I believe CTA has the highest electricity rates in the 48 states, but in all honesty it has to be cheaper than gas and certainly less maintenance over time.
Actually, most expensive power is in California, then LI and Hawaii last I checked. CT is down a few from there, you guys have it "easy"!
I do LOVE the NO maintenance of the electrics, and no "when i pull the cord, is this damn thing going to start..." worries. I'm all over that, but not being able to take into woods is a killer for me.
.... you could pick one up in ct if you wanted to take the ride
Thinkin about that. Going to Newport in a few weeks, might try to hit a tractor place on way home....
2 days/6 cords. Seems like it could be more than 2 days.
That's not what I was saying, your mixing up 2 different references. The "2 days" a year was an estimate of how many days a year I will likley use.need a big log splitter. I tend to get all my wood together, cut to size, and then split and stack it all at once. So I would only need the splitter for a max 2 days to split 2 to 4 cords each year I'm guessing.
The "6 cords" is what I could purchase with $1200 instead of buying a log splitter.
It sounds like you have never used an hydraulic log splitter. If the log is large and heavy, you aren't lifting it up to the horizontal beam anyway. That's when you switch to vertical operation (as already mentioned). If you get one up to the beam, you let the far split fall on the log catcher and the near split stays on the beam. At worst, you guide then near split with your hand. Leave the far split in the log catcher. Reposition the near split for further splitting. Not difficult. Nothing falls on your foot.
I have one now, it's just a small 5 ton electric hydro unit, but the concept is same, and beam width is the same at about 6" wide. So I do understand how the logs split and fall... I have no cradle now, and when I split any rounds with any real size (~15" and up), both sides tend to drop when split cleanly unless I hold the side close to me. I just think it would be much easier to not have to hold it at all, and both sides are caught. Also, isn't it easier to load a log onto the cradle, just roll it on instead of having to place it completely/perfectly positioned onto the beam? I would think so.....
I can't do anything about the guvna's cut, but there is more than one way to get a splitter to your door. Know anybody with a pickup truck? $1200+ is still less expensive than the DR, which is an inferior design.
I have a pickup, but I'd prolly burn more in fuel to drive 200 miles to nearest TS store than it would cost me to have shipped.
But I may try to make a stop on my next visit up to CT.. working on that option. Forget the DR unit, thats been shutdown already per above comments/problems with it.
You could always sell it and get atleast half your money back, so really it is costing you $650 at the most....look at it that way, I am, it would cost me $100 each time to rent at Home Depot,I need to rent it 2 times, then maybe get a $300 electric splitter, that's 500. It's starting to make sense to me to just buy one.
Oh, I've tried all the math!!
But at the end of the day, I still have to write a check for 1300 potatoes.
Please don't take this the wrong way, but a lot of people pay extra because of where they live. If you live in Alaska, on an island, have corrupt local government or stupid nanny state rules that keep out certain businesses, you often end up paying more. It's the joy of living in paradise.
Not sure who that was directed at, but if me, I'm not sure what I would take the wrong way? nothing derogatory... in that. For me, it's not a cost thing, I'm lucky enought to be able to afford the $1300 no problem. The problem for me is justifying it, and then having to store it, maintain it... more of a, "do I really need a dang splitter in the way in my shed/ need to blow another 1300 cash"?
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