Well I suppose if you can't make up your mind on vertical or horizontal there's the advantage of a compromise.
diagonal position
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maple1
Minister of Fire
OK, so - how do you keep it stable like that?
Do you just tip it down part way & rest the foot on a block? Or? Mine would be quite unstable if I tried that. Don't think I'm seeing an advantage yet either.
Do you just tip it down part way & rest the foot on a block? Or? Mine would be quite unstable if I tried that. Don't think I'm seeing an advantage yet either.
Babaganoosh
Minister of Fire
You rest the rail on a milk crate. (Forum inside joke.)
Ariens only mentions vertical and horizontal splitting on their site
http://www.ariens.com/en-us/chore-products/log-splitter
http://www.ariens.com/en-us/chore-products/log-splitter
Sconnie Burner
Feeling the Heat
I'm thinking I get what he means. Rather than having to keep the top of a heavy round pushed back into the vertical standing splitter to get the wedge to hit properly, it will stay tilted in with gravity. I always used to wrestle with keeping the large heavy splits up so the wedge would hit it. Until I had an ah ha moment..... shove a felling or splitting wedge or 2 under the round to hold it up there easier! DUH!
HisTreeNut
Minister of Fire
Babaganoosh
Minister of Fire
I'm thinking I get what he means. Rather than having to keep the top of a heavy round pushed back into the vertical standing splitter to get the wedge to hit properly, it will stay tilted in with gravity. I always used to wrestle with keeping the large heavy splits up so the wedge would hit it. Until I had an ah ha moment..... shove a felling or splitting wedge or 2 under the round to hold it up there easier! DUH!
Yeah vertical with big logs is rough. I do those when I have someone to run the controls while I hold up the round. I'm thinking a big pry bar might help. I also put down a 2 by 12 in front of the splitter foot to keep the area even. It also helps slide the round into place.
maple1
Minister of Fire
I'm thinking I get what he means. Rather than having to keep the top of a heavy round pushed back into the vertical standing splitter to get the wedge to hit properly, it will stay tilted in with gravity. I always used to wrestle with keeping the large heavy splits up so the wedge would hit it. Until I had an ah ha moment..... shove a felling or splitting wedge or 2 under the round to hold it up there easier! DUH!
I can't see getting a big heavy round up onto a diagonal splitter & foot, that is tipped up enough to get the round to rest back against the beam, being all that easy.
Think we need those pics - or even better, a video of the action.
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