Thanks for the review Gary! Hope it's still treating you well. Although it's a two-year warranty, we do offer a lifetime of technical advise free of charge via our website, email or phone if you were to run into any issues at all ten years down the line.
Hello, its still going strong, many tonnes of logs split, a very tough machine. Thankyou for the info and leaving a comment, take good care Forest master team !
i try my best to make people smile , its what makes the world go round and the government cant tax it ! . thanks so much for your kind words, have a great week Elvyn
What a wonderful way to start my Sunday! Looks like you will be having fun with your new toy! Thanks for sharing a part of your life. We all enjoy your content. Hugs to you and your family ❤️🙏 Colleen
hello Colleen, just what the doctor ordered ! the bones are wearing out slowly here, im now 48 and slowing down just a little, thanks very much, have a great week and take care
Gary, loved the light hearted review, makes a pleasant change from the serious, no nonsense stuff on youtube. Your not alone when it comes to forgetting things unable to remember what a doo berry ought to be called. That log splitter looks worth the £ saving your back and energy. Making us laugh is a skill you naturally have. Wishing your family stay warm, healthy and loved with a peaceful Winter.
Hello Paula, its lovely to hear from you, hope all is well at your end, im often loosing tools, or going to get one and when im there forget what ive come for ! i think my problem is just too much to do and too much to think about ! i have a list of jobs that are about 2 years long ! im also fitting a Victorian style bathroom at the moment and flitting from this job to the others ! it will calm down eventually. thanks very much for popping by, have a great weekend and take care
Brilliant editing mate, cracked me up. I run a 12 ton Baumr electric splitter, i bet you sack the guard shield off within the year lol and knock up a foot peddle for activation. Saves the bending over. Good times bro.
hello Moose, yep your right as soon as the warranty has expired an easier button/or foot peddle will be fitted, for the time being i will make do with a little bending, thanks very much Moose, hope your doing well, it is now very frosty and cold here ! thanks and take care
The revelation for me was swapping from an axe to a maul. No more trying to yank it out of the chopping block. Combined with a couple of tyres surrounding the chopping block so the pieces don't fall everywhere. That being said, give it a few years and maybe I'll be on the market for one of these ;)
hello, im going to seem real dumb now, i had to google maul ! yes i can now understand and see the difference. ( an axe shape was just an axe to me) I will keep a look out for one of these at our country boot sales that we often visit because i do feel that an emergency backup is always handy, Hand tools can always get you out of trouble when the electric ones break down or until i have fixed them !. in the past i was using the axe and every now and then had to do the huge yank to free it. thanks George, you have taught me something new, take care and enjoy the brighter weather that is about to arrive !
@@ESCAPINGTHEMATRIXFORGOOD Oh, totally :) Plus you might have willing volunteers sometimes and need spare tools... (and yes, I've had enough of rain now too!)
I moved from Essex to the Welsh mountains over thirty years ago, so really good to hear the accent again. Someone that talks proper ! I wonder if Forest Master sell an uprated doobry?
It's a worth while investment Gary and will pay for itself in the long term and not to mention saving time and back pain. Have a good week to you all looking forward to the next video. 👍😁
hello Ian, when i thought about it most people pay to have their gas boiler serviced, this come in normally just over £100, we do not have this cost so instead a log splitter to ease the heating load. i service the wood stoves myself, a quick flue sweep and a little fire cement on some joints and thats all, thanks Ian have a great week and take care
Hi Gary. I hope all is well with you. That looks like a decent bit of kit, other than the guard as you say, it seems sturdy. The main thing is the time and effort it will save you which will be great and you keep the seasoned logs coming in. Haha! Yes indeed- who does write the script? Lol! Good luck with the new kit, I'm sure you can use the time and energy saved. You mentioned cold weather, we have had cold and dry and a little sleet this week but today it is siling it down. Livestock fine, my few cows are out during the day and they come on at night, of their own accord- they are well trained! Thanks for this latest vid. Have a good weekend and take care. Regards. Johnny. Northwest England.
