Massive log split on a Ruggedmade 37 ton wood splitter! 

What is the big idea ?

I’ve split a LOT of wood with it. Check out @ruggedmade’s website…they are one of the most affordable for what you are getting!

the steel on the ruggedmade splitter it softer then play dough I have the 22 ton version of this machine and I have had to re profile the wedge 5 times already and weld a shim on as the slip on 4 way was destroying the edge from just the vibration plus they use a plastic fitting for the low pressure hydraulic fitting at the very bottom of the tank which cracks if you tow the damn thing and hit a bump I am getting rid of mine for a better machine

@@henryholliday1 Hi I have the 37 ton. Do not see plastic on it. Working fin on all wood I have hear in NC.

Frank Caltabiano I own the titan 37 ton looks to be this exact same machine. While straight grain ash is easy. It’s not so much when it’s knotty. I’ve split every species grown in Iowa. In fact just split American elm yesterday. I don’t split any nice straight grain because any logs that straight get put on the sawmill instead of cut for firewood. I also own a Wolfe ridge splitter for my skidloader. The first week I had the Wolfe the I beam bent. After I swapped it for a new one within a month the 6 way wedge broke. It’s now broke so many times it’s not repairable. This 37ton while it has some issues it is comparable to the American made stuff at a quarter the price. How much wood do I split? Well I’m not sure of how many cords but I heat 2 homes a car shop and a wood shop along with the hot water for all these with outside wood boilers maybe around 14,000 square ft total and none of the buildings are spray foamed. My splitters definitely get a workout.

I’m still all for the splitter! It is a really good machine and I would definitely purchase it again. I’ve had no issues with anything, however I pretty much pull start everything these days because the battery went dead over the winter. Sometimes it takes a few pulls. 🤷🏼‍♂️ this thing is a beast and saves your body with the tray table and hydraulic lift!

@@BlueyesBelow thanks for the info! Cheers

I tried splitting by hand to make them smaller and more manageable...the ax just bounced off and any wedges I used would go in a bit and then shoot out!

How do you split faster by hand? What axle/splitting maul are you using? Softwood or hardwood?

I agree I can keep up with a spliter!

I could for a while on smaller stuff...But for how long? The machine never tires or needs a break

Wayne Johnson Been splitting by hand for years. Only use 8 or 12 mauls and can tell from experience, those big pieces aren't easy to split by hand. Takes dozens of hit to split such a big piece. I enjoy it tho by last month end up renting a splitter. Took down a 5 feet (at bottom), white ash and those hug rounds would NOT split by hand! The $55 life g splitter rental saved my back (had already split half of the tree, from top down) tho!

I agree this is soft wood straight grain In australia we have wood with no grain that you cant put in a nail with a nailgun

I don’t believe anybody stated the diameter of the round had anything to do with the splitting abilities of the machine, it is merely a demonstration of what it CAN do. Larger rounds do not split as easy as a small round. A large round has more wood that can compress and absorb the wedge and resist splitting more than a small one which will split open easily. This is the same with hand splitting or using a machine. This is why on large rounds you sometimes need to start splitting from the outside and work your way in. If you buy a load of logs to cut and split, you may end up with something this large, or a large tree comes down and an ad for “free firewood” is posted you may have it all to yourself because most people can not handle something this large. This machine came as shown, with the lift and 4 way wedge from the factory, I’m merely showing what it can do. Thanks for watching

I have quite a few splitting videos with it on my channel. This was just meant to show the size it can handle

Hey Preston! No issues with the motor other than the muffler guard vibrating off..broken welds I believe. (ruggedmade sent me a new one for free) It is a beast of a machine and really makes processing wood a lot faster. My wife loves running it! I used a smaller and much slower husky brand splitter one year, and having the log lift and log catch table on this one really change things. The four way wedge is great because you get really consistent pieces of all different sizes. This is important because I fill my woodstove with big ones on the bottom, medium ones on top of that and small pieces to fill in any gaps. This allows me to completely fill my woodstove for very long burn times. I don’t work for ruggedmade or get sponsored by them, however I love their product and would recommend it to anyone. Time is money, and this thing definitely takes care of the wood pretty quick. 👍🏼

I do occasionally

Hi there, this has the Lifan 15 hp motor on it!

