Earthquake splitter

[skinnykid]

Saw the little 12 tons splitter at HD for $900. Looked at it online and it can get gotten for between 8-850.

I have the little Ryobi 4 ton electric but it cannot touch this years Maple that i have a bunch of from the December storm. I mostly split Oak, Ash, Maple, Birch, Hemlock and stuff.

I was just wondering if anyone has any info on this little splitter and if it is strong enough and worth the $$ or should I save up and get a Big boy.

The little earthquake collapses to have a low center of gravity so it can be pulled behind an ATV.

 

[Brian VT]

Not sure where in NH you are but if I was up North I'd be checking this out:
(broken link removed to http://burlington.craigslist.org/bar/1054835330.html)

 

[skinnykid]

Not looking for cash, just wants fire arms! Weird.

 

[Jamess67]

You can get a full size 20+ ton splitter for around $1100. Id save up and wait.

 

[Brian VT]

Not looking for cash, just wants fire arms! Weird.

Well...it looks like you have a few. That's why I posted it for you.

Do you work for Wildlife Tech ? If so, I guess you're in Southern NH.
Great stuff on that website. I'd like to get into coyote/fox one of these years.

A funny: A taxidermist buddy of mine had a guy bring in a coyote. He went to get it from the truck and the hunter had gutted it. LOL !

 

[diodeduster]

i purchased this logspiltter last year from Home depot and love it because it will spilt anything i can lift. i get all my wood for free while i am working because i am in service bussiness for a major company. The one thing i really like is it takes little effort to transport from my garage to backyard. I have seen one at my local home depot recently for 750.00 on closeout with a viper engine.

 

[skinnykid]

Not looking for cash, just wants fire arms! Weird.

Well...it looks like you have a few. That's why I posted it for you.

Do you work for Wildlife Tech ? If so, I guess you're in Southern NH.
Great stuff on that website. I'd like to get into coyote/fox one of these years.

A funny: A taxidermist buddy of mine had a guy bring in a coyote. He went to get it from the truck and the hunter had gutted it. LOL !

ya I got a few but not as many as before! Try out predator hunting, it is very addicting. Much harder than any other hunting that I know of.

I hunted out in North Danville before, nice country there!

 

[colsmith]

My local Menards has an Earthquake 12 ton splitter, previously run but with full warranty, for $600. Hubby suggested we buy it. I keep resisting getting a splitter, but we have an awful lot of unsplit wood. Anyway, taking a quick look at it, I couldn't figure out how you would split the wood without it falling off before it gets split. The beam where the wood would go is flat and not very wide. I assume it works horizontally, so how does the wood stay in place until it gets whacked? Maybe there is something I am not understanding about how it works, but I sure wouldn't want to have to hold onto some wood while it is being split. Any advice on this? Thanks in advance.

 

[LLigetfa]

Hold the wood with one hand while extending the ram. Once there is pressure on the wood you can let go of it.

 

[colsmith]

Thanks. I was hoping the technique didn't involve my hand in the place the wood was about to be split, but I guess that is how many of them work. Seems like it would be wiser to have a wider, slightly concave thing for the wood to sit on so you didn't have to have a hand there. Safety first and all that.

 

[LLigetfa]

The ram moves so slow that you have plenty of time to remove your hand once the wedge is set in the wood. I don't really consider it a safety issue.

 

[DeePee]

I'm not going to suggest the Ryobi is perfect for every situation, however did you try notching the rounds with your saw and lubricating the splitting wedge? I was able to get through a half cord of maple earlier this week using these techniques; prior to researching I could barely sink the wedge before it would give up. I don't mind the overhead of the prep work, if you want to power through, by all means look for something bigger. I also found sharpening the wedge every so often helped. I got through a cord-and-a-half of 20 - 28" rounds this morning with the same methods.