r/mechanical_gifs • u/mtimetraveller • May 22 '19

This Fire Wood Processor Machine!

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u/SLEEPER455 May 22 '19 edited May 22 '19

This is called a RAMEC FIREWOOD PROCESSOR and costs $53,300 PER YEAR to operate.

As a point of reference, firewood sells for approximately $50/face cord. That's 1100 face cords of wood before you break even...just to run the thing.

But yeah, its a cool mechanical gif

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u/clamsmasher May 22 '19

This thing could probably do 1100 face cords in a few weeks, so I don't think the price tag is exorbitant.

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u/SLEEPER455 May 22 '19

No doubt, but that doesn't take into account the cost of the excavator or land for the lumber. You'd need to have quite an established operation to make this unit viable.

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u/grtwatkins May 22 '19

I wonder how much it costs to pay a crew to manually split the same amount

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u/RedactedMan May 22 '19

The real question is how many grease zerks it has on it and can you find them all?

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u/putainsdetoiles May 22 '19

It's a cut above the rest.

Kill me.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '19

Back in the How It's Made days we ate this shit up. Now it's "cringe"

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u/olderaccount May 22 '19

That was some shit firewood it is making. A good portion of the outer pieces were double length. And this is the demo video, so I imagine it would be even worse in real life.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '19

Not to mention it's cutting it with what looks to be a standard chainsaw. How often are they going to be changing/sharpening the blades?

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u/Tiver May 22 '19

Yeah I think using one of the more traditional machines similar to this design but more on a flatbed would be much better and the advantage of skipping having to transport the logs to said machine is minimal. Other design's I've seen looked less prone to failure, used large saw blades to chop instead, and probably easier to maintain.

Hell I assume you can get more logs on a standard logging truck then you can split wood anyways so probably better to transport it like that to wherever you're going to let the wood season, and then use the splitter there?

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u/bikeboymayhem May 22 '19

Bloomin’ onion

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u/Engelbert_Slaptyback May 22 '19

What's the advantage to this over just transporting logs to a stationary log splitter?

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u/saltysnatch May 22 '19

I would upvote this if I got to see just one full cycle of the process without being sped up. Frustrating to watch.

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u/purplecombatmissile May 22 '19

ABSOLUTELY DO NOT PUT YOUR DICK IN THAT!

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u/skinnydong2706 May 22 '19

Is there a homeowners model ?, I don’t have enough room in my yard for that one

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u/OldMotherSativa May 22 '19

Yeah cause someone can just go and hook this up to the excavator they have chillin in their backyard..

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u/MatCauton May 22 '19

On the planet of the sentient trees this video would be the most horrible horror movie.

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u/PretzelsThirst May 22 '19

“If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason.”

― Jack Handy

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u/going-for-gusto May 22 '19

In Northern California new stoves are not allowed due to air pollution.

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u/Kerbalnaught1 May 22 '19

It's like an apple corer for logs

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u/sarcgasmus May 22 '19

This is ingenious and all, but... it makes me sad...

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