Picked Up A New Splitter Yesterday!

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Purchased a HUSKEE 22 Ton splitter yesterday at Tractor Supply, so I thought I'd share my excitement and a few pics. Just made a major score of wood from a builder friend of mine and this splitter should make easy work of it!

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Can't forget my log hauler... The real workhorse

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Tom
 
I would suggest getting a tarp or keep it in the garage as I didn't and mine rusted where the bolts hold the engine top to the main part of the engine in little over 3 years. ;-)

Also I would suggest checking all bolts for tightness as I found most of mine loose. You might look into a log craddle too, keeps one from having to bend over each time you split something big.

Good luck,
Shipper
 
Shipper,

Thanks for the advice.
I'll be sure to check all of the bolts before putting it to work. It's stored under a tarp in a steel shed. Maybe a little overkill, but my shed has been known to leak a little in heavy rains. The log cradle sounds like a good idea.

Tom
 
Dont worry, the torque from some big elm will crack some of the paint off in sheets from a poor prep job. It still will keep going and going!
 
I'm curious about buying a "22 ton" as opposed to buying say, a 5-ton splitter, like they sell at Lowes (for example). Would the 5-ton fail me over time? (I'm only re-splitting "splits" for kindling, in MY application).

I Googled the one you bought, and it looks like a Grande ($) sticker price. I think the 5-ton at Lowes was $299.00??.

Best of luck with it.

-Soupy1957
 
You should be happy with it. Mine has served me well. I second the log cradle. I bought the one from 33 flame on EBay. Saves a lot of time and wear on the back.
 
Definetly check the bolts, I bought one from Lowes a couple weeks ago and found four different bolts that were not tight.
 
Forget the log cradle and learn how to split wood correctly with that thing. Rather than the log cradle, get yourself a good seat and split wood while sitting. Furthermore, if you split while sitting you do not have to lift every piece as you do when splitting standing up. That constant bending and lifting is not good for your back.
 
Log cradles, lifts or work tables are great. Stand up and split, like Gawd intended. :coolsmirk:
 
Jags said:
Log cradles, lifts or work tables are great. Stand up and split, like Gawd intended. :coolsmirk:
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I'm with Jags . . . just split the sucker. ;)
 
Backwoods Savage said:
Forget the log cradle and learn how to split wood correctly with that thing. Rather than the log cradle, get yourself a good seat and split wood while sitting. Furthermore, if you split while sitting you do not have to lift every piece as you do when splitting standing up. That constant bending and lifting is not good for your back.
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When I'm using my electric splitter I use a car ramp for a seat and split in the horizontal mode. Am I the only one splitting horizontal whilst seated? I do find myself getting up and down a lot to get stuff within arms reach, but I can get through a decent pile without moving.
 
soupy1957 said:
I'm curious about buying a "22 ton" as opposed to buying say, a 5-ton splitter, like they sell at Lowes (for example). Would the 5-ton fail me over time? (I'm only re-splitting "splits" for kindling, in MY application).

I Googled the one you bought, and it looks like a Grande ($) sticker price. I think the 5-ton at Lowes was $299.00??.

Best of luck with it.

-Soupy1957
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Soupy

Sounds like the 22 ton may be a bit of overkill for you if you only plan on using it to make kindling. In that case, the 5 ton sounds like it may work well for you.

Tom
 
Backwoods Savage said:
Furthermore, if you split while sitting you do not have to lift every piece as you do when splitting standing up.
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From the looks of your avatar photo, I'd be careful you dont lose your nuts. I've seen knots send some splits flying. One bad knot in that open legged stance and say goodbye to the boys.. careful out there fellas.
 
Saw that Home Depot has one for $ 999 I believe is 20 ton and can be used vertically. I had my kids with me and was on another mission - so I didn't get a real good look at it - but the price seemed nice.

I tried my darnest to get that MTD 8 ton one - but struck out. Maybe I'll just keep on renting when I need one. Splitting by hand still works for me.

Nice Huskee!
 
Jags said:
Log cradles, lifts or work tables are great. Stand up and split, like Gawd intended. :coolsmirk:
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Jags, if God didn't want you to sit while splitting he would not have given you an arse! ;-)
 
logger said:
Backwoods Savage said:
Furthermore, if you split while sitting you do not have to lift every piece as you do when splitting standing up.
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From the looks of your avatar photo, I'd be careful you dont lose your nuts. I've seen knots send some splits flying. One bad knot in that open legged stance and say goodbye to the boys.. careful out there fellas.
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Logger, it is called technique. It is in how you place the log. Furthermore, when a split goes flying like that it always goes sideways for me. I've never had one come at me like what you are afraid of. If you know for sure what you are doing all is fine. I have also seen some splits go flying but I also knew before hand what they were going to do. The only time I might get stung a bit is when making kindling from soft maple. That indeed can fly and we get a big kick out of it.

