Around here, there isn't much on CL as far as a used splitter. Tractor supply has a Huskee 22 ton for $1000 and Sears Craftsman 27 ton for $1400.
Which one do you all think is better?
Which one do you all think is better?
WhitePine said:There are quite a few videos of the 22 ton TSC splitter on YouTube. Most are pretty bad, but one in particular is not too shabby. It's over 15 minutes long. You get a good sense of what it is like to split with that model.
Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4pAx2zJeLc
Backwoods Savage said:WhitePine said:There are quite a few videos of the 22 ton TSC splitter on YouTube. Most are pretty bad, but one in particular is not too shabby. It's over 15 minutes long. You get a good sense of what it is like to split with that model.
Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4pAx2zJeLc
Wow!
I did not watch the whole video but if I had to judge this splitter by what the video shows I would not buy one! I also was certainly not impressed with the guy's technique (or lack of technique). In the first place, why not have that thing totally vertical? Sitting with the angle just causes him lots and lots of work and effort. He'd be better off swinging a splitting maul. And what about that splitter....almost stalling. Something is drastically wrong there.
The reason I bought my 20 ton is to cut down on the work I had to do and this fellow worked harder on his first log than I do splitting 10 logs! Geeze, maybe I should make a video.
Backwoods Savage said:WhitePine said:There are quite a few videos of the 22 ton TSC splitter on YouTube. Most are pretty bad, but one in particular is not too shabby. It's over 15 minutes long. You get a good sense of what it is like to split with that model.
Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4pAx2zJeLc
Wow!
I did not watch the whole video but if I had to judge this splitter by what the video shows I would not buy one! I also was certainly not impressed with the guy's technique (or lack of technique). In the first place, why not have that thing totally vertical? Sitting with the angle just causes him lots and lots of work and effort. He'd be better off swinging a splitting maul. And what about that splitter....almost stalling. Something is drastically wrong there.
The reason I bought my 20 ton is to cut down on the work I had to do and this fellow worked harder on his first log than I do splitting 10 logs! Geeze, maybe I should make a video.
WhitePine said:Backwoods Savage said:WhitePine said:There are quite a few videos of the 22 ton TSC splitter on YouTube. Most are pretty bad, but one in particular is not too shabby. It's over 15 minutes long. You get a good sense of what it is like to split with that model.
Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4pAx2zJeLc
Wow!
I did not watch the whole video but if I had to judge this splitter by what the video shows I would not buy one! I also was certainly not impressed with the guy's technique (or lack of technique). In the first place, why not have that thing totally vertical? Sitting with the angle just causes him lots and lots of work and effort. He'd be better off swinging a splitting maul. And what about that splitter....almost stalling. Something is drastically wrong there.
The reason I bought my 20 ton is to cut down on the work I had to do and this fellow worked harder on his first log than I do splitting 10 logs! Geeze, maybe I should make a video.
Please do. They need more well done videos.
I have looked at dozens of YouTube videos in my search for a splitter, both stand-alone and three point. Most videos are so bad as to be nearly unwatchable. Few offer much context to the subject and are typically shot too tightly from an unsteady platform, not to mention going in and out of focus much of the time.
When I posted the link, I was careful not to mention that I did not get a good impression of the splitter from that particular video. I wanted people to watch it and make up their own minds.
cptoneleg said:Backwoods Savage said:WhitePine said:There are quite a few videos of the 22 ton TSC splitter on YouTube. Most are pretty bad, but one in particular is not too shabby. It's over 15 minutes long. You get a good sense of what it is like to split with that model.
Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4pAx2zJeLc
Wow!
I did not watch the whole video but if I had to judge this splitter by what the video shows I would not buy one! I also was certainly not impressed with the guy's technique (or lack of technique). In the first place, why not have that thing totally vertical? Sitting with the angle just causes him lots and lots of work and effort. He'd be better off swinging a splitting maul. And what about that splitter....almost stalling. Something is drastically wrong there.
The reason I bought my 20 ton is to cut down on the work I had to do and this fellow worked harder on his first log than I do splitting 10 logs! Geeze, maybe I should make a video.
That video should be called "I Fought The Log and The Log One"
cptoneleg said:Backwoods Savage said:WhitePine said:There are quite a few videos of the 22 ton TSC splitter on YouTube. Most are pretty bad, but one in particular is not too shabby. It's over 15 minutes long. You get a good sense of what it is like to split with that model.
Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4pAx2zJeLc
Wow!
I did not watch the whole video but if I had to judge this splitter by what the video shows I would not buy one! I also was certainly not impressed with the guy's technique (or lack of technique). In the first place, why not have that thing totally vertical? Sitting with the angle just causes him lots and lots of work and effort. He'd be better off swinging a splitting maul. And what about that splitter....almost stalling. Something is drastically wrong there.
The reason I bought my 20 ton is to cut down on the work I had to do and this fellow worked harder on his first log than I do splitting 10 logs! Geeze, maybe I should make a video.
That video should be called "I Fought The Log and The Log One"