Im in the market for a wood processor,the main purpose of a proccessor is saving time and back pain,, thank you for showing this machine with all its built in problems,from the terribly designed log bunk to the poorly designed splitter shute,the chunks drop so far that cant help but jam,how many times did you have to open the safety door to dig & dig the vertical crooked chunks to be split,you used light dried wood on purpose if it was green heavy wood you wouldnt have any fingers left because of being pinched,also the feed shute to the conveyor is jam city,,it looks impressive but i would be a mad monkey after 30 minutes of running this machine,you just saved me a ton of money & headaches,thanx again
Well you are extremely wrong on your take but that’s okay. The machine is not perfect but we are still learning it. Definitely not running light dry wood on purpose in fact we ran non processor friendly wood through it the first 2 times we’ve run it including dirty black locust which is very heavy wood. We’re learning this unit as we go and we’ll share our like and dislikes once we run it enough to form a legitimate opinion. I came definitely say it’s not a garbage processor as you claim but anyways thanks for watching.
I didn't say it was garbage,but I'm sure it's a huge investment for the amount of production it puts out,at the end of the day your back would be hurting from constantly flipping the fallen chunks,also its never good to put your body in & out of the work area,fail safes do fail at some point,other proccessors are more inlign with the cutter head so they don't fall & flip, ,you had to crawl under the log bunk to retrieve fallen logs,with extra runners that wouldn't happen,again money verses production is important,while its much better then an axe it needs improvement,again I do appreciate your time in showing this machine,,, be safe
@@trtony-xe4cl definitely not perfect but this was also my second time ever running a processor so I’m sure we’ll get better as we get more experience. Either way, we’ll share our experiences with others to help where we can.
I've used the older Dyna it makes the job much easier. I'm from Chase Michigan and its snowing like crazy here. I have a Harkens wood boiler and been heating for 8 years now. You guys have a great RU-vid Channel.
I watch your videos because I enjoy seeing you two work so hard and to support you in your adventures. You are both hard working people and I wish my best for you. God bless and always be safe! Thanks for the entertainment from Nortwest Pa.
It’s quite simple actually. It takes a lot longer to make the video but filling that dump trailer took very little time and almost no physical work if that makes sense. Once we learn this machine I think we’ll really be able to crank the wood out.
Heath and Rachel,maybe teach the boys how to run the processor and the tractor 🚜 to load up the feed table and then you guys could have a movie night together with popcorn 🍿 and some other snacks 😮😊❤
The Dyna has some great features. I've thought they were a good value ever since watching "That wood guy" and how much he produced with his (I think it's a smaller SC14!). Fun to watch... I"d love to run one.
They are definitely different than doing it by hand, it almost seems too easy and like cheating. You get going and just want to keep pumping the splits out.
Hey oldguyfirewood I watch you videos who is going to do all the wood when we are gone I am 65 P.S. I did dive&rescue for 25 years my friends started calling mrscuba or just scuba lol
I have cut and burned wood for forty years and wished I would have just turned the thermostat to 73 degrees my body would have thanked me. I don’t think they had equipment like that in my day, but if I didn’t sell wood I couldn’t justify the cost.
Rachel, your just paying Heath back for the dangerous situations he puts you in 😂. You guys will have to get another wood boiler to get rid of all the wood you'll produce on the Dyna.
I have a question or two. Will the ram push the cut log through while loading another log to be cut? And can you put several of the small logs in and cut them at the same time? Just observations to make the process faster...
Yes, you can run multiple functions at the same time with this machine so once we get familiar with the controls we’ll really be able to crank the wood through. As far as cutting multiple small logs at once I’m not sure that would work since the clamp down arm probably wouldn’t hold them all tight and the saw may bind up but we haven’t tried it.
Lots of harsh comments...geech. Just as a suggestion if the cooments get to be too much, I can take that off your hands....just tryin to help. 😂 Be proud that you guys have haters, Im not too the point of being that famous yet, maybe soon, looking forward to it. Keep making content, dont lose sleep over the never was crowd.
Check out the two processors oaffarmfirewood have. The newest one for smaller rounds has a circular saw plus the processor automatically moves the wedge so it always hits the centre of each round. Perfect splits and the circular saw is much faster.
