Woodsplitter Info

I don't believe the auto return would be affected by cooler weather . . . rather cooler weather might make the hydraulic action a little more sluggish and work the system a bit harder until the fluid warms up.

Thanks for the good words and the question Glenn.

I do indeed just throw the wood onto the ground rather than in a trailer. Simply put, where I throw the wood is where it gets stacked so I see no reason to put it onto a trailer at that point.

Here are two pictures. First one taken as splitting was finished. The second picture was taken from about the same angle a couple weeks later.

I have only put about 9 cords thorugh my 28 ton Huskee but so far it has worked really well. TSC (mostly) prefills the reservoir with hydraulic fluid. The manual indicates for use below 32 deg F that ATF is preferred. Same deal with the motor execpt that I think it came with straight 30W with the recommendation of 5W-30 or 10W-30 for any use below 40 deg F. I changed the oil to 10W-30 synthetic after a few hours of breaking in and topped off the reservoir. My preference would have been to not have it filled with the hydraulic but since it was I just make sure it isn't too cold out. When I make a scheduled fluid change I will go with the ATF. To date it has not encountered anything it did not split.

With a pair of gloves on I haul around the unit by hand since it doesn't need to go far from the garage. I can certainly tow it with the truck or tractor but why bother start either up when 0.25 hp me can get the job done.

I split horizontally though the unit will tip and go vertically.

Thanks Jags. I'll get right on that.