Hello Johnny, good to hear from you, the log splitter has been a great investment, the wife has been out splitting as well, we have all the wood done for winter now, its not too much work for her, well trained cows, yours and my wife !!! ha ha im due for a wack ! she is bound to read this, i just cant resist a laugh ! . Very windy this weekend but all is good here, hope your doing fit and well, thanks Johnny take care
@@ESCAPINGTHEMATRIXFORGOOD Hi Gary, thanks for this message. I'm pleased the the log splitter is coming into it's own and you are fully stocked for this winter. Haha! Yes you will be in trouble, you are like me, I can't resist taking the 'P'- often out of myself, I love it. Yes, colder and has been wet, dry today though. I don't get about as much as I did, I have arthritis but keep going. Off to the airport with dad tomorrow to meet my auntie from Norway, who is here for Christmas. She was 100 in February! I'm glad all is ok with you. Take care. Johnny. Northwest England.
thanks for popping by with a comment, its lovely having logging equipment and a wood burner with these crazy energy prices ! pleased you have got all this ! keep safe and well, happy heating for this coming winter, october the energy prices will hit the roof !!!
@@ESCAPINGTHEMATRIXFORGOOD hi thanks for the reply, I work at a school in sheffield that has its own private woodland, so luckily my wood is free, in the six week holidays I have two good size cherry trees to come down, so I'll be very busy splitting, stay safe buddy 👍
hello all, back to a more normal not acting like a prat video ! i know alot of my subscribers heat with wood so here a little video for you, thanks so so much for all that have subscribed and thanks for being part of this channel. hope your weekend has been a good one, thanks all and take care
hello Bry, im already thinking of modifications for the future but i dont want to void the 2 year warranty, grrrr ! but the spare bits would do the job fine, i would also like to raise the button up higher. thanks Bry, keep safe and warm ( winter officially starts on sunday ! 3 months to spring !! )
Getting old sucks eh? I had about 5 ton of wood from an 100yr old Ash tree we had taken down, I wasn't looking forward to splitting it with the axe so we bought the little brother to that the FM5.Put it all together and after 5 mins threw that guard away like you said its flimsy and the first log that jumps out batters it anyway. Other than that they're good machines and can punch well above their weight especially on the knotty stuff that an axe won't touch. Me and my son usually run it together one loading one working the machine that way you can soon get through a lot of logs.We left the doobry where it was as you can then put two logs in together so there's no lost time.Just make sure you get it at the right height for you (no bending over) or your back will ache just as much as with the axe ! Happy Splitting mate.
hello Mark, thanks so much for this advice, i never thought of putting 2 logs together in it, but after all it is called a duo cut ! and like a typical man i did just flick through the instructions. i have had a couple of logs jump out very lively ! me and my son will work this weekend to break the back of our seasoned wood pile to get it split and stored in the dry log sheds. I have already split about 1 ton, thanks very much for this comment, thats what this channel is all about ! advice on how to make living off the land run smoother, thanks Mark and take care
ha ha, if i gave him the axe i dread to think !, but the new log splitter James has already used , its very safe for him as 2 hands has to be on the buttons and he wears a full face guard, together we can do it !!! ha ha thanks and take care all
hello Trev, i do think im going to be meeting you after just Christmas ? which will be lovely. its nice to meet good kind people ! not that many about these days ! ha ha, i often watch motor home channels and use to own one years ago ( elddis 400 special A class), i enjoy the freedom and the off grid life they can support. Fantastic bits of kit to own ! After looking at your channel it seems you are not too far away. im also guessing you are familiar with where we live, many people come to visit this forest. even aliens ! ha ha, thanks for popping by, safe travels and take care
Thanks yes, I know roughly where you are, not far from Daisy’s Walk I believe. We have lived in Ipswich all our lives so remember a lot more trees out there 😉 Trev
its so much easier for me, you could even have a go on your visit ! ha ha, or you could go back to the good old axe !! no no you can just come for the peace and quiet and enjoy the forest, no work ! thanks Lindsay, take care
@@ESCAPINGTHEMATRIXFORGOOD Looking forward to meeting you all, just hope the weather behaves so we can come :-) Thank you for the offer of playing with your new toy, thanks but no thanks.. Axe well that is just asking for trouble lol .
Brilliant review, was toying between this and an upright SIP. Was a bit concerned that the stand might be a bit flimsy but think I'll go for the Forest Master. You were certainly right re fuel prices back in 2019!!
cheers for popping by, my log splitter is still working fine with probably 15 tonne or more now split by it. I think the poop will really hit the fan this year leading up to Christmas (fuel/ energy and food crisis will hit very very deep ! ) so get prepping and stock up. There is even rumours of rolling power cuts ! im cutting my winters wood store up in the next few weeks. keep safe and well. many thanks for watching.
