I got a 4 way for my 22 ton TSC. The first wood I tried to split was Hickory. My first thought was this thing is a worthless gimmick. Then, I got into some straight grained Oak, what a difference. Once you get into a system, rhythm, you can really crank out some wood. Just know that it's not for stringy wood. Maybe if you put a 2X8 on the foot so the blades go all the way through it will work on stringy wood better. I just save mine for nice straight grained wood, Joe.