Boundaryh20
ArboristSite Lurker
Well, I was saving up for a new Super Split Log Splitter (actually getting ready to order one) and managed to find a used one…acouple years old. Came with the 6hp Robbins engine. The only reason it was being sold was that the guy bought a firewood processor with an eight-way wedge for a firewood business.
OMG…does it ever work like advertised. Had a few pick-up loads of wood in the pole barn, oak/walnut/hickory, which is all now split. The bigger stuff was about 22” – 24” diameter. Only one of the stumps gave us any trouble. Now I know to cut those in half (considering it took two of us to lift it up on the splitter, I should have known better!).
The splitter is really quick. More time is spent getting logs and moving the split wood. I doubt a typical splitter with a four-way could ever keep up. My other choice was the small Timberwolf with a four way, even went and tried one out.
While I haven’t tried it on any Chinese Elm yet, I am sure that it will split the stuff under 16” – 18”. But, I usually don’t take this type of elm anymore.
I fully understand why these splitters are so hard to find used now. And I probably won’t have even known about them if I didn’t lurk around so much! Closet CAD individual!
Not to sound like a salesman…but they are well worth the money. So simple and no hydraulic mess.
And now I have no more wood to split…it is all covered with snow again.:msp_sad:
OMG…does it ever work like advertised. Had a few pick-up loads of wood in the pole barn, oak/walnut/hickory, which is all now split. The bigger stuff was about 22” – 24” diameter. Only one of the stumps gave us any trouble. Now I know to cut those in half (considering it took two of us to lift it up on the splitter, I should have known better!).
The splitter is really quick. More time is spent getting logs and moving the split wood. I doubt a typical splitter with a four-way could ever keep up. My other choice was the small Timberwolf with a four way, even went and tried one out.
While I haven’t tried it on any Chinese Elm yet, I am sure that it will split the stuff under 16” – 18”. But, I usually don’t take this type of elm anymore.
I fully understand why these splitters are so hard to find used now. And I probably won’t have even known about them if I didn’t lurk around so much! Closet CAD individual!
Not to sound like a salesman…but they are well worth the money. So simple and no hydraulic mess.
And now I have no more wood to split…it is all covered with snow again.:msp_sad: