When I was a kid, Dad and I would unload the truck, he'd hand me an axe, a sledge hammer and a couple of splitting wedges and tell me to "have at it!", while he went in the house. The round you just split are the type I would look forward to splitting. After most of a day swingin' an axe, the sight of a piece popping off like the ones did in this video would almost make you jump for joy. =)
Thanks for doing that. Note: it takes two hands on two switches to make it work. No freehand to hold the wood and keep it from popping up into your face as others have mentioned it happening.
I loved that you put your face right next to the log so a log splinter goes right into your eye. That is why we have such high medical insurance in this country. Good video.
That’s the problem with these small units. You have to depress 2 buttons to actuate the motor. That puts your face right beside the log. Not a good design in my book.
You guys work great together!! Btw powerfull splitter! I gonna get one soon. Im a arborist, and i take the whood from the jobs i do. And my stephdad is sick and has nothing to do in the corona days. So i would love to see him using this machine haha!
I posted this video when I first purchased the splitter. I have used it extensively since then and it has never faltered. I can split anything anytime without worrying about the reliability or ability of this little splitter. I spent hundreds of dollars on rented splitters over the past couple years. This splitter has already paid it's self off just from saving rental fees.
How does it do on wood that is actually difficult to split? Stuff like ash, sycamore, or other gnarly twisted grains or heavily knotted wood? That round had absolutely perfectly straight grain.
I have had some knotty oak and for the most part it goes fine. I have had a few times where I had to reset the piece because I went into the side of a knot.
for the multiple comments about depressing the switch, just use a clap to keep the button pressed and a HF foot activated switched to turn it off and on.
I went yesterday and bought the homelite 5 ton... came home and put it to the test.. have to say I'm impressed. had some forks and elbows to start with and it got it done. my cost at home depot was. 244.00 + tax they were on clearance..
I find a lot of lumber jack wannabees who make fun of this splitter and ask if it will split a 6 foot redwood. Hell NO! But mine cost $200 bucs and it just gobbles up reasonable size logs all day long. It's 4 years old now and I just check the fluid and hit the switch. NOTE: I spent money on a 100ft 12 gauge extension cord before I saw a RU-vid video of a guy running it off of a Coleman generator out in the woods. Just sayin'
Wow, that was BIG round. How long would you guess that had been drying? I'm thinking about one of these. I had a tree come down and kept some of the wood but is proving to be more than I can handle with a maul. My rounds aren't THAT big but are pretty big. and greeeen.
I'm not sure how long these had been down. Less then one year. I have also split quite a bit of oak with this. Even knotty wood this splitter goes right through it. Only one piece so far stopped it. I worked it a bit and it split. The nice thing is that I can sit on the porch and split what I need for a couple days.
Lol!!! This shows our age. This morning I was talking with a group of workers. One had on blue and white striped coveralls. The Forman said “you look like the fonz”. The worker said… who?
I have a similar splitter and find it's easier to just hit anything too big to pick up with a maul. It's one of those rare occasions when "working smarter" means not using the power tool.
there are posts that show they can handle anything a maul can with the right techniques....but do whatever makes feel like your "working smarter"....Whatever floats ur boat...
The worst design ever ONLY if you're going to have it shipped UPS or FedEx. One drop of the package breaks the motor off the unit. Other than that it's a great log splitter!
@@richardray9373 It probably is the hardest wood hence the fact that it used to be used for road paving and railway sleepers. Bottom line is that no domestic wood splitter will handle it. Not sure about blue gum but our woodyard only stocks Jarrah.
