Bought a splitter

[alderman]

I finally decided to get a powered wood splitter after 40 years splitting with a maul and axe. I set up by a pile of rounds and a couple of hours later I had a pretty substantial pile of split wood.
Amazed how this thing powered through the knots and crotch pieces.

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[Guswhit]

40 YEARS by hand? You must be 1 tuff guy! I made it 1 year when I started and then built my own hydraulic. Can you say light weight. Screw that hand stuff.

 

[Logger nate]

I finally decided to get a powered wood splitter after 40 years splitting with a maul and axe. I set up by a pile of rounds and a couple of hours later I had a pretty substantial pile of split wood.
Amazed how this thing powered through the knots and crotch pieces.

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You have me beat! I've only been hand splitting for about 27 years, I finally got one too
Love this thing, DHT 22 ton, fast, very seldom slows down even going through knots. My back feels better already. What kind did you get?

 

[alderman]

It's just a 25 ton MTD. I bought it used.
We'll see how she holds up 'cos I plan on putting this thing to use.
So far I'm happy. Put another couple of hours on it this afternoon then changed the motor oil.

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[chuckwood]

I finally decided to get a powered wood splitter after 40 years splitting with a maul and axe. I set up by a pile of rounds and a couple of hours later I had a pretty substantial pile of split wood.
Amazed how this thing powered through the knots and crotch pieces.

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I've been splitting with a maul, off and on ever since the 70's. And before that, I did it as a kid with a sledge hammer and wedges, with an axe standing by. But I was only splitting enough to feed the wood heater or the fireplace, and I've had access to the easy stuff that splits nicely like oak and locust. With locust, you can split faster with a maul than you can with a hydraulic splitter. Now that I'm approaching 70, it ain't so easy anymore and I bought a hydraulic splitter some years ago. I'm not going back to the maul, no way. You younger guys can keep going with your mauls. I noodle all my stuff up with my trusty old husky L77, makes it easy on my back while I'm picking up quarter rounds for the splitter.

 

[alderman]

Right away I figured out a way to run it while sitting in a chair. Gotta say after a couple of sessions the back feels a whole lot better than it would have using a maul.


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[Logger nate]

Looks great!

 

[Marine5068]

I finally decided to get a powered wood splitter after 40 years splitting with a maul and axe. I set up by a pile of rounds and a couple of hours later I had a pretty substantial pile of split wood.
Amazed how this thing powered through the knots and crotch pieces.

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Congrats of the splitter.
That's my next big firewood purchase.
I'd like to buy a new one and a style whereby the splits don't fall down into the fenders, engine or hydro lines.
Too many I see had that poor design.

 

[Logger nate]

Congrats of the splitter.
That's my next big firewood purchase.
I'd like to buy a new one and a style whereby the splits don't fall down into the fenders, engine or hydro lines.
Too many I see had that poor design.

Ya it is hard to find one that's not made that way, I use mine in vertical mode so it works fine for me, split table would be nice too but not very mobile. Hope you find a good one that works for you.

 

[turnkey4099]

Congrats of the splitter.
That's my next big firewood purchase.
I'd like to buy a new one and a style whereby the splits don't fall down into the fenders, engine or hydro lines.
Too many I see had that poor design.

That design can't be avoided if the machine is built to have the vertical option. I prefer the wedge on beam (vice on ram) but when I bought those were way out of my budget range.

Be splitting wood since I was old enough to swing an ax, somewhere around 8 yoa in hte 40s. 80 now and still splitting with X27, maul, wedge/sledge. X27 gets at least 85% of it done. Splitter only sees knots/crotches. Been doing around 10 cord year but picke up a new customer who wants 6 a year. Means I have to do at least 15 to cover orders plus my use.

 

[Dirtboy]

Tried hand splitting for a few years, rotator cuffs and back did not agree with this choice. 12 years with my Brave 22T and a lot less beat up. Congrats on your splitter.

 

[Marine5068]

You have me beat! I've only been hand splitting for about 27 years, I finally got one tooView attachment 528647
Love this thing, DHT 22 ton, fast, very seldom slows down even going through knots. My back feels better already. What kind did you get?

That DHT is nice. How much was that one?

 

[Logger nate]

That DHT is nice. How much was that one?

Thanks, it was about $1050 shipped.

 

[Marine5068]

Thanks, it was about $1050 shipped.

Wow, that's cheap. Ours similar sizes and models here list for way over $2000 CAD