Flywheel Splitters vs. Knotty Stuff
Whilst my flywheel splitter is homebuilt & admittedly not a SS, it DOES INDEED split the knotty wood I have run thru it. Sometimes on the 1st hit, sometimes takes 2 or even 3 hits, but still faster than hydraulic splitter cycle times. As I have said here before, and SS owners will agree, they will split about anything if you READ the wood & start by working the knotty stuff from the edges rather than straight down the center. MNGuns, STLFirewood, Sunfish, and other SS owners who are in the firewood business are using these splitters for the production they get from them & not just to see what it will split. I totally agree with MNGuns that if you're in the firewood business you are selling mostly good straight grained wood that stacks neatly,and burning your trashy wood yourself. Hydraulic splitters DON"T always go thru knotty stuff on the 1st try either, so why do you guys who have never even seen ,let alone ,used a flywheel splitter keep putting them down as only good for the best wood. Are you really that JEALOUS of the speed that your hydraulic will NEVER come close to?