EcoPro300 ... seems like a lot of time has been saved and even tho it does bottleneck on you sometimes, I honestly think its more operator learning curve than failure of machine. I know the video is a older one yet hope you see my post as I only just discovered you and it is my first time seeing this particular machine in operation. Yes, I gave a like and I did subscribe. I am sure you are aware of many channels that feature firewood operations, and one might envy "Outdoors with the Morgans". Mike is lucky to be setting on a decent piece of property, settling from a state job for many years and now trying his hand at being a professional operation. In his mind, he is a success yet I am not swayed by his insensitive ways or ego more directly speaking. I don't want you to air your personal feelings about his operation as it can fall back on your new channel or at least small subscriber base. I am going to share this with Sawing with Sandy as we speak weekly on how to improve his small milling setup. He is a canadian in a small regrowth timber stand of trees planted too close and so never going to get of decent size for milling nice lumber from the trees he does harvest. His heart is strong and honest, very willing to learn stuff his youth has not gained yet. I myself am seventy three, a retired and also a crippled mechanic/fabricator of diesel related heavy equipment operations. Back in the seventies, I had a small helicopter salvage operation of timber used in milling shakes and shingles plus a two by four milling. It morphed into a very large operation that got crippled with a dishonest bookkeeper and at this time under the Reagan administration was set for failure. I had a unlimited operation for large tracts of timber provided from a great contract with ITT Rainier logging Corporation.. they themselves had just incorporated into a larger status and were quite willing to see me succeed in my startup. One thing people forget is with a small but quick growing system like mine took every hour of every day to keep it running smooth. I basically traded my bed for a lantern as I tried to work long and hard hours... over a hundred employees at this time and so making a payroll with companies failing all around me, money just dried up so I had volumes of timber in sorting yards waiting to be processed. Very hard times for a man like myself with no experience in management or handling large groups of people and felt this responsibility personal. I really enjoyed this quick successful start towards being a large operation one day... thankfully tho, I had a lot of experience in diesel so after paying off the government for taxes that had been levied against me... as my bookkeeper had relocated with my bank account to Egypt and no extradition for his scandal of me and a small group of millers. I hope for your sake that you are successful in your endeavors in firewood. Its a trade that should always have a large amount of people who do need a way to heat their home/business. I see a problem with my comment being too long and not really related to you, more a crying post on my part but do wish you much success
I have the same machine with the full live deck, I've found the live deck to have several issues right from the start. For the money the processor does a good job, just have to be able to work through the mechanical short comings of the overall design. I'm in the process of switching the crossover drive tubes on the live deck to solid 1" shafts. It's just not strong enough to pull the load when the deck is full of hardwood. I first had to re gear the live deck because it would'nt even pull the weight of four white oaks 14' long. I suppose it was designed to pull really light weight stuff? Get the right logs on it and it will make a mess of firewood fast, get the wrong ones and it can be a PITA.
I wont go too much into this comment because I have a full review coming soon but I appreciate you taking the time to let me know what issues you have come across with this machine. I have checked out your video with the live deck and can see a few mods you made. I don't have the deck extensions but I can fully understand what you mean and am glad I didn't buy the deck extensions yet. great looking Easton made setup you have Aswell. I look forward to checking out the rest of you channel. give me a follow to see the full review of the eco pro. will be posting after deer season!
@@backwoodshomestead It needs lots more hydraulic oil capacity and an oil cooler on top of that, it gets way to hot . I'll probably do away with the live deck infeed cogs and make that entire length a feed tray with a 2060 chain. I've got ten hours on mine and probably four of those where spent trying to get logs to move on the infeed cogs and having to cut them free when stuck. Once I cut my logs down to 8 feet it made a huge difference being able to manipulate them into the processor. The Eastonmade 22-28 is an awesome machine, it's a workhorse.
yes the hydrolic bar kit is an option from range road. it should be on the site in "processor accessories" well worth the $$ but you need to install it yourself.
