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osagebow said:
Love the huskee 22. can drag it around by hand a bit, and goes vertical. that was the reason I didn't get the powerhorse. ( I had to do a lot of 25" or so oak in the woods).
I don't mind lifting 18" or so rounds, and would have gone with the bi-directional if i had mostly smaller trees on hand, i'm sure it out splits mine with them.

What kinda stuff do you get most of the time? There's the rub.
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Ive got a lot of trees on several acres so I'm pretty picky. I mostly cut down oaks, sugar maples, some hickory (don't like cutting them up too much) and some hedge - the good stuff. I have probably a 2 cords of hedge. And to be honest, that's enough to last me a long time. I just mix it in.
 
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Boat loads of black locust. Which, that's the gravy train there.
 
TreePointer said:
I thought the same thing when I first saw that design on SpeeCo/Huskee splitters years ago. It actually works very well and doesn't bind, in my experience.

I don't know if Lowes will give a demonstration with actual rounds to split, but TSC will.
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That's exaxtly what pisses me off. No one wants to fire their splitter up and SHOW me what I'm wanting to buy. I'm literally saying "please take my money" and none of them will do it. Buchhietts is having a "chainsaw days" and pulling out all the stops. Letting people run saws, splitters, etc. Thats this weekend. I'm gonna go check out the Ariens 22T with the Subaru.
 
Buchheits?
Kool_hand_Looke said:
That's exaxtly what pisses me off. No one wants to fire their splitter up and SHOW me what I'm wanting to buy. I'm literally saying "please take my money" and none of them will do it. Buchhietts is having a "chainsaw days" and pulling out all the stops. Letting people run saws, splitters, etc. Thats this weekend. I'm gonna go check out the Ariens 22T with the Subaru.
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Buchheits? Where are you located? I live in southeast mo. We have a buchheits in our town.
 
duramaxman05 said:
Buchheits?

Buchheits? Where are you located? I live in southeast mo. We have a buchheits in our town.
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We're neighbors. I'm a flat land Illinois dirt farmer. You must be one of those Mizzurah rock farmers. Lol. I'm about an hour from St. Louis.

I freakin love Buccheits.
 
Kool_hand_Looke said:
We're neighbors. I'm a flat land Illinois dirt farmer. You must be one of those Mizzurah rock farmers. Lol. I'm about an hour from St. Louis.

I freakin love Buccheits.
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Yeah I live an hour south of st louis in perryville. And actually I work for earthworks and deal with stone. Lol.
 
duramaxman05 said:
Yeah I live an hour south of st louis in perryville. And actually I work for earthworks and deal with stone. Lol.
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Lol. I swear everyone I know from Missouri has had something to do with rock. Perryville is down by Potosi isn't it? Or is it by Flat River? I worked with some guys from that area at Alberici.
 
15 ton Iron and Oak, very easy to move and store, good for splits up to 19" long.
 
Kool_hand_Looke said:
Lol. I swear everyone I know from Missouri has had something to do with rock. Perryville is down by Potosi isn't it? Or is it by Flat River? I worked with some guys from that area at Alberici.
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Perryville is right across the river from chester. I have heard of alberici. My dad works in st louis for aalco wrecking and have heard talk of the name alberici.
 
I also do most by hand but.....I have no complaints about my Troybilt 27 ton. If I had to do it again I would consider a full beam design. Power wise ever since I rebuilt my hydraulic cylinder (previous owner trashed it) I haven't come across anything I couldn't split. Just be smart about how you load it.
 
Last month in Sept. I bought the Lowe's Dirty Hands Tools Log Splitter 22 Ton. It came with all the fluids. So I was ready to go. I have ran about 2 cord thru it and it works great. I also ran some real narley knotted oak wood. It struggled through it , but it did split the knots. I was trying to buy the log catcher from them and was having a lot of trouble trying to contacting them. Well the company was so nice that, when I did contact them, they sent me the log catcher for FREE plus Free Shipping...............
I also went to the hardware and bought a 1 inch inside diameter washer to take up the slop at the rear of the piston which worked out great. The piston is tight and works real nice. I would buy the Dirty Hands Splitter again. I paid $989.00.
 