I have to do everything at night basically. led lights are absolutely amazing. cant wait to win the 1 day rental lol. just not sure where around me to rent one
hi there they make a great machine . they do a nice job , they also have a real good support staff , but a processor just isnt for me , great demo and show john
@@mrscuba1693 we haven’t needed the support staff yet but I’ve heard good things from others. In this industry the word gets out on how you treat your customers.
Great video. Boy, you’re getting a variety of comments on this one. Any processor is a good processor I’d say. But theres always gunna be a chev or a ford or a dodge processor. Always gunna be debates about which one is the best. You a great job of showing what was what. Have a great day team. 👍🏻👍🏻👋👋
I think we are going to do again in september at H.O.P.E. it was a 260 mile trip for me but well worth it makes you feel so good to give something for a good cause. And how did you figure out I was at H.O.P.E. ?
I think we will be bringing ours to the Hoosier Firewood Hysteria if Mike wants us to, it is a lot of fun helping others. As far as how I found out, I know everything lol.
I don't know... it seems like there needs to be some sort of guide to keep the log round on a horizontal plain when it drops down to the splitter position.
We’ll see how it does as we get more time on it but a tipper tray may be a nice upgrade. We quite possibly were doing it wrong as well as cutting 24” blocks.
Rented that same one for the weekend. Ran it 16 hours and realized it's completely useless for anything other than nasty boiler wood. Just completely destroys the splits if the log isn't placed in there right. Really don't see how people run firewood businesses with these unless you have like a 16-20 way with the bigger sized logs. Had to re-split 3/4 of the stuff that ran through this processor.
The box style multi split wedge’s definitely seem to be the ticket with these, we haven’t run it enough yet to know how well the 6 or 4 way work for what we do.
Impressive kit, but I’d be naffed off having to align every cut log falling onto the splitter deck. They seem to land on their ends, rather than flat for splitting?
It did seem that we had to arrange a few more cutting them at 24”. But we’re still learning the machine too, I’m sure we’ll get better at operating it. Time will tell.
James, we do love Eastonmade and Andrew is great but we do our best to show different makes, models, etc and provide un biased opinions to help others out. Dyna is made right here in Michigan only a few hours from us and we were quite impressed when we toured their factory. We also really like the fact that they can be rented so they are more of an option for more people to use.
It seems that you were having some issues with false starts of the saw, short cutoffs and drop positioning into the feed bay to the splitter in the earlier parts of this video. Was that operator error or does the machine still require some improvements?
Definitely operator error, this was our first time running it. We’ll be running it more on the channel and will see what areas could use some improvement as we go.
It doesn't look like the bar goes up far enough when getting it to keep the clamp close to the log. Then again, it may just because I'm used to the 22mb.
These processors are pretty efficient for sure. I have not completely figured the issue out but I have it narrowed down. It’s either the control box or the connection to it. I have to open it up and check it out. Hoping it’s a poor connection or wire instead of internal in the box.
Digging that log loader grapple. Does it swival because if it does i must of missed it. You can mark a log and pick it up inside a round marking and cut it all in one shot.
I bought this one in Canada off Marketplace and the name is worn off. I also have one from Titan Attachments that I’ve used but I bent it as my tractor far exceeds it’s rated ability.
You missed the upgraded bar oiler it is run with a hydraulic pump now and my old dyna of 13 years has an electric pump that has been problematic for me over the years. I feel the new system will be much better I do like to run the bar oil a little heavy also at the end of the cut return the bar to the 12 o'clock position if the log is big and heavy you could run the log into the bar and bend the bar. I was going to comment on the sharpness of the chain did seem a little slow on the big logs I has told my SC-16 was one of the 1st they made its made me a lot of money
I wasn’t aware of that change. Our chain was definitely in need of a touch up! We definitely need to be careful not to hit the bar! All part of learning! Also love hearing the success you’ve had with your machine. Was yours the one at eh HOPE event?
How much fuel did you go through and five hydraulic pumps seems to me a bit much, but saying this I'd like more information on this machine. Thanks for an interesting video.
