If I was half the man I thought I was I could get a whole lot more done in a whole lot less time. After sending the morning bucking and noodling at the wood lot today, I decided to split the three little hickorys I cut in my front yard. No problem, it will only take a few swings per log to split them by hand. No way. The maul would just stick. I bit my pride and when back to the wood lot and got permission to borrow one of their 35 ton Huskee splitters. I've never used a hydraulic splitter before, but how hard could it be? Well, I must say I have a new found respect for you guys who do a lot of splitting; that stringy hickory really made me work but I got it all done before dark thanks, in large part, to my little Husky traditional multi-purpose axe. That little axe was the cat's meow today.
I couldn't help myself when I parked the Huskee for the night next to my pile of white oak. I got out the maul and sure enough I could split the white oak quicker by hand than I could the hickory with the Huskee ... but I don't think I could have kept up the pace for very long.
Ron
PS :confused2: BTW how is the lever supposed to work? I think someone hooked this splitter up backwards. If you pulled the lever towards you the cylinder would retract. If you pushed it away from you it would extend - and you could push it into a detent that would continue the stroke without you and then it would automatically quit at the end of the splitting stroke. It didn't feel natural to me and I thought it unsafe. Shouldn't the auto feature be on the retraction stroke? I looked up the owners manual on the web and it says nothing about how the lever should operate.
I couldn't help myself when I parked the Huskee for the night next to my pile of white oak. I got out the maul and sure enough I could split the white oak quicker by hand than I could the hickory with the Huskee ... but I don't think I could have kept up the pace for very long.
Ron
PS :confused2: BTW how is the lever supposed to work? I think someone hooked this splitter up backwards. If you pulled the lever towards you the cylinder would retract. If you pushed it away from you it would extend - and you could push it into a detent that would continue the stroke without you and then it would automatically quit at the end of the splitting stroke. It didn't feel natural to me and I thought it unsafe. Shouldn't the auto feature be on the retraction stroke? I looked up the owners manual on the web and it says nothing about how the lever should operate.