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RevJim708 said:
Last month in Sept. I bought the Lowe's Dirty Hands Tools Log Splitter 22 Ton. It came with all the fluids. So I was ready to go. I have ran about 2 cord thru it and it works great. I also ran some real narley knotted oak wood. It struggled through it , but it did split the knots. I was trying to buy the log catcher from them and was having a lot of trouble trying to contacting them. Well the company was so nice that, when I did contact them, they sent me the log catcher for FREE plus Free Shipping...............
I also went to the hardware and bought a 1 inch inside diameter washer to take up the slop at the rear of the piston which worked out great. The piston is tight and works real nice. I would buy the Dirty Hands Splitter again. I paid $989.00.
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I had thought of a washer or square shim, but just figured the Ariens 22T that comes with a cradle and a Subaru engine for $150 more...and I'm not shimming anything up...would be better fit. For me at least. Lowes didn't want anything to do with me asking them to start it up for me. That didn't help.
 
I've got the DHT 22 ton. It only had about 3 cords through it so far, but I'm very happy with it. I like the shorter cycle time compared to the others in the same class and I personally think it's built very well. I wouldn't be afraid of the Husky (or whatever they are now) 22 ton either, but I have a feeling that DHT is much better on customer service. I originally wanted the Ariens (mostly because of the Subaru engine) but I've seen a few major failures on that one on various forums. It seems like Ariens always takes care of the problem, but it's something you shouldn't have to deal with in the first place.
 
bassJAM said:
I've got the DHT 22 ton. It only had about 3 cords through it so far, but I'm very happy with it. I like the shorter cycle time compared to the others in the same class and I personally think it's built very well. I wouldn't be afraid of the Husky (or whatever they are now) 22 ton either, but I have a feeling that DHT is much better on customer service. I originally wanted the Ariens (mostly because of the Subaru engine) but I've seen a few major failures on that one on various forums. It seems like Ariens always takes care of the problem, but it's something you shouldn't have to deal with in the first place.
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Could you lead me to these links?
 
When we installed the wood burner three years ago we got a 16-ton Ramsplitter electric. It's all pro-grade in a small package, can do up to 19" rounds if memory serves. It's been a good one, have run many a cord through it. I love the small size, can roll it around by hand if needed. It's available in a gas engine version as well.

I take down a sweet gum every year for shoulder season wood. The Ramsplitter tears through that stuff easily. Only time I've been able to stall it was in a big gum round with a hard crotch.

The 20-something-ton splitters have their uses but we haven't needed that much splitter.
 
Fred Wright said:
When we installed the wood burner three years ago we got a 16-ton Ramsplitter electric. It's all pro-grade in a small package, can do up to 19" rounds if memory serves. It's been a good one, have run many a cord through it. I love the small size, can roll it around by hand if needed. It's available in a gas engine version as well.

I take down a sweet gum every year for shoulder season wood. The Ramsplitter tears through that stuff easily. Only time I've been able to stall it was in a big gum round with a hard crotch.

The 20-something-ton splitters have their uses but we haven't needed that much splitter.
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That's the boat I'm in with the 35 ton. I guess a 35 MIGHT have its uses but it's over kill for me. The 20+ ton would suit me well. I split a LOT of large oaks vertically. Usually just in halves and some in .25, then horizontal. I like the Ariens because it comes with log cradle.
 
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I looked at all the splitters a few years back and ended up getting the Troybilt 27 ton at Lowes. It had been sitting on the floor for a while so the manager gave me a deal I couldn't turn down, got the extended warranty for any breakage (non so far) then I got a real 4 way wedge for it, helps with the slow cycle times. I have run quite a few cords through it and it starts up everytime with the Honda motor even when it sits over the summer outside under a tarp.

It is actually one of my tools I can depend on.
 
mellow said:
I looked at all the splitters a few years back and ended up getting the Troybilt 27 ton at Lowes. It had been sitting on the floor for a while so the manager gave me a deal I couldn't turn down, got the extended warranty for any breakage (non so far) then I got a real 4 way wedge for it, helps with the slow cycle times. I have run quite a few cords through it and it starts up everytime with the Honda motor even when it sits over the summer outside under a tarp.

It is actually one of my tools I can depend on.
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I'm 6'3". That Troy Bilt is too short for me.
 
I have a Home made One. So far it has been awesome. Tows good, splits good, never had an issue and I use it a lot. The Honda Motor is 5.5 HP and starts first pull every time and it's quiet. Got it for $500 on Craiglist.
 

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