Which splitter would you choose?

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Kenster

Kenster

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Jan 10, 2010
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Texas- West of Houston
Looking on line at Iron and Oak Splitters. Right now they are offering free shipping, and of course, no sales tax.
So, what are your thoughts of a 16 ton Iron and Oak vs the Huskee 22? At the non-sale price of about $1280 with sales tax, the Huskee will run about $50 more than the 16 ton I & 0 vertical/Horizontal with 5.0 Honda, or even money with the I & O
16 ton Horizontal only with a 5.5 Honda.

The Iron and Oaks are running $150 to $200 off regular price.

The I & O 15 ton is on sale for $999, which is $400 off, and again, no shipping charge or taxes.

I don't know much about Iron and Oak.
 
Wow! 50 views and not one opinion?
 
Don't have an Iron & Oak myself.. I have a 21 Ton MTD... Love it... Fantastic little machine. But just judging your prices and know what Iron & Oak's cost.. I was always told.. "You get what you pay for".. If you buy a $100 Chainsaw, You get a $100 Chainsaw. Buy a $600 Chainsaw and you get A $600 Chainsaw... IMHO.

That would make I & O a good splitter in my book. Even never owning one (Good Reviews too). Some would say that your "Settling" for a smaller unit.. I would think there 16/ton unit is Comparable in quality/strength to the 20/21/22 (All seem exactly the same) ton Huskee.. Again, just my opinion. But I would go with the Iron & Oak..
 
I have had an I&O 22 ton splitter since 1996,and I think it is a great splitter,Last year I had to work on the Briggs& stratton engine replacing the carb diaphramm and plastic carb. linkage parts, while I was at it I
changed the hydrolic fluid and filter,the fluid was actualy ok. I had to call them for filter information and the phone was enswered by a REAL PERSON, I told her what I needed and she gave me the cross reference for 3 or 4 filter brands and the filter numbers. total time on the phone was less than 5 min. From my experience I highly recomend Iron and Oak.
 
M said:
I have had an I&O 22 ton splitter since 1996,and I think it is a great splitter,Last year I had to work on the Briggs& stratton engine replacing the carb diaphramm and plastic carb. linkage parts, while I was at it I
changed the hydrolic fluid and filter,the fluid was actualy ok. I had to call them for filter information and the phone was enswered by a REAL PERSON, I told her what I needed and she gave me the cross reference for 3 or 4 filter brands and the filter numbers. total time on the phone was less than 5 min. From my experience I highly recomend Iron and Oak.
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Thanks, M. And I believe most of the I.O. splitters come with Hondas these days, so that's a plus.
 
Iron Oaks come with 3 different engine options, B&S, Honda GX Series, or Subaru Robin.

In my area alot of the rental shops carry Iron & oak splitters.

I have the 22 ton Iron & Oak with the Honda GX160, I bought it used off Craigslist, I am very happy with it

Here is a link of a dealer that sells them with free shipping, he comes on this forum once in awhile
http://www.logsplittersales.com/m7-Iron-Oak-Log-Splitters.html
 
Kenster, My Iron and Oak 27 ton h/v splitter w/Honda engine has worked flawlessly for two years. The Honda has electric start but I never use it. The engine starts at the first pull every time. It is built very stoutly with heavy steel components and excellent welding. Had a very slight leak at the hydraulic oil filter when new. A 1/4 turn by hand on the filter corrected the minor misting. The "I" beam is so well balanced that converting it from horizontal to vertical splitting and back is almost a one armed operation.

Forget how much it cost me from a local reputable dealer but I wouldn't hesitate to purchase the same splitter again and recommend same to others. :)
 
Ken, if it were me, I would not hesitate on buying the I & O splitter even if it were 4 tons lighter. That is because I doubt you would notice much in dropping the 4 tons. My little 20 ton has been flawless and splits anything I throw at it. Oh, one exception to that in over 20 years of use. One little gnarly elm that I though wasn't worth messing with I threw away after trying to split it once. I could see it was not worth the effort to even turn the block. So if you do have one or two every so often, that is nothing to be concerned with. Don't buy on the exceptions; buy for what it will do.
 
Two reasons to buy an Iron and Oak...It is made in America (not the engine) but the splitter. Everybody wants our economy to turn around...RIGHT? It employs Americans. Second reason...It is one bad ass log splitter...Period! I love mine! I have the Subaru Robin...and I am very surprised how easy this thing starts and how well made it is. FIRST pull every time! Check out this URL on their engines...they will tell you how each is made with what component's. Here is the one with my splitter. http://www.robinamerica.com/pfeatures.aspx?pid=8
 
I rented an Iron & Oak in March of 2010, I think it was a 22 ton(?) It put a full-beam 27 ton MTD to shame, and shamed my 28 ton Huskee. The Iron & Oak was built like a tank, and you could tell that they were not trying to cut corners in building it. My Huskee, well, it's gotten the job done, but I've put a few hundred into it to beef it up. Mind you, I got a great deal on it to begin with, but the Iron & Oak was head and shoulders above teh splitters I've used.
 
When I researched splitters. Iron & Oak were top of the line ones.
I got the Speeco 22 ton. A supplier here had them. Doing the job well so far.
I&O I could have got but shipping over $350. Shipping to Alaska is a killer on many items.
If the choice between the 2 you mentioned, I like the I&O better, rental outfits buy them for rentals, so they must be tough.
But am happy with mine, a 16 ton one would do what I need, but again price & availability for me in Alaska.
 
Kenster,

I am also looking into a iron & oak splitter, where are you ordering yours from? I am located in El Paso, TX and there are not any splitters here locally to purchase. Everything must be ordered online, it's a real bummer. Anyways thanks for the help.
 
Pyro Nut said:
Kenster,

I am also looking into a iron & oak splitter, where are you ordering yours from? I am located in El Paso, TX and there are not any splitters here locally to purchase. Everything must be ordered online, it's a real bummer. Anyways thanks for the help.
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Pyro, I've gone in another direction. I found a killer deal on a new Huskee 35 ton.

I'm not sure how many real stores sell Iron and Oak. I only saw them on a couple of web sites.

Here's one of them:

http://www.logsplittersales.com/m7-Iron-Oak-Log-Splitters.html

and another:

http://www.woodsplittersdirect.com/.

The second one claims to have the lowest prices on-line, and free shipping!

Good luck!

Ken
 
Ken,

Thanks a lot. I appreciate the help. The Huskee 35 ton sounds great. Happy splitting!!!

Derek
 
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