It’s doing great! I’ve used it a lot the last couple months to get my wood done for this coming winter already. It was a great purchase and the 4 way wedge and hydraulic log lift really make life easier (about as easy as it can get for heating with wood) the log catch tray at the end is really nice for keeping the split pieces off the ground.

Thanks again.

Yea, me too, but can you split a cord or more per hour? Mine is so slow and labor intensive that I can do better with a maul and save the hard stuff for the splitter. Once you run a splitter like that, which I have, it is hard to go back.

Yeah, it was very dry oak, no biggie.

No fuss or boasting here, simply showing the capabilities of a machine I bought in the event others are interested in buying the same machine.

31 ton white spliter hahh has s electric starter will not start battery new key switch bad

It handles it all very easily. I’ve only gotten it stuck a few times on some really nasty stuff. I just rotated it a bit and hit it again to break through it.

Not with the 4 way though?

You definitely don’t want to put that much strain on the equipment, break it down into two or four chunks first with the regular wedge and then put on the four-way. This will just make your equipment last longer and limit any chances of anything breaking or not being able to push through

Thanks for watching! Some times the machine isn’t able to split through the log if I try to quarter it due to its size, so I learned to take bite sized pieces instead of trying to get the log off the wedge, (after it gets stuck)

@@BlueyesBelow i didnt explain myself well dusty , i use a maul or fiskar splitting axe for the quartering in my application( mesquite) before using my splitter buy only on the big stuff , great vids thanks for the reply

This was the 30” model

I still love mine!

You purchase one?

Well, this is mine in the footage, but I sold it and then I bought another new one because selling it was a mistake. They are so damn good for the price and can keep three people busy.

Bob Meyers yes, I thought that was very obvious. I was not trying to show the speed of the splitter, but the fact that it is able to handle such big pieces. Not speeding up the video makes for a pretty slow and boring watch. 🤷🏼‍♂️

This is a factory produced wood splitter made by Ruggedmade. I bought it like this 👍🏼

@@BlueyesBelow Do you know the diameter of the cylinder and the max psi it develops? (Area X psi)/2000 = Tons

I don’t know any of those specifications, but you might find it on the website of the company

It's 5" bore with a 4000 psi pump

@@dakotakid3936 Wow, that translates to 39 tons! I made a 24 ton single stage splitter once. It too had a 5” x 24” cylinder. I selected a pump with 2500psi and high volume. I thought I was pushing it at 2500! Keep your pressure lines well protected and good luck!!

Our Dr Power Rapidfire kinetic will handle them 30-inchers. Just need the small John Deere series 3 loader to get 'em up there...otherwise, looks like you got everything under control! Nice machine. Yesiree.

paulla smith I’ve always wanted to try the DR power splitter!! I considered buying that before I got this one. Thanks for watching

Thanks for watching! Having it is a huge help and time saver. When I get wood for “free” it’s typically the stuff that no one else can handle, so I need a machine that’s this big to break it down.

Thanks Mike, it’s still hard work but it really makes the process easier and faster than a small husky one I used my first year of splitting.

This thing will split just about anything!

No, we had no idea

Why in the world would anyone want to watch at Normal speed?... HUGE WASTE OF TIME!!!

This was about 6 months old actually

Goodnight man you wait 20 years for your wood to dry enough to split it? So the wood you cut is that for your kids and your splitting the wood cut by your dad? I don’t have that kinda time to wait for wood to dry. I split hedge or another name would be Osage orange. It’s hard enough that when used as fence post it will last longer then a steel post. The longest I’ve waited to split it is about 3 months. I have this same splitter I don’t use the 4 way on this wood but it does just fine.

