I'm looking for an electric log splitter. Can anyone point me in the right direction. Most of the wood I'll be splitting will be oak.
Walter
Walter
Electric log splitter??
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I have an order in on an electric Ramsplitter (20 ton), if it ever gets here. Apparently, they just closed up shop to move to better digs and didn't mention this on their website. I'll post again if it shows up anytime soon...
Chris
Chris
The $300 Ryobi model from Lowes works well for what it is. It will strain on the bigger logs, so ya just take a corner at a time. I have split a lot of wood with it. Should be quite a bit already written on this site about its performance if you check the search engine. Good luck.
11 Bravo said:
I also have the Ryobi. Not the most powerful splitter by any means, but met my expectations, and suits my needs.
I have the roybi splitter and you may have a "hard" time splitting oak with it. It does great on silver maple which is softer, but I don't think you'd want to split much oak any larger than 10". Anybody else have an opinion about it's limitations with oak or other very dense woods?
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It is weak compared to a gas splitter, but all of my wood to date is from the curb, and I generally grab the smaller stuff-
I like it because it is small and stores easily, and no gas engine running.
It is weak compared to a gas splitter, but all of my wood to date is from the curb, and I generally grab the smaller stuff-
I like it because it is small and stores easily, and no gas engine running.
The ideal is to have an electric and gas. The gas to do the hard & fast work, and the electric to keep in the cellar or grarage to split pieces when you need a small split for some reason in the stove. ...at least that's how I use mine the most.
I have thr Ryobi I use mine in the basemant to resplit. I rent a gas spliter 1 or 2x a year to do the big stuff.
Yeah; actually, I did. Long story, but it finally arrived over the Memorial day weekend. I put it together and ran it for about an hour. Seems very rugged. I haven't really had time to play with it much, now that summer is here. I was going to post some pictures and write up some more comments on it later.
Quick comment on Ramsplitter: not real good on communications. I had to call and e-mail frequently to get anywhere, but ultimately, they came through. Overall satisfied with purchase, but don't have much saddle time with it yet.
Chris
Quick comment on Ramsplitter: not real good on communications. I had to call and e-mail frequently to get anywhere, but ultimately, they came through. Overall satisfied with purchase, but don't have much saddle time with it yet.
Chris
Got the Task Force 5-Ton elec. from Lowes, my first hydraulic splitter of any kind. Love the small compact style, but powerful enough to split the wood I need.
I haven't been able to locate a Ryobi on Lowe's website, but they do have the Task Force for $299. It has amazingly good reviews from 114 people...only 6-8 are negative and those seem to be (possibly) related to undersized power cords and/or failure to open a bleed valve. I'd be interested to hear others' experiences with this model (specifically, what has it not been able to handle?)
I just bought the Task Force from Lowe's about 2 weeks ago and have only used it a couple times. It seemed to handle most of the stuff I threw at it easily except for the rounds that were over 14" or so or the ones that were particularly knotty. Some rounds I had to try to split at a few different spots to get them to go.
I read on another post that someone suggested noodling the rounds and that might help. I haven't tried that yet. I can't imagine its going to end my splitting by hand completely, but the dew times did use it, it was much easier and faster than hand splitting.
P.S. A couple of the pieces I was splitting actually popped out of the machine with some force, one large chunk almost nailed me in the head. I try to keep my head to the side when I am using it, but it is a pretty small area to work with and you need both hands on the machine to run it, so there is a certain amount of potential danger there.
I read on another post that someone suggested noodling the rounds and that might help. I haven't tried that yet. I can't imagine its going to end my splitting by hand completely, but the dew times did use it, it was much easier and faster than hand splitting.
P.S. A couple of the pieces I was splitting actually popped out of the machine with some force, one large chunk almost nailed me in the head. I try to keep my head to the side when I am using it, but it is a pretty small area to work with and you need both hands on the machine to run it, so there is a certain amount of potential danger there.
DanCorcoran said:
Got mine last week, tried it out yesterday, and I didnt try anything larger than recommended. I had alot of 8" to 10" rounds, and it split them with no problems. I bought a 15 amp cord the same day before using it. Like the small size, as I dont have space for a larger splitter.
fossil said:
I did.......and I got referenced BACK again..........it's like "Ground Hog Day" revisited! (lol)
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But all three comments on the Lowe's Task Force are less than a week old! (I suggest you read the 114 product reviews on Lowe's website...they're almost uniformly positive).
Got one, love it. Put it on a table to use it though, it will kill your back. Will not do everything, but did 90% of what I needed it to.
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