No one offerd this splitter
That thing makes my back stiff just watching it in operation! The auto ram return is nice though.
I thought ya’ll were talking about some big rounds. Then I see the video and LMAO. Those are some baby rounds that guy is splitting and he is staying bent over the whole time wile he holding that baby round in place.
I’m with you, that makes my back hurt just watching him split those baby rounds.
I’m 53 and hell I can even lift those rounds all day long up on my Husky splitter.
Is this what you use Spidey?
I'm sorry, but dang that thing is Low and SLOW!
Yeah, that's it.
The video shows auto-cycle and tilt feature pretty good... but that log wasn't big enough to justify using the tilt-over.
And, for whatever reason, those guys aren't using the stroke return stop either??
L-O-LI think it was Sunfish that said it looked slow, but it looks faster than mine!
Perfect??...from the video on YouTube, it looks a bit less than perfect.
...Don't get me wrong, it got the job done... I'm just sayin' the need to use multiple cycles to make a split negated any speed advantage.
The one that I tried would not split 26 inch elm rounds without hitting them at least three times, some took several more cycles. It totally failed on the crotch... and we ended up cutting the stuck crotch off the wedge. It did pretty good on the straighter pieces of Bur Oak with only an occasional second cycling needed, but the twisted and knotty pieces gave it some trouble... and just like the elm, it failed to split the crotch.
Don't get me wrong, it got the job done... I'm just sayin' the need to use multiple cycles to make a split negated any speed advantage.
Now you tell me... how do you lay those big rounds (weighing several hundred pounds) down and slide them into position under your vertical splitter?? Hmmmmm??
Me, I "noodle" about a third of the way through, set a wedge, and smack it once with that wooden-handled "metal thingy" in the pick... 9 times out'a 10 that will give me two halves I can convert to quarters with a couple swings of that wooden-handled "metal thingy" in the pic.
After watching the vid, I gotta say I like how all the controls work on that low-boy, and the auto-idle thing.
But there's no way my back could stand working it. It is very much the bending over that gets my back - and I don't have to be lifting anything while bent over. It doesn't stop me from doing a lot of work, but I have to lift with my knees & legs and avoid the bending. That why a H/V works for me - I either lift the wood up to the beam, or go vertical when they get too big & do some sitting, squating or kneeling.
Whats the over/under on the pages before this thing dies?
Hey Spidey, Why do you choose to noodle and wedge the big rounds, rather than use the tilt-to-side feature of your splitter?
The one that I tried would not split 26 inch elm rounds without hitting them at least three times, some took several more cycles. It totally failed on the crotch... and we ended up cutting the stuck crotch off the wedge. It did pretty good on the straighter pieces of Bur Oak with only an occasional second cycling needed, but the twisted and knotty pieces gave it some trouble... and just like the elm, it failed to split the crotch.
Don't get me wrong, it got the job done... I'm just sayin' the need to use multiple cycles to make a split negated any speed advantage.
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