@@jimmieburleigh9549Don't think they can apply the box wedge to their machines because Japa has a patent on it. Will have to wait for the patent to terminate
@@tassi13827 they can't sell it with a box wedge but they can give or sell you one in a separate transaction or you can obtain one by what ever mean. Just like Ford can't sell a vehicle with a Chevy engine but you can take a ford and do a LS engine swap
That is really an unfair comparison! I've only ran the 48C Eastonmade, very briefly. It has a cab and circular saw, plus costs $175,000. The dyna I've ran 2x, with a bar chain saw, and it costs $98,500. Both are joystick operated, just takes some getting to learn the system I suppose. I do have to say that I like the circular saw feature better:)
@@ChrisLascari yes they did! My buddies son plays on that team. I can only imagine how proud they must be because I know how pumped I get for my kids in high school and college sports.
Rachel went it come dark shut it down . Logging in the dark your looking for trouble. Hard to think 🤔 SAFETY went getting tried threw the night . Remember SAFETY FIRST . remember Heath don’t THINK 🤔 SAFETY Rachel. Sorry we couldn’t see it on HARD WORKING MAN TOO DARK TO SEE Heath . 😊
Sorry you feel that way, our goal at HWM is to be entertaining, help others, and put out some good honest content. If we don’t run the machines we can’t really help others decide what works for them and what doesn’t. We run a lot of different machines on our channel and talk about what we like as well as what we don’t. I also buy a lot of stuff just to check out and share the videos with others. We’re not paid by anyone, we have yet to accept a product that won’t let us be honest in our videos, no sales commissions from any of the splitters/processors, and also share what we don’t like about them.
No complaints here , I love the channel, Retired and have nice retirement. But my always say Why do you do that ?? Because I love .every part of it. Got a 25 inch bar for my Stihl , no not a 500i. lol for a Christmas gift. Alaska sawmill is coming . Thanks for sharing . Craig Pa.
Not really an infomercial more like and product testing .. I'd rather see something working in real life than have some douch bag lie about something that doesn't perform.. if you made it to the end you would have noticed the crap that dyna was eating.. if it can do that well with crap I'd love to see what it can do with the gravy wood..
Well I can say that isn’t true because I have an Axis as well. I have yet to get it to buck up a round. Can I make nicer wood with my axis? Absolutely. But if you think you can make firewood faster with an axis it wouldn’t even be close. We also have almost 0 experience running a processor. Once we get comfortable with it I think we’ll really be able to put some wood out.
Well you guys love your videos but it was quite clear that Dyno scripted your video and it wasn’t a honest appraisal it was a scripted sales pitch when you compare it to the Joppa and the eastern made it looks like the poor relation sorry, I will still support your videos but don’t be dictated to 👍
Thanks Robert, however it is not scripted at all. Dyna provided us with the machine and said run it, make some videos with it, and let us know what you think. The talking points we add into this video were the upgrades to this model over the previous models and that’s why we mentioned them. We’ll have more videos to come and show the things we like as well as what we find that we don’t. We aren’t paid commission etc. To be honest I’ve turned down items I’ve really wanted because they wanted to dictate what I said about the product and that’s not me.
These people just got this processor and are just learning to run the thing I have a old dyna sc-16 and can do a tri-axle over 20 tons of wood in less than 4 hours not bad for a 13 year old processor I like the eastonmade and I have talked to Andrew and made suggestions on his processors and dyna have talk to them many times. some people may not have the extra 40 to 50 thousand for a eastonmade at 65 years old I have to stay with what I have I don't want the payments. And what are you running just curious
The Eastonmade processors are indeed awesome, however as mentioned they are at a higher price point. We’re running some sub par wood though it right now and as mentioned still learning the controls. We’ll become much more efficient pretty quickly I’d think as it’s pretty user friendly.
Have to compare apples to apples. I have an entry level Wallenstein processor and the Dyna or an Eastonmade would blow it out of the water. Dyna is a proven rental market processor and I would love to have one but the jump in price just doesn't make it doable for me. Eastonmade processor is a production machine and also not practical for my hobby. I only run my processor for maybe 20 or 30 hours a year. If money is not an object then the Eastonmade is for sure the best for production but you need to source logs then sell and deliver that wood too. Once the ash is gone I will likely sell my processor and go back to splitting with my homemade splitter.
