well built machines, sounds like the owner is a great guy. But there is no comparison between the machines. You control the size of each piece, there is little to no trash. Every issue that was brought up in the above posts is solvable with the power split. We sell firewood commercially, the only processor I have seen that produces sellable wood is the Multi-tek with the bundle wood 16 way boxwedge, like said above, 100 grand. For most homeowners or small firewood sellers, the Eastonmade is a great machine. To scale up your operation to the next level and not spend 100 grand, the power split is your only answer I think. It all depends on how serious you are and what you are trying to accomplish. We have multiple employees that we try to keep working through the winter by processing firewood so for us, the power split makes sense. With our operation and business model, a splitter like the Eastonmade would not work but that is just my situation. Some of these companies have come out with some really neat, big splitters. Brute Force has a splitter like an Eastonmade with a conveyor on it. Different strokes for different folks.
Do you have any video of the machine in use with the 8 way wedge on?I have a nice 22-28 that’s been lightly use for sale with a 6 and an 8 way wedge.
Can I ask why?No I have never used the 8 way
I would be interested in buyingI have a nice 22-28 that’s been lightly use for sale with a 6 and an 8 way wedge.
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