We actually bought a MANUAL hydraulic splitter years back. (We haven't heated with wood for the last few years because of the state of our chimneys in this "new" home, but I still have the splitter). It works on a duo of hand levers that you pump back and forth to move the splitting wedge. Rather like a bottle type of hydraulic car jack. It is actually easy to move the levers... even an old badger haired fat granny can do it. It splits the wood well and saved me a ton of time and injuries I am sure over the years we used it. When I first bought it cost was the key reason, but I also came to like the fact that it worked quietly and with no needed energy input other than a few energy units that I probably needed to expel anyway. I used to split our wood needed a day or two supply at a time. I could split enough to heat our 1300 sqft home for a day in a little under an hour and that was with several tea breaks. The hardest part of the whole job was moving the wood on and off of the splitter.
hello, its always good to hear from you, im now having a little kick myself moment, i was looking at the lever splitters, i thought that they might make my arms ache quite a lot, but after you have described them they do seem a lot easier than i expected. i also like purely mechanical equipment, the reason being is we have quite a few power cuts here. Im also thinking if i had to have a neighbour it would be you, ha ha, your an oracle of homestead ways ! thanks very much, have a great weekend and take care
Hello Nick, i do watch a lot of RU-vid videos that others call conspiracy theories ! ha ha and get a lot of future predictions and advents way in advance, then i can make adjustments here to still thrive. I'm not that clever on my own initiative ! Ive also just started watching Gerald Celente for economic events ( march madness is here ! ha ha dont trust banks to look after your money and i have not for the past 4 years, stash the cash else where ! ). Being ahead of the games they play can make you continue to prosper. Energy prices will continue to rise for at least 6 years or until more nuclear power station are completed in the UK, along with food, the worst is still to come im afraid ! my goal this year is to put up more solar power, battery banks ( a house with no bills ! ) and grow even more veg than previous years. Keep safe and well Nick, thanks for popping by.
Hi hi Just wondering how the splitter is still going as I have been looking at them as when I am working or chainsawing the logs the wife can split. Honest review a few years on would be GREAT. hope family is doing well and everything is growing. Me👍
Hello Joe, its still going strong ! probably now up to 15 tonnes of wood split on it now, im very pleased with it. thanks for popping by, take good care
Hello, sorry for a late reply, mine is still going strong with up to about 4 tonne split now, thanks for popping by with a comment, take care and happy splitting.
From one ‘badger’ to another ‘badger’ thank you for the intro to the Log Splitter. Actually, just the video I’ve been hoping to see; as someone of similar age to you I have been experiencing the same dilemma. I purchased a Rayburn on the back of watching one of your videos, now it looks like I may go and follow your lead and buy this very same log splitter. ...For gods sake Gaz, please, please don’t go and colour your hair pink!!
ha ha a pink rinse ! its good to hear you have got a rayburn, when you think about it your can now cook food no matter what happens, (power cuts and all that), its all about future proofing yourself as well, because im pretty sure in the future things will be changing and energy prices are going to rise dramatically, carbon tax is only around the corner ! which can only be based on meter readings, not by logs being passed through the door of a Rayburn ! im pleased your getting your self sorted, cheers Matt have a great week and im now getting back to plucking turkeys ! take care
Hello, the building is a garage that has been here since the mid nighties and i did not build it. I love working with wood though and have built a tree house high up in an old oak tree and recently built a water well hut. Im also refurbishing an very old hut which seems to be here over 100 years, it has old square hand forged nails in it ! thanks so much for popping by, good luck and take care.
Hello Jack, thanks for popping by, im hoping this lasts for 10 years, we have owned it for a couple of years now and its split probably over 10 tonne of wood and still working fine. I brought this as it was higher rated than what we needed and we are not overloading it too much. Cheers and take good care.
@@ESCAPINGTHEMATRIXFORGOOD well thats good to know thanks. i was not sure weather to get the log master or the titon pro. i would rather pay more and get one that will last. chear and take care too.
This did make me laugh, the music interlude was funny, Bit of a time waster though as its so slow to operate, ideal for the ageing DIY'er so happy splitting 👍
@@ESCAPINGTHEMATRIXFORGOOD Will do thanks...Likewise!😉 I had a hydraulic splitter made to fit on the end of my mini digger, works a treat as you can manoeuvre it wherever you need via the boom without moving the machine much 👌gone are the days of splitting by hand...especially with gnarly grain wood. 🤦♂️
Love the review Gary. The hard thing looks a bit weedy. Is is necessary or worth having. 5 years on. Would you still recommend this model, or another. Cheers pal :)
Hello Chris, luckily its still working well, but the guard around the top was very weedy and has now been removed, it has cut some impressive tonnage of wood over them years, i would still recommend it. I burn about 5 uk tonnes of wood per year, i would say about 3 to 4 tonne of that goes through the log splitter, so that around 15 to 20 tonne the log splitter has worked. Thanks so much and take care Chris
A double wedge on that would half the time again especially if all ur rounds are sub 10 inch I've been splitting all wood for 5 years with an axe and im about ready to buy a splitter hydraulic or kinetic is my choices but cant decide
Hello Steve, thanks for popping by, I have seen the kinetic machines, they are a lot faster for sure if you cut wood on your own ! we now get a mini production line going, i cut the rounds into the correct sizes with the chainsaw, the wife splits them and my son stacks the wood, it now works very well and fast. where as before i was working on my own with an axe. There is some great log splitters out there. I dream of owning one of them complete wood processing machines ! the really expensive ones where you just load any size log and it cuts and splits in seconds ! Good luck in your choice and take care.
