Eastonmade; Will A 5-11 Run A Box Wedge? 

Gawd I know this is 3 years old but I love this set up !

I've never done this before so lets start out with a giant piece of Hard Maple now thats a VIDEO gotta love it well done

This is an amazing video. The slowdown during splits is expected although less of a slow down than I would have thought.

hi there another nice one john

How in the world could I not keep coming back? Best splitters I have ever seen.

Nice looking splits, I think it’s a good machine for anyone not in a hurry, but the # of splits makes up for slower speed.

great machine. just to under powered to run the box wedge

Will a 5-11 run a box wedge? Absolutely. Speaks loads about your product and craftsmanship. Like you said though 9-16 and 12-22 would do it faster. Just really impressed seeing the 5-11 doing work with that box wedge!

I really like the box blade. You don't have to wrestle the big half split logs, the machine does it for you. What a back saver!

LOL! You took her right to task - no fooling around - big hardwood! I didn't know either - thanks for sharing it with us Andrew. BTW - your video editing is getting better all the time. Love the new angles and attention to detail. Be well !

Still loving the Axis after watching 1000 videos of everything else on the market. About ready to pull the trigger, and hurry up and wait.

Your opinion is HUGE. You are the one putting the product out there. If you think it's too slow, chances are the homeowner/firewood seller will too. You know what works and what doesn't.

Love the upgrade ..... I'm talking about the vertical support devices on your pants!! 😁

Yes yes yes the. Video I’ve been waiting yes awesome!!

Impressive! I think that would be a good option for if youre on more of a budget and/or just dont need a larger machine. Not as fast as the 9-16, but it’ll still do the job and hold up for years.

Awesome exactly the video I was hoping to find I'm thinking about a 5.11 with a box wedge we sell lots of Aspen and i think it would work awesome

I’d love either 5-11 or Axis, but I’m just doing for myself with my grandson helping, mostly we cut fell, buck, split and haul every weekend. Often in the woods, with a pickup to pull it up the hill, I don’t have logs delivered, but I’m working with trees from 12” to 30”, so need a log lift. I have a horizontal/ vertices, but but don’t like using the vertical, so I want your log lift. I do about 25-30 cords per year for OWB, but would like to finish the day of doing a cord or so and still walking.

Did some timed comparisons of the 5-11, 9-16, and 12-22 with the box wedge. The 5-11 is equal to the orhers in speed when it hits a knot because the tonnage ratings are the same. In clean wood, the 5-11 gets smoked with a box wedge.

I ordered one identical to this in 7-2022. I have a 12 month wait time now

Andrew, I have just caught up with all your videos and have enjoyed them all. I installed a woodstove in my house in 1998, I bought 4 face-cords of wood so I could try it out and found that I could get wood for free if I spent a little time going to get it and split it. I've been doing it ever since. I started splitting by hand. It is amazing how many frustrations of the day can be worked out whacking away on a chunk of wood. Quite a few years ago now I ended up spending my spare time hauling and cutting wood, but hadn't had time to split a supply for heating the house so I tried renting a few different types to see what I liked and didn't. I started looking to see if I could find a used machine, but found them to be a pretty hot commodity. A few friends were watching their local papers for me and I was finally able to bring one home. I have been mostly splitting for my own use, not seeing that I would want to do more than that mainly because with the equipment I had it really wouldn't be worth my time. Since I started using my own splitter, I have seen some videos of wood processors, but that is really beyond my scope. The Easton Made products are the first commercial grade splitters I have seen and from your videos I can see these could actually pay for themselves. Thanks for putting out these videos. They have given me a lot of food for thought. I was wondering whether you do any shows in Michigan? One other thing I would like to add is that I am an Ontario transplant in Michigan. It really brings me back to hear your conversations with others. All the best to you and I hope that I can see your equipment in person some day. Best regards, Pete in Michigan

That 5-11 is a mighty machine. It certainly punches above its weight class.

Your machines are fantastic. One day I will have one. Anyway yes I agree with you the box wedge slows it down.

Now you got something..I like this setup,the conveyer is right way to go.thats how I would have designed it...(cleans itself better).now I'd add electric start,and bigger fuel tank.....you getting there..good job.

