Do you guys with splitters use them horizontally (flat) or vertically (up and down)? I've only used mine vertically once, when I had 100-lb. rounds of Hickory; the rest of the time is horizontally. Just curious...
Horizontal or vertical for you guys with splitters?
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Pain Cow
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I'm a maul and wedge guy. When I'm sober I split vertically.
Good one...
BlueRidgeMark
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100 pounds? Try 800 pounds of oak. Anybody who wants to split that horizontally is welcome to.
Art Vandelay
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I'll take a horizontal with a table. I'm not into bending over working at my ankles.
banshee67
Poulan Wild Thang
why in the world would you wana split horizontally ? that sounds like a pain in the ass
banshee67
Poulan Wild Thang
huh? I split ALL my wood horizontally....
Vertically is a pain in the ass....
do you have a lift or something like that?
how do you get giant rounds up
Art Vandelay
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I like to split by hand first or noodle if the round is too big to lift.
if its too big, most of the time its not worth it....but yes I do have a front end loaded on the tractor....
I also have a chainsaw or 7....
and they run....
So I cut/noodle them in half...
WidowMaker
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800 lbs...You know the rule, pic's or it didn't happen...
How did you move it at all???
I'll take my horizonal with lift everytime...
How did you move it at all???
I'll take my horizonal with lift everytime...
and to be that heavy it would have to be like what 60-72" across or more at Firewood lengths....
why not make it into lumber....
PineFever
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Anything from 8" to 16" dia goes from the trailer right up on the splitter in Horizontal, anything bigger rolls from the trailer to the ground and the splitter is vertical.
tomtrees58
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Thank you so much for defining those terms. We get confused and wet our pants when we encounter multi-syllable words.
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vertical when working with 1/4s and horizontal with common 12" rounds ....
Vertically is a pain in the ass....
And the back...and the knees...and
Harry K
Bust 'em down to size with maul/wedge/sledge/noodle. I have to do that anyhow to get them home. They don't grow right next to the splitter. Now if you take the splitter to the wood you have a point.
Harry K
Nosmo
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I prefer horizontal - tried vertical on some big ones - went back to horizontal only from then on. A 100 pound round weighs only 25 pounds after I noodle it into quarters.
Oh, I do have a lift if I choose to use it. It will pick a big one up and swing it right over and onto the cradle. It is mounted in the back of my pickup.
Nosmo
Oh, I do have a lift if I choose to use it. It will pick a big one up and swing it right over and onto the cradle. It is mounted in the back of my pickup.
Nosmo
