That's the same thing I see with yours but you say it's not a big deal.
Huh??
I don't need to
hold the lever... I don't even need to bend over to reach it... I don't even need to touch the lever to retract the ram 'cause it's automatic. I certainly never need to get on my knees to position a round, but I do need to bend-over to grab the next one, just like anyone else splitting wood with any sort of splitter (unless they loaded it in a pickup box, but they still had to bend over to do that). While that guy is "
just standing there, hunched-over a bit, neck bent over, holding the lever" I'm retrieving the next round. While that guy is retracting the ram I'm already splitting my second round and retrieving the
third at the same time. While that guy is retrieving/positioning his
second round I'm splitting my third and retrieving my
forth at the same time. While that guy is "
just standing there, hunched-over a bit, neck bent over, holding the lever" splitting his
second round I'm splitting my fourth and retrieving my
fifth at the same time. While that guy is moving splits out of his way, and rolling more rounds over to the machine I've already moved my machine to the wood with one hand, started splitting, and have a new pile of splits started.
Yeah, my splitter is low, but if ya' don't have to stand there bent over holding something, if ya' can always be moving and doing something else, if the machine is always sitting right next to the wood and if ya' have to bend over to pick up the rounds (at some point) anyway... what difference does it make how high or low the machine is?? Heck, my thinkin' is the lower the better... after-all I already have to bend over to retrieve the rounds, why would I want to lift (or carry, or roll, or whatever) them more than a few inches if I don't have to?? Most of the time I don't even need to bend over to pick up the splits... with both hands free I can grab 'em coming off the wedge and toss 'em in the trailer.
I don't see where you find the comparison... I'm never "
just standing there, hunched-over a bit, neck bent over, holding the lever."