Looks like, question answered. Real good video, and again like last night's video, the muffler on both those videos sounded just like a banjo!!! Sounds pretty darn good, and give the 511 a big thumbs up. Speed isn,t everything and the wood coming out of those boxes was just perfect. Like you said the box wedge does slow the 511 down, but the 511 did a great job.

Food for thought I hear one of those little sore eggs that you can hook a motor to run a table make a wood splitter attachment for it too and you can split for foot and pick up the forefoot piece and just put him out of table and just seeing just cut him one after another goes real fast

If the customer want it n it can handle it....y not! All ur machines r beasts 👍🏽!

If I was in r&d I'd try a 13gpm pump with the same engine, and see what affects good, bad, indifferent, it had. . For out west, dealing with larger soft-wood, on a fairly small operation, it definitely has potential in my mind. 0.01c

When I first seen your box wedges I didn’t think they was a good idea and now I’ll say that’s just because you don’t see them around where I live or I haven’t seen them anyways so I wasn’t accustomed to them . Now that Iv watched you run them I’ll for sure be adding one to my order from you when the day comes that I get to order a splitter from y’all!!

Great demostration! I believe those paddles or bars riding on the conveyor surface, should be flipped over so the short vertical side will precede the higher vertical side of the bars. It seems this way it can bite or grab onto the wood pieces much better, maybe go one step farther, cut some sawtooth into the higher vertical side of the bar.🔥

I think this would be a great setup for an equipment rental company. Cheaper models as you said but still way better then a typical rental place log splitter. Trust these pieces to withstand the abuse also.

Nicely done!

great looking machine!

Very interesting video!

Another great video👍🏻

If I had a box wedge and that splitter Id probably put nylon pads under the log return so the nice powder coating doesn't get scratched :)

I think the box wedge work great i am not that much for speed any more because at my age i dont move that fast any more either lol

The 5-11 with the box wedge is definitely slower than it's bigger brothers but it looks faster than wrestling the same round through a single or 4-way wedge..... At least if I was doing the wrestling! Saves wear and tear on the operator. It looks like a great answer for someone who is doing wood for themselves and/or extended friends/family. Say fewer than 50 cords a year. As someone else pointed out it would make an awesome rental machine too!

We split primary oak. We can tend to go 26-30” pieces. Im not totally sure, if with that box wedge (I’m not totally sure if it will push it) through knots and crotches. It is good so see how clean it came off the splitter head so cleanly. Usually oak and come off pretty stringy. As always thanks for the video!!! I have with a box wedge give strong consideration.

Another great video. Really helps trying to decide which machine to buy next yr.

Seems a little slower but not to slow. My splitter is operated off my tractor hyd and mounted on 3 point hitch. It always runs at about your speed with the big rounds. Seems ok to me. I don’t get in a hurry splitting wood.

How does your numbering/naming system work? EG. 5-11, how many tons pressure etc? Great video, love the box splitter

she will get it done for a guy for sure and more affordably. The more I watch these box wedge units run the more I think i'd like to go that route someday,

Andrew I've seen all your splitters that 5-11 is all a guy would ever need unless he had a firewood business. The average Joe that needs a log lift the 5-11 is the way to go.P S are you hiring any log splitter testers?

Looking at all your videos and trying to find the best one for me. We are running three wood boiler

I’d take one in a New York minute!

I'm not sure if the first round was displayed at real time, but what looked like a piece of dead red oak about 20" in diameter, and was still pretty wet, but I timed it at 2:35, still far quicker than it would have taken with a conventional splitter from the big box store. Myself, I'm lazy and like to have the round on the splitting deck and touch it as little as possible, this fit the bill and provided consistently sized pieces as a saleable product.

All good

Nice job. Great machine. Almost no handling of wood with consistent size pieces. Speed for some older wood guys isn’t an issue.

Would love to have a 37D but this is much closer to my budget.

Well Done. My virtual friend. Hey , whats the verdict on the Bags. Yes ,No, or Yes but not on my operation?

Love your videos! In my opinion I don’t think it is any slower than you taking and using a four way. If you have to take those four pieces and split them again. Honestly it depends on the size you want. What if someone already owns that splitter. Instead of buying a new one then they can just but the wedge splitter!

I think for your average guy splitting for himself it would work fine.

