I posted a lot more pics in my woodshed thread about thanksgiving weekend but for the gear head in all of us check out this beautiful piece of machinery we rented for the weekend.
I have the 30 inch model, stuff on the return usually stays right on the side ramps built onto the splitter. I bought the 30 inch stroke model for a Paxo 60 gasification boiler I use to have at another house. Now back to a woodstove in the house I'm in now, that takes 24 inch pieces of wood. What's nice for me, with the long stroke, on 24 in pieces I can start a split, have it pop apart and still have enough room on the return to drop in another 24 in block without moving the ram back to take up the 6 inches of difference. So basically it gives me alot of working room and really doesn't slow me down. It's been a great splitter. Just added a tiny tach and hour meter when it was brand new.Jags said:Did you find any difficulty with the "return" split? Did it want to drop splits on your feet? I have looked at this design as well as wedge on ram designs only to see that as a problem. I have never run one, so I really don't know. I kinda like the wedge at the end of the beam so I can push the splits off the end. So - how are the tootsies?
lowroadacres said:I can only imagine that it might be easier to work your way down a pile of wood and leave a long pile as you move the splitter along the way.
I just keep a wagon along side my splitter and throw the wood in as I split it, then bring it to my wood racks.lowroadacres said:Funny thing. We didn't have any splits hit the feet. Having never used a splitter with the wedge on the end I can only imagine that it might be easier to work your way down a pile of wood and leave a long pile as you move the splitter along the way.