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John D 
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Posted: 16 Nov 2011 at 9:19pm |
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I'm kicking the idea around of buying a wood splitter. I don't use much wood each year really, just for camping or in the fire pit at home. So I was wondering if any of you have used any of the electric models out today such as DR and the like? Are they worth the money or should I keep swinging the maul? Thanks, John.
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ScooterBuck
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Posted: 16 Nov 2011 at 9:26pm |
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Use a steel maul. It's good for you. I bought my dad a troy built with a honda engine, horizonal and vertical at lowes for $1400. He was 75 when I bought it for him. He loves it!
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m16ty
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Posted: 16 Nov 2011 at 11:03pm |
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I wouldn't waste my money on any of the electric ones I've seen. I've seen several small cheap splitters that say they split wood but I don't see how. Maybe if it's a small pine log with no knots. I even saw one in the Northern Tool catalog that used a bottle jack to do the splitting. I'm sure it would split almost anything but it's going to be very, very, very slow and would probably take as much energy to pump that jack as it would to split it with the maul.
If you get some good oak with no knots you can split it faster and easier with a maul than you can with a splitter. Now if your're trying to split some knotty hickory You better get a splitter or leave that log in the woods.
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RickUP
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Posted: 17 Nov 2011 at 4:36am |
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Another option is to rent one.
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Larry(OH)
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Posted: 17 Nov 2011 at 5:54am |
I have a friend that has a supersplit http://supersplit.com/ and the thing is unreal. Now the video shows nice straight grain wood, but it WILL take care of anything you can throw at it. It is all mechanical/inertia with a 3 hp honda on it. He can split all weekend on a tank of gas. I see now that TSC is carrying one from Speeco that is an inertia/mechanical splitter that operates the same but is about a grand less in money. Cycle times are quick and if you are splitting stuff that is not huge where it takes a bit of time to do, you can keep 3 guys busy. 1 running the machine, 1 bringing wood and 1 stacking the split stuff
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jaybmiller
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Posted: 17 Nov 2011 at 6:19am |
Another option is the type of wood to use. Up here ,skids are free and I use an electric chainsaw to cut them up.4 passes cuts off the planks, 4 more to cut the 'runners' into 3 pieces each. Great size for easy storing,already dry, good mix of hard and soft woods,burns great in firepit.AND a LOT easier on my aging back ! No huge logs to cut,split,carry,etc.
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If you have a lot of dead trees,then rent a gas powered log splitter,get two buddies and do it all in one day.You can't justify buying a splitter tht you only use 1-2 days a year( I tried...didn't fly ).
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Posted: 17 Nov 2011 at 7:14am |
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I don't know about an electric splitter. My thinking is it would not be strong enough on some woods. My hydraulic splitter has to really pressure up on some of the pieces it has split in the last 20 years. Always got it done. It is an old MTD from Sam's Club. Got a lot of use out of it. Spread the cost out over 20 years, it is not very much per year. It is still a good splitter.
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Stan IL&TN
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Posted: 17 Nov 2011 at 7:32am |
John, this one is a little undersized for your needs but I think it will be OK.
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Posted: 17 Nov 2011 at 7:34am |
Try this link if the video didn't run.
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Posted: 17 Nov 2011 at 7:44am |
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i would like to feed that thing some good ole missouri hedge and see how i worked
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Posted: 17 Nov 2011 at 7:44am |
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Posted: 17 Nov 2011 at 7:45am |
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Do they have an option to carry it in the house and stack it neatly by my wood stove? I might be interested in that package! If I'm gonna be lazy,might as well be lazy all the way! Besides I think I can get the little woman to chunk it in the wood stove if I whine just right!!!!! I start whining the day after Thanksgiving about not eating turkey,and she's usually got prime rib,ham, or roast beef for me to eat the next year!
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Posted: 17 Nov 2011 at 7:59am |
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Now that is wood splitter! Wonder where I could hide it?
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Posted: 17 Nov 2011 at 8:30am |
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I think, based on how little wood you burn, RickUP's suggestion about a rental deserves consideration.
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Posted: 17 Nov 2011 at 8:37am |
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they work real good but i wouldnt get a electric one i would get a gas one they dont take as long as go devil or axe
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Posted: 17 Nov 2011 at 9:44am |
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A single lady I know has an electric one in the basement where she stores her wood (bad idea but good on cold snowy nights.). She uses it to split kindling, I figure that's about what they're good for.
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Posted: 17 Nov 2011 at 8:22pm |
 jaybmiller wrote:
Another option is the type of wood to use. Up here ,skids are free and I use an electric chainsaw to cut them up.4 passes cuts off the planks, 4 more to cut the 'runners' into 3 pieces each. Great size for easy storing,already dry, good mix of hard and soft woods,burns great in firepit.AND a LOT easier on my aging back ! No huge logs to cut,split,carry,etc.
but.
If you have a lot of dead trees,then rent a gas powered log splitter,get two buddies and do it all in one day.You can't justify buying a splitter tht you only use 1-2 days a year( I tried...didn't fly ).
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Around here used pallets will bring $5 a piece (even if they are busted up a little). There's no way I'm cutting them up.
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Posted: 17 Nov 2011 at 9:20pm |
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Boys, about 20 years ago I gave 850.00 for a 20 ton Speeco, made in Colo.,used it HARD for 15 years and then sold it for 750.00 to my friend who had borrowed it a few times. We were spliting hard oak and hickory and that little 5 horse briggs would open its govenors once in a while, but never failed to split a log. My friend is still using it and he sells about 200 ricks of wood each year. I WOULD HEARTILY RECOMMEND A SPEECO !!!!
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