What's up bud just a crazy old farts in Connecticut I like the thing works just fine like I said if you're not doing commercial I should work out just great I'm building us or rig with a motor and then I want to four foot log splitter but I can sit there and just saying the same thing with same all day long

What's the cycle time difference between the 5-11 and 9-16? After this mornings workout with oak and a vertical splitter, I'd take it!

I ordered my 5-11 with the box wedge as I often do big pieces like that wrestling them around with the single or 4 way was getting to be to much work

You guys build a very heavy splitter. It's not for the faint of heart for sure. I've looked at your splitters and only wish you were closer to my location so I could talk to you about a few details where I think you could do some designing to make your great machines a little better than they already are. I bought what here in the USA was a really great splitter that I paid close to $10,000.00 bucks for and tore it all apart and re did it. It doesn't cycle as fast as yours and doesn't return on it's own. For that reason and some others your machine is better but could be just a little more clean than what I see. Perfection is always just one idea away. Nice splitter. And yes I did leave mechanical engineering school before obtaining a degree, but that has not stopped my mind from always tearing things apart to make them stronger, tougher but lighter.

little log splitter working hard

High profit "pizza wood" might be just the ticket to make the most out of your limit wood lot of hard wood. How is the oil temperature? Does the heavy load at low flow heat up? Nice video of yet another variation. Take care

Be perfect for a two boiler guy like myself!

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Love your product, great price point , looks super durable. Great cycle times just too expensive to have shipped down here to lower California. Wish I could own 1, keep up the good work 👍

Eagerly waiting on delivery of my 12-22! Can’t wait! What are the paddles made out of on the conveyor?

I guess that box wedge is the same is the rest of the splitters, or at least up to the 12-22, so it does not cost you anything to offer it. Why not offer it. Now you have a video showing the speed of it and can refer the customer to this video. The speed isn't that bad, but a 12-22 is better. Someone upgrading from a home owner grade splitter would be happy. It would be great for the guy that does a few cords a year and want a commercial grade splitter with a box wedge. There was a guy that took a nothern tool splitter and put a box wedge on it. If you do some searching you can find on youtube. It had something like a 30 second cycle time.

I like your new video today you did a good jop today do have a wood stove if you do can you make a video off your wood stove too buddy good jop today buddy

I feel like leave the box wedge for the 22-28 and the 12-22. And why do you run a single chain and paddles on the elevators instead of a belt

Shes a little slower than the big brothers but all in all for someone like me that heats with wood and does maybe 12 to 15 cords a year for my self and family that would be kick ass set up. We get some bigger stuff 18 to say 24 inches, and Im getting a bit long inthe tooth for the single wedge and with the big stuff even the 4 way isnt much fun. But this little girl seems to just eat the big stuff up

I know the videos two years old Andrew but if you get this what does that set up cost?

Andrew I’m up here in NW Ontario, Greenstone. Wondering about a 3-1 box blade? Reason being we don’t have the hardwoods, spruce, jack pine, and yellow birch. Thinking about getting one as a rental unit for Cay Equipment.

It split so crooked you reversed the log. Maybe if you put the knife bevel underneath instead of on top, then it wouldn't have the uneven splitting problem. I don't burn wood but electricity may become unreliable or too expensive. Different people need different capacity splitters.

New camera? Video looked great!

With a box wedge it is still faster than a big box store splitter and built a hundred times better

That 5-11 how many ton is that ?? Love these splitters ..

Do ye make tractor pro driven to hydraulic log splitter

How much is the 511 with the box wedge and the pullback arm

Does this 5-11 have a auto cycle ?

What’s the difference between auto retract and auto cycle on the 5-11?

Hey Andrew how’s it going I had a question for you how much wood conveyor wood cost

Which machine(s) do you recommend for running the box wedge? Thanks

I like the set up but slow.....

How did the hunting trip go Andrew?

For you that must feel like going from a f1 to a Toyota

Whats the tonnage on this machine since usually thats how the the "industries" ratings go?

I reclaim my thrown first

Can the 9-16 handle that 12way u made 😮

How much that machine whith the 4 ways box wegde?

I am surprised it can handle that at any speed, that poor little Honda is being beat to death. I do think the machine is being worked too hard and running in the second stage all the time cannot be good.

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