looking to buy log splitter
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looking to buy log splitter
I'm thinking with almost 20 acres of woods I could put a log splitter to use. What would your thoughts and advise be on a log splitter?
Looking forward to hearing from personal experiences.
Toyman
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I bought the 35 ton log splitter from Tractor Supply last fall. It has a 16 GPM pump, 13 horse engine, and a 5 inch cylinder. It has split about 10 cords of oak without a problem. It is made by Speeco Products not MTD. I did a lot of looking and the TSC splitters are a good value for what you get.
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I split Oak by hand.
You just have to be able to hit the same spot twice. LOL Though some chunks get more attention with a saw and you have to pay attention when making your blocks to cut them to your splitting advantage.
I burn around 12 truck loads a year to heat my house my dad burns about the same amount and also sells 10 truck loads a year and most is all split by hand. Though we due have a 3pt Mounted Splitter but often times that is a hassle to use.
Though this summer I borrowed a 27Ton 2 positon splitter from a buddy to use on my Elm Tree that the power company had cut down due to power line interference. and that 2 postion was great for having the splitter vertical and then wrestle the big blocks into positon to make them small enough to handle.
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You just have to be able to hit the same spot twice. LOL Though some chunks get more attention with a saw and you have to pay attention when making your blocks to cut them to your splitting advantage.
I burn around 12 truck loads a year to heat my house my dad burns about the same amount and also sells 10 truck loads a year and most is all split by hand. Though we due have a 3pt Mounted Splitter but often times that is a hassle to use.
Though this summer I borrowed a 27Ton 2 positon splitter from a buddy to use on my Elm Tree that the power company had cut down due to power line interference. and that 2 postion was great for having the splitter vertical and then wrestle the big blocks into positon to make them small enough to handle.
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Originally Posted by wreckit72
I bought the 35 ton log splitter from Tractor Supply last fall. It has a 16 GPM pump, 13 horse engine, and a 5 inch cylinder. It has split about 10 cords of oak without a problem. It is made by Speeco Products not MTD. I did a lot of looking and the TSC splitters are a good value for what you get.
$200 off the price and I got her to throw in extra hydraulic oil and a rake. Is this a good deal?
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If you can be patient, you can do better than that deal.
I bought mine from a local rental place for $300.
It is a 20 (maybe 25) ton splitter. The reason I don't know is that I don't care about its rated capacity because I have never stalled it or encountered something that could not be split with it.
I used to split by hand, but I get a good bit of my wood when it is available from folks wanting a tree down and I split it asap so it dries faster. Pretty tough to split green wood with a maul sometimes. Black gum is impossible to split by hand even if dried for 2 years!
One also gets more usable wood from a splitter. Crotches and limb riddled logs can be broken into sizes that will fit into the stove whereas when I split by hand most of that stuff ended up in the burn pile out back.
I bought mine from a local rental place for $300.
It is a 20 (maybe 25) ton splitter. The reason I don't know is that I don't care about its rated capacity because I have never stalled it or encountered something that could not be split with it.
I used to split by hand, but I get a good bit of my wood when it is available from folks wanting a tree down and I split it asap so it dries faster. Pretty tough to split green wood with a maul sometimes. Black gum is impossible to split by hand even if dried for 2 years!
One also gets more usable wood from a splitter. Crotches and limb riddled logs can be broken into sizes that will fit into the stove whereas when I split by hand most of that stuff ended up in the burn pile out back.
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I bought my home-made log spitter at an auction and it was a steel "I" beam with a wedge welded on one end and a hydralic ram on the other, it was powered by an old 5hp Briggs and Straton engine, but I just switched it up to allow for it to be run off the tractor's own hydrulics...no engine, pump,or tank, just 2 hoses.
That sucka will split any thing I throw at it, except 2' wide elm(that stuff takes a pounding before it even begins to crack)
But I can't really help you when it comes to the store bought kinds, I just wanted my mouth to do some arobic exercise..lol
That sucka will split any thing I throw at it, except 2' wide elm(that stuff takes a pounding before it even begins to crack)
But I can't really help you when it comes to the store bought kinds, I just wanted my mouth to do some arobic exercise..lol
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We have a 22 ton 6.5 hp we got used from a rental company for 750. It has been great! Will split anything your can get to it, and we've thrown some big logs at it. My best piece of advice, get one that is converible from horizontal to vertical, that way you can just more the big logs with a bar and not pick them up. The ability of ours to do that is great, and I'd never get one any other way.
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I worked the splitter yesterday. Very impressed with the Husky, the engine never seemed to bog down. I split about a cord of wood.
Thanks for everybodies help and ideas.
Toyman
Thanks for everybodies help and ideas.
Toyman
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