Homelite Electric Splitter Demo

[WoodyIsGoody]

I was splitting up some large Doug Fir rounds the other day and thought it might be a good chance to video the Homelite 5-ton electric splitter in action.

I like hearing the chirping birds and inhaling the fresh air when I split wood. But the slow speed of splitting would drive me nuts!

 

[MrWhoopee]

I like hearing the chirping birds and inhaling the fresh air when I split wood. But the slow speed of splitting would drive me nuts!

Being 65, the splitter is still faster than I am. I was thinking about getting an electric kinetic, but then I forgot why.

 

[bunfoolio]

The Homelite splitter is a little BAD ASS

I have had it for over years and it will do 95% of what a gas one will do. IT is slower but for the price can not be beat. Just make sure you have a quality extension cord and it is level when you split. If you do less that 2 cords of wood a year it is the way to go. I have abused mine and it still works great. I have literally jammed in 150lb oak rounds and it does them.

 

[Grateful11]

The Homelite splitter is a little BAD ASS

I have had it for over years and it will do 95% of what a gas one will do. IT is slower but for the price can not be beat. Just make sure you have a quality extension cord and it is level when you split. If you do less that 2 cords of wood a year it is the way to go. I have abused mine and it still works great. I have literally jammed in 150lb oak rounds and it does them.

We have one and relied on it for several years. My brother and his wife were camping on here on my sons farm and they helped us split some wood with it and he blown away. He had heard me talking about and didn't believe how much power it had until he actually used it. My SIL said it was nice to actually be able to talk while splitting. I'd really like to set it up for easier operation like Mr. Whoopee for splitting smalls.

 

[Easy Livin’ 3000]

Nice adaption. Just wondering if we get old because we use our noggin more are do we get old because we stop doing hard things or do we just get old?

Just get old.

 

[Easy Livin’ 3000]

I was splitting up some large Doug Fir rounds the other day and thought it might be a good chance to video the Homelite 5-ton electric splitter in action.

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Note that these rounds were about 20 in. in diameter and wet. They weighed close to 100 lbs, right at my maximum load limit. Thankfully, I finally figured out how to get them from the truck to the splitter without lifting them. Working on a way to get them from the ground into the truck with equal ease.

Real nice, MrWhoopee. Your post is entertaining and educational. Nice job on all the mods, too.

 

[MrWhoopee]

And now we tackle the problem of getting the rounds into the truck. First, I got one of the 1000 lb. HF truckbed cranes and a set of skidding tongs from Northern Tool.



It worked well after I reinforced the bed, but it was slow and tedious to use. Then I came across the old Meyer T5 snowplow pump that came with the truck.

After a rebuild and slight modification......

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[WiscWoody]

Yeah well you should try splitting some big rounds with that little thing lol... I imagine that you’ll wire that plow pump up nice then? Looks good. I often thought of doing something like that on one of my trucks but I never did.

 

[SpaceBus]

Nice rig!

 

[MrWhoopee]

Yeah well you should try splitting some big rounds with that little thing lol... I imagine that you’ll wire that plow pump up nice then? Looks good. I often thought of doing something like that on one of my trucks but I never did.

It will split rounds as big as I'm willing to handle, up to ~28 in., though I might have to noodle a groove in the biggest ones. The lift is fully wired, solenoid under the hood feeding #4 wire through the frame. I have the power button mounted on the back corner of the bed, but it is removable with enough wire to allow me to control the load if necessary.