All joking aside, I do not recommend this for everybody because some do not have the experience to know what the log is going to do.
 
Backwoods Savage said:
logger said:
Backwoods Savage said:
Furthermore, if you split while sitting you do not have to lift every piece as you do when splitting standing up.
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From the looks of your avatar photo, I'd be careful you dont lose your nuts. I've seen knots send some splits flying. One bad knot in that open legged stance and say goodbye to the boys.. careful out there fellas.
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Logger, it is called technique. It is in how you place the log. Furthermore, when a split goes flying like that it always goes sideways for me. I've never had one come at me like what you are afraid of. If you know for sure what you are doing all is fine. I have also seen some splits go flying but I also knew before hand what they were going to do. The only time I might get stung a bit is when making kindling from soft maple. That indeed can fly and we get a big kick out of it.

All joking aside, I do not recommend this for everybody because some do not have the experience to know what the log is going to do.
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Now hold on Dennis . . . it was one thing when you were saying that folks should split vertically since it is easier on the back and knees and that it was the superior way to do so . . . now you're saying a troglodyte like me isn't sophisticated enough to be able to split vertically and I should probably stick to splitting my wood horizontally . . . ;) :)
 
firefighterjake said:
now you're saying a troglodyte like me isn't sophisticated enough to be able to split vertically and I should probably stick to splitting my wood horizontally . . . ;) :)
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Thats what is sounds like to me....troglodyte!

:lol: :lol: :lol:
 
Shipper50 said:
I would suggest getting a tarp or keep it in the garage as I didn't and mine rusted where the bolts hold the engine top to the main part of the engine in little over 3 years. ;-)

Also I would suggest checking all bolts for tightness as I found most of mine loose. You might look into a log craddle too, keeps one from having to bend over each time you split something big.

Good luck,
Shipper
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I used an identical Huskee 22 ton splitter earlier this summer...it worked incredibly well...split everything right up th the 20"+ thick stuff.

Not sure I really get the point of a log cradle...this is a vertical splitter, so there really isn't any heavy lifting required.
 
mayhem said:
Shipper50 said:
I would suggest getting a tarp or keep it in the garage as I didn't and mine rusted where the bolts hold the engine top to the main part of the engine in little over 3 years. ;-)

Also I would suggest checking all bolts for tightness as I found most of mine loose. You might look into a log craddle too, keeps one from having to bend over each time you split something big.

Good luck,
Shipper
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I used an identical Huskee 22 ton splitter earlier this summer...it worked incredibly well...split everything right up th the 20"+ thick stuff.

Not sure I really get the point of a log cradle...this is a vertical splitter, so there really isn't any heavy lifting required.
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You must have bought the special one they had on sale, my splitter goes horizontal and vertical. I dont want to mess around putting it vertical when I am splitting stuff around 15 inches and under.

Shipper
 
I have had mine for a year now. Split roughly 11-12 cords thus far with it and still have not found anything it cant handle. The toughest was a 24" diameter Elm but it did the job. Saturday I brought it over to a friends house to help him out. He had a growing pile of "nasties" that he wanted split. He had all various shapes, sizes, crotches, types of hardwoods in a pile that yielded about a cord (eyeballing the split pile afterwards). Splitter took on all of them.
 
You must have bought the special one they had on sale, my splitter goes horizontal and vertical. I dont want to mess around putting it vertical when I am splitting stuff around 15 inches and under.

Shipper
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Nothing special, it was identical to the one in the first post..very common splitter.

I can't understand why you wouldn't want to switch to vertical splitting for stuff under 15". Its not even funny how much easier and faster it makes the job and it takes about 20 seconds to do it. At least thats how it seemed for me. Whenever I ever actualyl buy my own splitter, I won't even consider one that doesn't have a vertical mode.
 
Soupy-

I bought the Task Force 5-Ton Electric Splitter at Lowe's a couple of weeks ago for the same purpose: to resplit a few ginourmous splits, and to make some pieces between kindling and small splits in size. workd very well. only problem was a bad oil seal under the bolt that has the fluid level dipstick attached. Got in touch with the Customer Service people, and they are sending me a full set of oil seals for the machine.
 
The 22 ton Husky is agreat splitter enjoy vertical or horizontal- Just remember don't do anything standing you can do sitting, don't do anything sitting you can do laying down, make it easy on yourself.
 
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