I think I did that just to show the capability of the machine, but once I split it a bit, I can put on the four-way wedge and really get to business. Just personal preference I guess

This is from a company called “rugged made”

Noodle the buck man. No need for all that.

@@nickmcalpin10 yes, let's see u noodle a 5 ft diameter white oak onto the beam🤣 i prefer to work smarter not harder and keep away from 1000 lbs of wood falling on me

This was a big red oak round I believe. I’m hoping to get some ash this year from a coworker though

I've cut n split many hundreds of cords of various oaks and Iv'e never seen a red with bark like that. My first impression was ash from the bark but the heartwood's red contrast to the sap woods white looks oakish. That's interesting. My area is common for white, red , black, chestnut, and pin but there are many other oak species out there I've never seen first hand.

Might be a Bur oak?

joetherocku2ube red oak all day here in NC

I just did a quick Google search and it showed 22 gallons per minute two-stage pump

@@BlueyesBelow thankyou for the reply

Thank you! This is in Michigan 😀

It does the job! Thanks for watching 👍🏼

looks like eucalyptus

I can’t answer for anyone other than myself.. so why other people do it I’m not sure. I do it because some people just like to watch the process. You should be able to tell how good the machine is whether it’s sped up or not by looking at the size of the piece and how easily it splits it. If you’re looking to see the real speed at which it works, I have other splitting videos on my channel. Thanks for watching.

You could, but I like to break it down a bit smaller before I do that. It puts less strain on the equipment and splits a bit cleaner into smaller sections without the 4 way. Just personal preference really

Multiple rounds = log. 😣 it wasn’t growing in the forest in rounds FYI.

@@BlueyesBelow i know right. Ive never seen a "rounds splitter" for sale

The purpose of the video is to demonstrate the capability of the machine without spending all day doing so. You can still see the capability of it, but in a shorter amount of time. Sometimes people enjoy time lapse videos, and while this isn’t a true time lapse, it is sped up to show a process over time.

It shows 22 GPM, and is a 2 stage pump

I don’t use the four-way for initial splits on anything really big, that’s way too much stress on the unit in my opinion. I have found only a couple pieces of wood over the years that it could not split with the 4 way initially, but I would suggest splitting really big or tough stuff into four pieces and then put on the four way to continue. It only takes a second to put on or remove it. I’ve never split eucalyptus though. Good luck, you will love the splitter!

+mark marchiafava it’s still a bit big until I split it a few times. Early this year, the end where the 4 way sits on actually broke off because I split something too big, so now that it’s repaired I tend to not try breaking my stuff and just take it easy.

@@BlueyesBelow I would rather have the hydrolics weaker than the steel.

Yes and one of the best things ever made from China!

+mark marchiafava not everyone can afford everything for every situation. I film with a GoPro or my phone and do the best I can with what I have. It’s not that I or anyone insists on this, it’s that we simply don’t have one or the proper equipment to put a windscreen on.

It dries faster when smaller and when I split it, I get a variety of sizes which allows me to completely fill my wood stove. Some large pieces on the bottom, medium pieces in the middle and small pieces to fill in the gap‘s

🤷🏼‍♂️ it’s not a comparison, just a demonstration

+KB MILLER I don’t know why I would get offended in the first place...I didn’t design the splitter, I’m only using it. You could split bigger logs than this by hand, it’s just how efficient you want to be and how hard do you want to work at the end of the day. To me, time is money and I don’t have all day to play with a harbor freight splitter or time to split by hand. Only you know what your time is worth. 👍🏼

Urban Homesteading then you might want to upgrade your log splitter turns out harbor freight created a log splitter that dont waste motion as in when it cuts one way it will cut coming back saving time .

KB MILLER What works for one doesn’t necessarily work for all. I found what works for me

it doesn't have a log lift which WILL save you from back injury if dealing with big wood, and fewer tons of pressure could hurt you, depending on the particular wood, the length and the diameter of the rounds.

