You may want to review http://www.arboristsite.com there seams to be more chatter over there regarding Kinetic splitters including this brand.
What I'm wondering about them is once you start the splitting cycle, can you stop it mid-way or can you not stop it mid-way. In other words, you have the round there, you start the splitting cycle but you want to stop to get your arm out of the way or reposition the round or get your hand out of the way etc. Assuming you had fast enough reflexes essential to stop the split, will these machines allow that act or not? Thanks.
Thanks a lotYou may want to review http://www.arboristsite.com there seams to be more chatter over there regarding Kinetic splitters including this brand.
12" rounds, all straight and no knots.......that splitter would be the cat's a$$........
Almost everything I cut I have to wrestle over to the splitter and bust it up, that's one reason I like the vertical set-up. Plus I can stack a pile of rounds beside me, sit down, put the headphones on, and split away for a while before having to get up!
Im over on the border outside of Bennington VT. Near Cambridge/Hoosick.
I had read some about the Speeco splitter over on the Arboristsite forum, and it looks like TSC may no longer carry that brand. They should be sold elsewhere, but the posts there lead me to believe that they had some QC issues. The Rapidfire seems to have good response to it, and the SuperSplit has a loyal following. I just happened to find a used one, so thats what I went with.
I have my buddy to help me as well as my brother. It was expensive but they had a sale so I saved a good $1k on it which made me want to get it even more. I'm not looking to cut huge pieces only 22" logs. How's the weather up there at night now? I'm in northern westchester by bear mountain
If I worked alone all the time, the hydro would probably be my choice, since you can go vertical with it, its able to power through everything, and depending on what you get the cycle time can be a non-issue. Most of my family heats with wood, so we are sharing the splitter. When you get a few sets of hands, you can go through a tri-axle load of wood to be split in a weekend no problem. Its a lot of $$$ to put in up front, but if the wood you get isnt huge, it will make short work of it.
Thanks CB I appreciate it. I will read itI guess when we say size of wood, its the initial diameter, not the length of the piece you are splitting up. Its a real pain to lift pieces that are 30" in diameter up onto the beam of any of the kinetic splitters. With a vertical hydro, you can sort of scoot them around under it without having to pick it up, which is good for saving the back.
Sounds like you already have it, which is the first step! There is another thread about the RapidFire here on Hearth, might be worth reading.
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