chopperaxe

[jerseydevil]

Anybody have one or ever try one? I've seen them on peoples websites but never heard anything about it. Also, I met a guy who owned one and he said it worked well, but I don't know if he really used it much, and to what he guaged it against. In other words, I think he just split rinky dink stuff for camp fires.
www.chopperaxe.com Check it out.

 

[habanero]

I've seen those types of deals before, and have never really thought they would be worth much. Though to be fair I have to say I've never used one, so I may be all wrong. I'd want to try it out in some of the hedge I'm working on now before I plopped down any money for it.

 

[highpower]

I found this in the fan mail section:

"Please send me immediately one of your Chopper 1 wood splitters. I have used a friends and it is amazing. It splits 12-16" oak logs like toothpicks, and it even does quick work on elm which I have found to be the toughest wood to split so far."
--John, Manitoba, CAN

Elm is tuff to split with a 30 ton splitter. I would like to watch "John" split it with this thing.

 

[jerseydevil]

Yeah, sounds pretty fabricated(johns story). Although, I bet you could split 12-16 inch rounds with just about anything, and I notice the elm I couldn't split green is a lot easier after a few years drying. But I bet it's bull.
Any other thoughts on this?

 

[Farmer Ferd]

I have a chopper and its incredible. Its hard to believe how well it works. It throws the wood apart.

 

[burnt wood]

used one when i was a kid 25-30 yrs. ago. was not built cheap
and worked surprisingly well. these things have been around for
a while.

 

[MS-310]

I have a chopper and its incredible. Its hard to believe how well it works. It throws the wood apart.

Sounds like some fan mail...lol

Do you work for them?

 

[ASEMASTER]

they work

they work real well, I used a buddy's for a while and couldn't find one to buy when I needed a splitting axe so I went with the fiskar, I would recomend to buy it. it won't do anything but split wood it's not for chopping.

 

[Sprig]

I found this in the fan mail section:

"Please send me immediately one of your Chopper 1 wood splitters. I have used a friends and it is amazing. It splits 12-16" oak logs like toothpicks, and it even does quick work on elm which I have found to be the toughest wood to split so far."
--John, Manitoba, CAN

Elm is tuff to split with a 30 ton splitter. I would like to watch "John" split it with this thing.

Haven't tried one but personally rather use a nicely shaped maul with a long handle (I'm 6' 2") set up for my comfort. Sounds a bit gimmicky ta me but ya never know, years ago I used a friends maul that had those little levers built in, what a POS! GAH! (took me over an hour to break it!) :monkey:
Its all in the technique, several good threads on this already here.





Serge

 

[babalu87]

Yeah, splitting 12-16" rounds is childs play. I cut my firewood at 18-22" for the Morso and there is a BIG difference when you add 6-10 inches.