Lookingfor a Good Log Splitter

[BIG JAKE]

Not knocking yours. Just sayin you likely have a much better Jap motor and not a Chinese.

Agreed Honda I'd consider the pinnacle in engines, but you might run one before before making the statement I don't think you'd word it like that if you had. Cast iron liner, low oil shutdown-runs sweet. BTW I could still buy 3 honda motors with the cost difference.

 

[sunfish]

I would consider any brand but while I've been looking I don't think I've seen any MTD splitters. I will probably either find a used one or go with the Huskee 22 ton for $999. I'm not done looking yet, I've got a few weeks to find one.

For your use and if a Super Slip is out of the question. I would look hard at the dual split from Northern (I hate waiting on the back stroke). If that's out, then look around locally and buy a 22 ton from a good dealer, one that actually works on equipment.

 

[Frank Boyer]

I have a 35T Husky and like it. I split 2-4 cords a year. My neighbor has a 27 T Bachtold H only that is very low and requires a lot of bending. I had a 27T Troy Built H/V and sold it. The TB was very good for smaller stuff, but bogged a lot on larger Oak. On small stuff I load straight from the loader bucket/pickup bed to the splitter in the horizontal position. For big stuff I use the verticle. I added the factory table and it makes splitting much easier/quicker. I got it on sale for $1550 with a with a light duty Peevey about two years ago.

 

[sunfish]

Agreed Honda I'd consider the pinnacle in engines, but you might run one before before making the statement I don't think you'd word it like that if you had. Cast iron liner, low oil shutdown-runs sweet. BTW I could still buy 3 honda motors with the cost difference.

We're not connecting here Maybe I worded it all wrong. I feel Honda is at the top, but you said Chinese Honda copy? Honda is a Japanese motor and super high quality, though they may have a plant in China now?. You got a Honda, or a copy?

I personally try to avoid anything made in China. Gettin harder to do these days though. But that's for another foum

 

[kicohman]

Get a TW5 or TW6 with the log lift, you'll never regret it. Vertical splitter means alot of bending.

I checked out the TW5 and TW6 I did not get a price but looks like more splitter then I can afford since I am not cutting commercially. Do you know anything about the TW-HV1 or TW-P1?

 

[hanniedog]

If you are not set on brand new you might snag a good used on at a local auction. Go to auctionzip plug in your zip code and search for splitters. Will pull up sales in your area with a log splitter. Just a thought

 

[sunfish]

You may want to take a closer look. The Subaru on my Super Split is made in Japan and is top quality.

Most of the cheaper "made in USA" splitters have Chinese pumps, cylinders, motors, etc. So it's good to look close at them before dropping cash.

Big Jake, I want to apologize. I confused the two splitters you were talking about and thought the splitter you had now had a Subaru, and was possible a Chinese copy of a Honda. Just completely miss-understood. Sorry

I do like the design of your new splitter. Splits comin and goin...

 

[cornbread]

Vertical splitter means alot of bending.

Not if you get one of those logs and sit on it while you split.

This helps keep my back strait and I don’t need to pick up all those logs I fine it is easer to roll them than pick them up.

 

[BIG JAKE]

We're not connecting here Maybe I worded it all wrong. I feel Honda is at the top, but you said Chinese Honda copy? Honda is a Japanese motor and super high quality, though they may have a plant in China now?. You got a Honda, or a copy?

I personally try to avoid anything made in China. Gettin harder to do these days though. But that's for another foum

Japan, China whatever the money still goes out. If you'd read my first post, you wouldn't be asking the question. You can crap on something you have no experience with if you want, but I'd recommend using something before trashing it. Focus with me now mang, I'm talking about this machine. In anticipation of your response, I did not trash the Super Split, and it remains at the top of my list because of it's speed, if I were willing to spend the money. Can we sing kumbaya? This is about giving the OP a possible option that he asked for-he'll make the choice. I'm relating a machine I'm happy with. Go ahead, have the last word then you'll feel better. Conversation over Now, about that 2 grand.....maybe a new 880?

 

[sunfish]

Big Jake, guess you missed my last post #27

kicohman, sorry for messin up your thread. There is a lot of good info here though.

 

[Swamp Yankee]

I checked out the TW5 and TW6 I did not get a price but looks like more splitter then I can afford since I am not cutting commercially. Do you know anything about the TW-HV1 or TW-P1?

Yup

I have a TW-P1 with 4 way and table grates, no log llft as that's the job of the tractor bucket. I bought mine used with all of three cords on it for a song. 50 or 60 cords later it hasn't missed a beat.

The first thing to consider when looking at the TW-P1 is you are buying a stripped down commercial grade splitter. If you do a search you'll find a lot of satisfied owners.

As to saving your back, the out feed table is a must. The resplits are right there in front of you, no bending over to pick them up. Your back will thank you for that, plus it still speeeds up the process. The 4-way really speeds up production and is designed for two different heights giving you some flexibility in the size of the splits. A lot of Timberwolf dealers have a TW-P1 they rent out. Check with your dealer and maybe he'll give you a break on a test drive if you buy a machine.

As to cost a machine like mine with the same options will run around $2500 but depending upon the dealer you can do better. I know that in some instances this amount of $ is hard to justify but if you read some of the horror stories posted here about issues in dealing with the chain stores when problems arise, maybe spending more up front makes sense. There's a risk in everything so only you can make that call.

Timberwolf splitters do retain their value. My local dealer when he gets one in trade sells them for 80 to 85 percent of the price of a comparable new unit and they last about a week, usually less as he has a waiting list. i'm looking at upgrading to a TW-2H or TW-5 and he's actually offering more for my machine in trade than I paid for it.