@@ESCAPINGTHEMATRIXFORGOOD yes production line is best or a processor but I personally dont have space money or access for processor unless I turn it into a business which I've been toying with a nice 10 tonne hydraulic or kinetic would fit lovely down the alley into garden and store in shed
😂 what a brilliant review, had me laughing lots. Sensible review as well. Just bought one of these and apart from struggling with dry Eucalyptus tye only issue I have is the minimum distance between the blades. It needs to go closer so small wide rounds can be split. How you getting on with yours?
Hello, yes Eucalyptus will not split well at all ! , this is the type of wood and its grain structure that makes it hard not the log splitters fault. I work for a lumber jack sometimes and get paid in wood , but i no longer except Eucalyptus for this reason, also when its dry it blunts my chainsaw quick, its a great hard wood to burn but a pain to process to size ! My log splitter still works fine but i did remove the guard on top as i found it a pain and it got in the way. thanks so much for popping by with a comment and question, keep safe and well.
@@ESCAPINGTHEMATRIXFORGOOD Thanks very much, my Fiskas X27 seems t handle it provided its not more than three inches thick. Like you say a great burner.
Looks like a good splitter, I really like Forest Master stuff, just got their log lifter. I'm staying with my Stihl Maul for now, really quick and effortless on ash and beech (and I'm pushing sixty and have lead a life of debauchery) Looked like you were using a felling axe? not the right tool for the job. Anyhow, thanks for the vid, useful.
Hello, sorry for a late reply, thanks for your comment. You cant beat Stihl, i have one of there chainsaws that never fails to start fist time over many years. Although i do service it regular. Its a shame Stihl don't sell log splitters. Yes i was using a felling axe, i got it cheap at a car boot sale, i have now learnt that one by mistake ! ha ha, there is so so much to learn when running a smallholding and trying to live off the land. Im having to be a butcher, farmer, beekeeper, plumber, electrician, carpenter, chimney sweep, builder ! the list goes on ! but i like it like that. thanks and take care
@@ESCAPINGTHEMATRIXFORGOOD Good luck to you, I bet you'll end up enjoying all the different jobs you have to do. I do, sure beats working for other people. I love logging, and there' a nice sense of security with a good log pile, I know we can stay warm a few years, whatever. Yes, I'm a big Stihl fan, my 024 saws are thirty years old and I've only cleaned and serviced them Same my brushcutter, 21 years old, but I'm rebuilding the carb and fitting new throttle cable. And you can get all the parts, or Chinese copies if you prefer. My Hussqvana brusher cutter airfilter pack was going to be an absurd £21, last time I buy that make.
hello rob thanks for popping by, the shit is really going to hit the fan early next year, im expecting civil unrest as well in the big cities, i would stock up if you have spare cash as goods and food will triple to what they are now and shortages will get worse. I cant predict the future but keep my eye on the background stuff that the mainstream media don't talk about. I used to get called a conspiracy theorist ! ha ha now people come for advice ! thanks, keep safe and well. Good luck
Hello, thanks for popping by, the world is going crazy ! self sufficiency eases the burdens created by the big wigs ! hope your doing okay in these times. thanks for your comments. keep safe and well.
@@ESCAPINGTHEMATRIXFORGOOD You're not wrong. To much government & to many civil servants lining their own pockets at our expense! We are currently finishing of some restoration work on our suburban home, then plan to do exactly as you have :) Just found your channel and swiftly going though your videos. Keep up the good work.
Hello, thanks for popping by with a comment, im not quite retired yet but do work from home hard on our smallholding, i also spend a lot of time cutting wood to heat the home for free. oh i wish i could retire ! but that would come with death ! ha ha, smallholders work is never done, thanks and take good care
Hello Marc, i bought it direct from forest masters website, its still going strong and has saved a lot of hard work, thanks Marc for popping by, take care
