Rented a splitter this long weekend...

[blazincajun]

First I've seen this thread. Awesome amount of wood really fast. Now you have to find something else to fill you time. I guess dreaming about wood and admiring those stacks should suffice

 

[Ram 1500 with an axe...]

I've never used a hydro. I think I can probably hand split with the best of them but I turned fifty this year and I sometimes find my Northern Tool catalog has some interesting reading in the the hydro splitter section. I'm sure it's just a matter of time!

That catalog is real nice but if you want to save good money, check out the Huskee 22, it gets the job done at the right price.....

 

[bigbarf48]

First I've seen this thread. Awesome amount of wood really fast. Now you have to find something else to fill you time. I guess dreaming about wood and admiring those stacks should suffice

That and Ive still got quite a few unsplit rounds of white oak to go through with the axe

 

[lindnova]

Hard to beat the Huskee 22 for price and quality. I modified my log catcher with 1/2" angles welded on the sides to keep logs from falling off. I think I will buy a better stand, and the engine should be on the other side, but those are small concessions for the good price it has. It goes thru all the elm and burr oak I have thrown at it. If all I had was red or pin oak I would probably split by hand. Only have to cycle a few inches with red oak.

 

[Brewmonster]

I've never used a hydro. I think I can probably hand split with the best of them but I turned fifty this year and I sometimes find my Northern Tool catalog has some interesting reading in the the hydro splitter section. I'm sure it's just a matter of time!

Don't give in! I'm sixty-two and still splitting by hand. If a flabby old fool like me can do it...

 

[xman23]

I feel your pain

 

[_CY_]

nice job!

another vote for getting a splitter .. scored 35 ton speeco on sale at TSC for $1,600 on a no tax day.
that was about 5 years ago .. one of the best investments ever.

 

[Oregon Bigfoot]

Nice wall of wood for sure!

 

[jillybeansisme]

It's not how hard you work but how smart you work! Get a splitter (and I don't chop wood yet, but with my rotator cuff issues, I believe in machinery or nephews, whichever comes first when I'm ready)..

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Reasons for not loving hydraulic splitting:
Noise.
Breathing exhaust.

Ear protectors do nicely. As for the exhaust, you do the splitting outdoors so there is no need to breath exhaust unless you are placing the engine upwind of you which is rather silly.