Two other splitters I urge tou to look at are the American and Iron & Oak. Both are a little less than the TWolf and are good machines.

Hope this helps

Take Care

 

[kicohman]

Yup

I have a TW-P1 with 4 way and table grates, no log llft as that's the job of the tractor bucket. I bought mine used with all of three cords on it for a song. 50 or 60 cords later it hasn't missed a beat.

The first thing to consider when looking at the TW-P1 is you are buying a stripped down commercial grade splitter. If you do a search you'll find a lot of satisfied owners.

As to saving your back, the out feed table is a must. The resplits are right there in front of you, no bending over to pick them up. Your back will thank you for that, plus it still speeeds up the process. The 4-way really speeds up production and is designed for two different heights giving you some flexibility in the size of the splits. A lot of Timberwolf dealers have a TW-P1 they rent out. Check with your dealer and maybe he'll give you a break on a test drive if you buy a machine.

As to cost a machine like mine with the same options will run around $2500 but depending upon the dealer you can do better. I know that in some instances this amount of $ is hard to justify but if you read some of the horror stories posted here about issues in dealing with the chain stores when problems arise, maybe spending more up front makes sense. There's a risk in everything so only you can make that call.

Timberwolf splitters do retain their value. My local dealer when he gets one in trade sells them for 80 to 85 percent of the price of a comparable new unit and they last about a week, usually less as he has a waiting list. i'm looking at upgrading to a TW-2H or TW-5 and he's actually offering more for my machine in trade than I paid for it.

Two other splitters I urge tou to look at are the American and Iron & Oak. Both are a little less than the TWolf and are good machines.

Hope this helps

Take Care

Wonderful Information, I will be sure to check em out. Thanks a bunch

 

[BlueRidgeMark]

How much wood do you want/need to split per year?

Bingo. You need to answer that question, and one more: What's your budget?


If you have money to burn, by all means get a TW5 or 6! If you are normal, and have to watch the pennies, there's no way to justify the expense of a commercial grade splitter for home use. Yeah, we'd all like Snap-on tools and Timberwolf splitters, but the reality is, weekend warriors don't need them.

Regarding Huskee/Speeco, the engineering/R&D team at SpeeCo seems to have worked out many issues over the years and make good bang-for-the-buck splitters.

Bingo again. For non-commercial use, there is no better bang for the buck. Are there better splitters? Sure, but there's no better value. Those better splitters with no more features cost twice what the Speeco costs. Are they that much better built? No, they are not. Add in the nice features like a log lift and the price climbs WAY up.

I've got... hmmm... is it three years now or 4 on mine. 35 ton. Most of my rounds are big stuff (24-40"), and vertical is the only option for that stuff, unless you want to noodle forever. Those who say it's hard on the back just aren't working smart. Get a good hand truck and you can move a lot of wood up to your splitter.

Don't be like that idiot on Youtube who put his splitter on sloped ground so that he had to lift each round while he was spitting it.


When I hit the lottery I'll buy a commercial grade splitter. Until then, my Huskee does just fine.

 

[Woodcutteranon]

I am close to pullng the trigger. I can see a great deal in a TSC Speeco...I can see the quality in a Timberwolf...but gosh these SuperSplits are so cool. Does anyone have a testimony to their quality and longevity?

 

[a. palmer jr.]

Vertical splitter means alot of bending.

Not if you get one of those logs and sit on it while you split.

This helps keep my back strait and I don’t need to pick up all those logs I fine it is easer to roll them than pick them up.

Or park your log splitter next to a hole in the ground.

 

[griffonks]

I found this site in trying to repair a splitter that a disabled friend bought. I wish that he had checked here before he bought it. Single stage, ram has small ports, tiny tank, had a worn out engine. Pays to research first. I replaced the engine, fixed the scored ram and learned a lot. Recently he straight gassed a new 390, maybe I can learn how to remove transfer. Poor guy has MS.....

 

[mooseracing]

.but gosh these SuperSplits are so cool. Does anyone have a testimony to their quality and longevity?

Only problem is splitting in knots from what I have seen. I have alot of wood with knots, the hydro cuts through them. IIRC you will stall the engine on the SS if you get it bound up in there.

 

[sunfish]

I am close to pullng the trigger. I can see a great deal in a TSC Speeco...I can see the quality in a Timberwolf...but gosh these SuperSplits are so cool. Does anyone have a testimony to their quality and longevity?

My SS handles knots just fine, sometimes need to hit a bad one twice. Have
never heard a complaint from anyone who owns one.

Use the search function and see what turns up

 

[roncoinc]

I am close to pullng the trigger. I can see a great deal in a TSC Speeco...I can see the quality in a Timberwolf...but gosh these SuperSplits are so cool. Does anyone have a testimony to their quality and longevity?

After watching that video aint NO way i'm gonna pick up wood anymore..
just what i DONT wanna do,pick up a 30in round of oak to put it up on that thing..
progress has been made in wood processing,,went from hand saws to chainsaws,from horizontal splitters to vertical splitters..
Aint no sane person on this earth that would go from a comfortable sitting down position in a camp chair rolling rounds onto a vertical splitter without having to bend over or pick anything up to having to lift 100lb rounds waist hi on a horizontal..
spend 1/2 hour with a verticle and you will never go back..

Glad them super split boys moved outta state,,used to make them 15 miles from me,crazy SOB's they are... dont know anybody here ever wanted one..
BUT,to each his own i guess..

 

[Longshot]

If possible, run an American CLS high-wheel horizontal for a coupla cords; you'll never look back!