Log splitter

For that kind of money I'd rather go with a made in USA splitter. Looks like it gets good reviews, but what led you to that model?

How much wood do you process a year?

I'll test it out for a year and then ship it to you with a full review?

According to this spec sheet it's not made in USA if it's this model.

I can tell you right up front that you do not need 45 ton and likely if we work the numbers on the components it really isn't 45 ton . Tonage does not equate speed.
Speed is a function of how fast you can fill and empty cylinder.

I just procesed half my rounds pile using the HFC 5 ton. Only 1 thicker y piece it couldn't handle. That's 40 ton less.

HitzerHillbilly said:

I hear ya. I handle some rounds that are bigger than I can get my arms around and heavy enough I can't lift them so the log lift is gonna help. I've had a more than a few my home made splitter wouldn't handle. We'll see how it works! Ordered it yesterday.

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Well, I eventually ran into some rounds the 5 ton couldn't handle. Looks like need to sharpen up the old x27.

I also have a log lift
He is 6ft. 4in
230 pounds and 24 years old
I have not found anything he can not lift
that will go on the splitter

johneh said:

I also have a log lift
He is 6ft. 4in
230 pounds and 24 years old
I have not found anything he can not lift
that will go on the splitter

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Until he hurts that back, like it seems we all eventually do.

gzecc said:

Until he hurts that back, like it seems we all eventually do.

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Then I have a 20 year old coming right behind him
and I'll be 6ft under before both of them hurt there backs no doubt
or I'll be in a rest home and not worrying about who's doing the wood .

As someone with a back problem who is 38 now and who hurt it at 18 one of the the last things you ever want them to do is hurt their backs. It's terrible. It will follow them forever.

The taller they are the easier it is for it to happen.

As I get older I think more carefully before lifting anything heavy. I am relatively free from any bodily issues, and I am truly glad of that.

Both Boys are Lic. heritage carpenters . They learned to lift properly at a young age
I am a retired Auto Teck. 'Carpenter and cabinet maker at 65 I still do not have a back
problem . If you learn how to lift and use it ALL the time you will never have a problem

johneh said:

I also have a log lift
He is 6ft. 4in
230 pounds and 24 years old
I have not found anything he can not lift
that will go on the splitter

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Just don't run out of food to feed that boy!

johneh said:

Both Boys are Lic. heritage carpenters . They learned to lift properly at a young age
I am a retired Auto Teck. 'Carpenter and cabinet maker at 65 I still do not have a back
problem . If you learn how to lift and use it ALL the time you will never have a problem

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You usually hurt your back unexpectedly. Maybe its an accident and you instinctively try to grab something that fell. Or it's the last few rounds and you are getting tired. That's the time when someone gets hurt. Yes yes I know you lift 110% properly every time and so do your sons...... Point is that if there's a way to make the job a bit easier and less likely to hurt your back then go for it. It only takes one time and you have messed up discs in your back for life.

For me it was when the rear wheels fell off my skateboard at the ripe old age of 15 and my body kept moving while my feet stopped dead. By the time I was about 18 my back seemed to have recovered completely but these days, at age 67, I sometimes still feel that injury. Back injuries really do last and last.

At this point I am paying for those youthful indiscretions- course there were a few incidents that were not within my power to control.

Pics sir!