KB. Hope you enjoyed your one split cause that’s probably the only one the Harbor F splitter will do before it blows up. Lol.

You want to see fast really powerful log splitter go check out Eastonmade they are seriously impressive. And are nothing but industrial strength.

@@S_man89 Indeed. However, they are a year + out for production. I was going to order one, but the rep told me a couple of weeks ago (June 2021) it would not be built and delivered until December 2022! Yikes! He did mention they may move into a larger production facility and if they do, the splitter MIGHT be ready between January and July 2022. So there's that.

☺️ thanks for watching!

@@BlueyesBelow loved it. ❤😇

Apparently you didn’t read the description or are not very good at identifying wood types. 😣 This is red oak..which is a hard wood. People don’t burn soft species of wood here in Michigan unless they have an outdoor boiler, which we do not.

+brianallen0826 yes! But also an axe, a wood splitter etc. it just depends on how hard you want to work

Every year I contemplate getting a splitter. I'm getting older and cant split by hand like I used to. But, every time I go over a friends who has a splitter... and do a little race to see which is faster........ 99 percent of the time by hand is faster. Now speed is not everything as you cant split by hand running at 100% for long..... I'm sure I will buy one eventually, as I'm getting old, but if your in your 20s and fit..... its probably not cost effective to get one.

I work hard at work (as a lineman for an electric company) and hard at home, so physically I’m pretty beat on a daily basis when I get home. I’m 33 years old and was in the military for 7 years when I got out of high school, so I’m a bit worn out from all that. I wish I had the energy of someone in their 20’s! Since my work keeps me very busy and my free time is limited, it becomes a “time is money” sort of thing and the splitter is a must have for my situation. My wife runs the splitter quite often and that improves our productivity and lessens the time I need to spend doing wood for the year. She wouldn’t be able to split by hand, so again this is where the splitter wins for us. 👍🏼 Thanks for watching

Thanks for the reply. Trust me... I'm not knocking you, I have thought long and hard about getting a splitter for years. How about the cost/benefit ratio? You have a good splitter there and I'm guessing it was north of 2 grand. With todays heating oil and gas prices would you say it was worth it?

The short answer is no, it’s not worth it at all. My time is very valuable since I work so much, so spending the time to cut, split and stack 4-5 cord is quite extensive when I could just pay a gas bill and enjoy all the free time. The splitter was about 4K but it has a fast ram speed and the log lift and tray table...again time is money. I want the peace of mind that comes with being able to heat my home with or without power and not bat an eye. When power goes out. Many people become victims if they don’t have a generator to power their house and a big supply of gas and don’t have the skills to get by when that light switch doesn’t turn on. Cost wise, it’s expensive to be somewhat self sufficient . The amount of equipment and tools needed to keep things in order and in repair is extensive. Add to that a pickup, chainsaws, sharpener, trailer etc to get the wood, its very time consuming and expensive. I have 6 acres but don’t have property where I can cut firewood unfortunately. If you enjoy working with the wood and cutting it, you will probably do it no matter the cost, but if you look at cost itself, it’s probably not worth it honestly. It depends on your mindset I guess :) Good conversation 👍🏼

+Spencer McGinty thanks for watching! You will be so happy and amazed with it, especially if you've ever used a smaller cheaper one. As you can see in the video, it's the real deal when it comes to processing wood. Get two people on it and you can really process some firewood!

Where did u get yours. I need one

Send them an email, I’ve never had any issues reaching them or getting a timely response. That’s unfortunate

It’s still a lot of work to split big pieces but it definitely helps having that machine. Thanks for watching

@@BlueyesBelow me and my dad when he was alive use two split wood for him and his business for heat then i bought a house and chose wood as heat.. but ya burning wood is nothing but work cut trees or have it delivered cut the wood split the wood stack the wood then when you need it you grab the wood and then there is a huge mess inside two clean up... the tables on the end help so much... the log lifts seem great...cool video..

I seen a quote a few years ago that said “cut your own wood and it will warm you twice” so true!