EcoPro300 ... seems like a lot of time has been saved and even tho it does bottleneck on you sometimes, I honestly think its more operator learning curve than failure of machine. I know the video is a older one yet hope you see my post as I only just discovered you and it is my first time seeing this particular machine in operation. Yes, I gave a like and I did subscribe. I am sure you are aware of many channels that feature firewood operations, and one might envy "Outdoors with the Morgans". Mike is lucky to be setting on a decent piece of property, settling from a state job for many years and now trying his hand at being a professional operation. In his mind, he is a success yet I am not swayed by his insensitive ways or ego more directly speaking. I don't want you to air your personal feelings about his operation as it can fall back on your new channel or at least small subscriber base. I am going to share this with Sawing with Sandy as we speak weekly on how to improve his small milling setup. He is a canadian in a small regrowth timber stand of trees planted too close and so never going to get of decent size for milling nice lumber from the trees he does harvest. His heart is strong and honest, very willing to learn stuff his youth has not gained yet. I myself am seventy three, a retired and also a crippled mechanic/fabricator of diesel related heavy equipment operations. Back in the seventies, I had a small helicopter salvage operation of timber used in milling shakes and shingles plus a two by four milling. It morphed into a very large operation that got crippled with a dishonest bookkeeper and at this time under the Reagan administration was set for failure. I had a unlimited operation for large tracts of timber provided from a great contract with ITT Rainier logging Corporation.. they themselves had just incorporated into a larger status and were quite willing to see me succeed in my startup. One thing people forget is with a small but quick growing system like mine took every hour of every day to keep it running smooth. I basically traded my bed for a lantern as I tried to work long and hard hours... over a hundred employees at this time and so making a payroll with companies failing all around me, money just dried up so I had volumes of timber in sorting yards waiting to be processed. Very hard times for a man like myself with no experience in management or handling large groups of people and felt this responsibility personal. I really enjoyed this quick successful start towards being a large operation one day... thankfully tho, I had a lot of experience in diesel so after paying off the government for taxes that had been levied against me... as my bookkeeper had relocated with my bank account to Egypt and no extradition for his scandal of me and a small group of millers. I hope for your sake that you are successful in your endeavors in firewood. Its a trade that should always have a large amount of people who do need a way to heat their home/business. I see a problem with my comment being too long and not really related to you, more a crying post on my part but do wish you much success
I have the same machine with the full live deck, I've found the live deck to have several issues right from the start. For the money the processor does a good job, just have to be able to work through the mechanical short comings of the overall design. I'm in the process of switching the crossover drive tubes on the live deck to solid 1" shafts. It's just not strong enough to pull the load when the deck is full of hardwood. I first had to re gear the live deck because it would'nt even pull the weight of four white oaks 14' long. I suppose it was designed to pull really light weight stuff? Get the right logs on it and it will make a mess of firewood fast, get the wrong ones and it can be a PITA.
I wont go too much into this comment because I have a full review coming soon but I appreciate you taking the time to let me know what issues you have come across with this machine. I have checked out your video with the live deck and can see a few mods you made. I don't have the deck extensions but I can fully understand what you mean and am glad I didn't buy the deck extensions yet. great looking Easton made setup you have Aswell. I look forward to checking out the rest of you channel. give me a follow to see the full review of the eco pro. will be posting after deer season!
@@backwoodshomestead It needs lots more hydraulic oil capacity and an oil cooler on top of that, it gets way to hot . I'll probably do away with the live deck infeed cogs and make that entire length a feed tray with a 2060 chain. I've got ten hours on mine and probably four of those where spent trying to get logs to move on the infeed cogs and having to cut them free when stuck. Once I cut my logs down to 8 feet it made a huge difference being able to manipulate them into the processor. The Eastonmade 22-28 is an awesome machine, it's a workhorse.
look forward to the review would like to know about the range road products and what the company is like to deal with.
sorry I have not been able to make a video on this yet. I will do a 100 hour review (Hint its taking a long time to get to 100 hours)
I like that hydrolic bar kit. Was that an option from the dealer? I don't see it on the RR website. Good video.
yes the hydrolic bar kit is an option from range road. it should be on the site in "processor accessories" well worth the $$ but you need to install it yourself.
Please would you tell me what the cost of this machine. Thank you
I think it is about $10k now
How do I subscribe? I Don't see the button
Should be there when you click my profile!
wanting to purchase this very same machine vs Red Runner 27
I would very much like to take a look at red runner products. I believe they are a Canadian company
@@backwoodshomestead red runner products are also from China.
I thought they were made in Canada?