Unfortunately I sold my 27 ton DHT a few years ago and need a splitter again. Lowes doesn’t sell them any more. What’s out there that is good and in the same price range?
The one I posted is a 30t. I never used a 25 so don’t know.thanks for the advice. I’m going to order a county line 30. Unfortunealty I can’t affford a kinetic splitter. It will be a countyline 30 unless you think a 25 could handle Doug fir and tamarack?
I had a 22 ton Husky that seemed like a good splitter, until I set a piece of green live oak on it. The wedge was more blunt then my countyline 40 is. That 22 ton would split red oak post oak just fine. Pecan gave a little struggle, but the live oak would bring it to a dead stop.Any 22 ton will split pretty much everything.
If budget allows go for the 40 ton. It sits a little taller then the 30 ton and the wedge is taller. That made a huge difference in splitting stringy or bigger rounds. Both my 40's have no trouble splitting green live oak. It will split forks and knotted wood with no trouble ether. It has a thinner wedge and taller wedge and I think that makes a big difference in it's performance. I think the cycle time is the same with the 30 and 40 at 9.5 sec. Bigger is always better. You may not always need it but it's there when you do. If you get a chance to see both side by side you see the difference. Then again the 30 may be all you ever need.The one I posted is a 30t. I never used a 25 so don’t know.
25 ton would be plenty for those. They split way easier than most eastern hardwoods. I did tree work and sold firewood (mostly red maple, ash, red oak, pig and shagbark hickory, sugar maple and white oak) for many years in Ohio and now live and heat with wood, primarily the two you mentioned, in Idaho, just to give you an idea of my credentials. Only reason to go bigger is to get faster cycle time, if that's a concern. I brought my 35 ton splitter out from Ohio and it's way overkill for everything I do here. I plan to modify it with a smaller cylinder and multi split wedge to speed things up.thanks for the advice. I’m going to order a county line 30. Unfortunealty I can’t affford a kinetic splitter. It will be a countyline 30 unless you think a 25 could handle Doug fir and tamarack?
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