Pete1983 said:I would seriously think about the fact that they don't go vertical which means a lot of lifting and no large stump busting. They do look sexy however ;-) Its like splitter porn :lol:
Good luck
Pete
woodmiser said:I only use it in vertical mode and simply roll the logs. What's the big controversy over hor -vs- vert anyway?
wishlist said:Although I have never seen a ss working, I do wonder how they handle the big knotty wood?
I have a hydraulic splitter that I run horizontal because I don't like bending and stooping any more than I have to. I would love to have a kinetic energy splitter as 80% of what I split would be ideal for it and the cycle time is awesome. Sure, I could split 80% of my wood with an axe but I don't want to. That's what I bought the splitter for. Sheesh!woodmiser said:What's the big controversy over hor -vs- vert anyway?
woodmiser said:What's the big controversy over hor -vs- vert anyway?
and be back in the house sippin Merlot an hour sooner per cord. You say tomato I say tomahto...
The Devil is in the details.wetwood said:woodmiser said:What's the big controversy over hor -vs- vert anyway?
Good vs evil..... Just ask Dennis. ;-)
Said by someone who probably pays for a gym membership to be able to go lift weights.woodmiser said:It would be plain stupid of me to be lifting the rounds up onto a splitter when I don't have to lift them at all..... ever.
LLigetfa said:Said by someone who probably pays for a gym membership to be able to go lift weights.woodmiser said:It would be plain stupid of me to be lifting the rounds up onto a splitter when I don't have to lift them at all..... ever.
Most of my rounds at the time of splitting are in a stack or a heap so very few of them are being lifted up from the ground.
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The rounds in the heap are light. The rounds in the stack are the largest ones and I use my P-handle dolly to move them which gets it up off the ground for a clean lift. My back has never gotten sore from heavy lifting but just a little bit of painting or leaf raking and I'm gimped.Kenster said:Do the rounds toward the bottom of the piles and stacks magically float up to waist height after the others are removed? ;-)
wishlist said:Although I have never seen a ss working, I do wonder how they handle the big knotty wood? I have a 22 ton husky and if I had to do it all over again, I would buy it in a heartbeat. I've split some pretty big wood with it (worst was a 30" elm) .Being able to split vertical on occasion is a BIG advantage in my book. I split solo almost all the time so how fast do I really need a splitter?
Woodmiser- I think its more of a matter of what works best for each person, horizontal vs vertical? Of course, sav and zap are the exception! Lol......
Backwoods Savage said:. Btw, even when I split wood using axe or maul, I still did not believe in lifting those logs but we see most folks lifting those logs onto a splitting platform of some sort. Not me. I just stood them up where they were and split them. No lifting. Besides, God intended us to split vertically....
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