Firewood Processors & Wood Splitters

Which processor suits the wood you are cutting

The number that matters is not horsepower, it is how big a log the saw will take and how fast the ram cycles. The EcoPro200 handles 16" logs on a 15 HP Rato with an 8.5 second cycle, and ships with the RR2506 conveyor. The EcoPro300 takes the same 16" capacity but runs a 14 HP Kohler, a 20 ton ram and a 7 second cycle, with the RR2503 conveyor included. The EcoPro350 is the same family with more reach.

For most acreages and small firewood businesses the 300 is the machine that pays for itself. The 200 suits someone heating their own house and selling a little. The ComPro650, with a 999cc engine, a 27 ton ram and a 20" capacity, is for a yard producing volume every day of the season.

A log splitter alone makes sense if you already fell and buck your own wood and only need the splitting done. Range Road splitters run from the 12 ton RR120 up to the 40 ton RR144, horizontal or vertical.

Cycle time is what you actually feel

Cycle time is how long the ram takes to push through a round and return. Seven seconds against nine does not sound like much until you have done it four hundred times in an afternoon — that is twenty minutes of standing still, per cord.

Kinetic splitters like the RR130 get down to three seconds because a flywheel stores the energy and dumps it in one go. They are the fastest thing in the range on clean straight wood. Knotty, frozen or stringy rounds still favour a hydraulic ram, which will push through what a kinetic machine bounces off.

Conveyors, log tables and what you need on day one

A processor without somewhere to put the wood is only half a system. The conveyor is what gets split wood into a truck or a trailer instead of onto the ground and then into your back. The EcoPro200 and 300 include one; check the model before you assume.

A log table or live deck feeds the saw without you lifting every round onto the bed. The RR102 with hydraulic infeed takes 58" to 70" width. It is the single accessory that most changes how tired you are at the end of a day.