Well, I made up my mind.....Placed the order this afternoon. It was a tough one but I decided on the biggest and baddest, LOL. I have experience with 5" cyl splitters and was afraid to downsize in power. A lot of hours on timberwolf TW-5 and a lot of hours on central hydraulics H/V (harbor freight) neither mine.....And the DHT will be a bit faster than the average 5"cylinder H/V with it's bit bigger gpm pump.
The 28ton would have the speed of the timberwolf but it takes 3 of us to run that thing hard and If I ever stuck the 28ton I'd be saying, dang it.....Should got the big one! LOL More info to follow as the splitter arrives!
Funny twist to the story, I have a brand new Speeco 35ton in the crate I bought 2 weeks ago. Never assembled it because I knew about the DHT's but the Speeco was an impulse buy on sale, etc. etc. I researched and researched and my wife thinks I am nutz, but now have a 35t DHT on the way. The DHT has several features that make it the winner in my eyes....... So in a few days I will have 2 freekin splitters in my shop, LOL. And the Speeco will be getting returned or on craigslist and the DHT will be staying.
I love my buddies TW-5 but it certainly is not in my budget nor do I process enough wood to justify it.
Was a pleasure dealing with DHT in all my questions. Sure is nice to be able to pick up the phone and talk to someone. Hopefully I can post pictures of "my" 35 ton in a few days! The one below I stole off of here
So for now, I have to wait on the big truck to bring the big box opcorn:
The 28ton would have the speed of the timberwolf but it takes 3 of us to run that thing hard and If I ever stuck the 28ton I'd be saying, dang it.....Should got the big one! LOL More info to follow as the splitter arrives!
Funny twist to the story, I have a brand new Speeco 35ton in the crate I bought 2 weeks ago. Never assembled it because I knew about the DHT's but the Speeco was an impulse buy on sale, etc. etc. I researched and researched and my wife thinks I am nutz, but now have a 35t DHT on the way. The DHT has several features that make it the winner in my eyes....... So in a few days I will have 2 freekin splitters in my shop, LOL. And the Speeco will be getting returned or on craigslist and the DHT will be staying.
I love my buddies TW-5 but it certainly is not in my budget nor do I process enough wood to justify it.
Was a pleasure dealing with DHT in all my questions. Sure is nice to be able to pick up the phone and talk to someone. Hopefully I can post pictures of "my" 35 ton in a few days! The one below I stole off of here
So for now, I have to wait on the big truck to bring the big box opcorn: