Friendly tip, find yourself an can of Fluid Film. Its such a great lubricant and rust preventative, you'll throw all of your WateredDown-40 away. Thanks again for all of your great lessons and advice buddy!
its a water displacer thus the WD developed to prevent rockets from corroding not an absorbent. It is not a lubricant it will wash out oil and grease @@christianworthinton8000
Your one of the few guys on youtube where i will just listen to you talk. Very interesting when you share your life experiences as part of the videos. I bought a hydraulic splitter to go behind a tractor and talk about SLOW!!
I can somewhat relate to the back injury. I was caught between the inside of a dump truck bed and a backhoe bucket in early 95. I'm almost 57 years old and I still split my firewood the old fashioned way with an axe or maul. I ain't sure how much longer I'll be able to do it but I have an idea for an easier wood splitter for me! Much love and respect from Alabama
My dad put together a PTO driven hydraulic splitter with some guys he worked with (he worked for a trenching company for most of his life) and that thing would split anything, but it wasn't nearly as fast as that equipment you have there. It still really beat trying to split some of this gnarly oak we have here with an axe or maul, despite being heavy as hell and requiring a PTO. We ended up giving it away to a family friend who was in the market for a splitter. Now if I have to split stuff I just do it with an axe, because I hardly ever have to split. If I had a particularly big job to take care of I will probably look into if I could rent something like this Gripo. Thanks for the video!
That wood sure splits like a dream, and that splitter is amazing. I have one of the 25 ton hydraulic ones 😞 but I'm severely out of shape so the splitter in most cases is waiting for me lol
I produce at a lot of firewood and I rarely even touch a bit of firewood. Yes I rely on machinary but it’s very efficient! My whole process is on my channel Although I do sometimes miss the simple times with just an axe and a Powersaw Love the videos buckin keep them coming from the uk 👍🏼
Buckin when I hear you say things like "it only takes 2 hours to process a cord of firewood, don't tell me that it doesn't" and "I'm not the guy to talk to about a sore back" and "it's tough to be broke these days" those things are exactly what a man needs to hear in this world. There's too many loud voices in this world that tell us the exact opposite of those words of wisdom. Thank you for sharing those nuggets with us, they help so many of us
i didnt know that. I actually thought you were gonna scorn me for being to manly or something , for real.. well thats good maybe ill kick it into high gear . ... call it ''Buck up''.. love ya 😀
Author G. Michael made the statement “Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, and weak men create hard times.” Times are getting hard because men are getting soft. Your spreading peace and love through strength and real stories of perseverance. “Real Men” are hard to come by now days and leading by example is the only thing that will fix it. There is a lot of joy in your eyes when you talk about Hogan making his way in the world. I can strive and hope to maintain the posture as a Real Man so that when my son is grown in another decade and change he will also carry his self. With the same posture. I appreciate your wisdom as well as the hard truths so does my son who is only 5. Peace be with you and your family brother.
@@nalamb4495 reading your comment i just felt that it was so cute when you said your son was only 5 right now. You lucky dog, never had kids, i missed being a father, a great responsibility...👍
You could use big tables next to that firewood house, so you would drop from the truck to the table to the machine to it’s final place. Always from up to down, instead of up and down up and down. I usually have them at same level with my truck’s tail gate to swipe heavy things in and out
Most firewood guys here will tell you a pickup holds "about a cord". They show up with it thrown in, just a little higher than the bed rails! Not always even an 8' bed One adamantly tried to tell me "thrown in and stacked is the same". Folks have no idea what a cord is or their price per cord.
Straight Goods: 70's ford pickup.......STACK three (3) rows crossways to the height of the bottom of the window....equals one tier of firewood. 3 tiers of 16" firewood is a cord. In 1966 we got $16.00 delivered 50 mile radius. Gas was 23 cents /gallon. I got $7 a tier and $150 +room and board. 👍
I like your way of thinking. It seems like all of these you tube channels about firewood do is show off their $10,000 wood splitters, along with a $50,000 skid steer, I’m like you, I don’t have a million bucks lying around, I do everything manually. I’ve considered a kinetic wood splitter but I’m not sure if it would work in the knobby rough hardwood I cut. Great channel.
I have the same machine. Mine has a table on top of the Ibeam that the you put the log on. Makes it so you don’t have to balance the logs and can operate the button much easier. You can easily weld one on yours
All of the various designs have their pluses and minuses. My brother has built a couple now, built from scratch using parts he gathered from scrapyards. He has the first one he built as a proof of concept rented out to a company, they only use it a few times a month but are quite happy with a monthly charge, and it has to be somewhere, better it is taking up room in their yard. The second, larger one, he built to solve the problem of the initial splitting large, green rounds of trunk, which you have to initially split down because you can't lift them up to the ram. It has a lifting arm with rollers on it, you can roll a section of trunk onto the lowered arm, stand on the foot lever, and the arm lifts it up level to the splitting table, and you just push it lightly and the rollers carry it into position between the ram and splitter. I have used it and it easily lifted up pieces of trunk twice too heavy for me to lift. Then you hold a toggle that stands up next to the foot lever , the toggle acts as a safety* (You have to be clear of the mechanism to be holding the toggle) AND a switch to change the foot lever from operating the lifting arm to operating the ram. The splitting wedge is on top of a flat surface, so even a large round splits into two parts but they stay on the flat, when you release the toggle the ram retracts. *Any machine you make now has to have a couple of safety aspects in its design, because that way, even if someone harms themself accidentally, you can defend yourself from OSHA by saying "Well, I put a lot of thought into safety, I built it with this, this and this DELIBERATELY with safety in mind" an under the legislation you can't be prosecuted because you DID try to make it safe..
That thing's awesome, waaay faster than my hydraulic splitter, but I'm glad mine isn't that fast as I'm a slow old dude and yours would take my fingers off when I wasn't looking!
That IS a slick machine. Wow. A few years back a fellow Brett Smith ( Race Saw Builder) came over to help an injured me with a three man crew & inertial splitter. Same kind of slick even on the knarly beech, but it could hurt u :)
I went the same way buckin kinetic log splitters are awsome!! Use the pulp hook with the sucker it makes the kinetic even better and safer and you can controll your size of splits with it.makes splitting way faster.bucken 3:19 that pulp hook rocks!
WOW first time to your channel and you said you got taken out by a tree? I got crushed by a tree and ended by career ....4 yrs now multiple surgeries and more to come . I lost 70 lbs and suffer with debilitating pain every day ........... DUDE I CAN RELATED TO YOUR STORY
everyone has different need and stoves and people feedin it . i wood never ask people why they cut there wood a certain way .. the reasons are so obvious. maybe im gettin. tired of bein a nice guy... nannnaaaa just kiddin' . love ya brother , glad yer here
Where do you get one of those super fast splitters? They still being made? Thanks for the advice and great vids! I found your channel from watching EC. THANKS!
Im have no doubt that with all your years of experience youd know far better than me, however what my personal experience has been when I deliver with a buddy who has a 3/4 flatbed measuring 8 foot long 7 foot wide with 4 foot side boards is if we have a thrown load as high as it can go alomst falling out of the sides it still dosnt neatly stack up to a cord, about 30 cubic feet short. That would be 224 cubic feet if the load was only flush with the top. I think it can depend on how fine the wood is split and what the average shape of each piece is weather it be closer to rectangular and square or more triangular and irregular.
NICE GREEN SHIRT! I love the pix of your work trucks! 👍 My “ladies” electric splitter has about a 10 second cycle time!🙄 That’s interesting to me that the Axis has trouble splitting knotty wood - can you explain why that is? I’ve watched you split straight grained wood through it & it does well. If you have time, maybe the next time you have it out you could throw something knotty & gnarly on it to show us how it behaves. I’m so happy that you’re feeling well!😊🪵🪓✝️☮️💙
Havn't logged on to the channel for a while as Ive very busy with work. I immediately thought you were sick. Glad to hear you are just trimming down and getting fit. I coud do the same, what have you been doing to get in shape???
Nice machine. Ive never used one but i feel like a lever that pulls towards the operator makes more sense than the knob you have pull up. Seems like kind of an awkward maneuver
i have an electric splitter. 10 ton. my next door has a champion yellow with the tilt up, he cuts all his wood with the thing in the upright position. takes forever, uses a lot of gas, and he stoops over so much he has to pay a young guy to run the wood his buddy drops in his drive. follow the grain and throw away the the impossible gnarly pieces that look like some trolls twisted crotch. and wait till the wood checks to split it. works for me but im just a homeowner. I am what I ams,, thank God
I looked that the price online. It's not something I would want for a home splitter because of it's price. Also, how about splitting something other than straight grained wood. We split oaks of all kinds around my home along with the other hardwoods. How does it split those kinds of woods?
So it likes straight grained pretty wood was lookin at this to replace my 40 ton 2 stage 26 gmp splitter I may still get one just for the easy wood I split thats thang freaked out on that knot
WD40 isn't a lubricant! It will disperse the grease from your bearing. It is for freeing stuck parts not regular lubrication. It is more a water dispersant and free-er of stuck parts. You can get decent spray grease now....which is what you want :)
You should fabricate a device that can be operated by your foot to pull that handle up while both of your hands are free. It will make it more efficient. Just thinking out loud.
The sad truth is air quality in S. NANAIMO AND COWICHAN during the winter is dangerous due to wood smoke. Cowichan has the highest COPD case load in all Canada. I appreciate its cheaper, a nice heat, etc. Etc., but its killing us. Heat pumps, mini splits work great
The only thing I don’t like about it is it looks like the anvil goes all the way to the wedge. Get finger or hand to close to anvil and it will cutoff your fingers. My splitter cylinder lacks 2inches from anvil.
WD40 is not a lubricant, it is a solvent. It was created for the navy for Water Displacement thus it’s printed name WD (Water Displacement) and the number designation 40 is from research and development and it signifies its formula, it’s the 40th formulation on a product that displaces water on electrical wiring, it was first used on submarines for a long time before it was ever released to the public for commercial use. It’s not a lubricant.
I love your channel, but I don't like that splitter. It completes the stroke even after you let the handle go. To me that's a big safety no-no. I want a splitter that will stop, or retract, the moment my hand comes off of the handle, for safety's sake.
Trying to decide if anyone should even watch someone splitting wood without gloves. Probly wearing open toe flip flop sandals too. What could possibly go wrong.
To begin with. It takes you over an hour just to get the whole thing set up before you can start SPLITTING some Wood. The entire time is well over 2 hours before you start getting some firewood. THAT'S BULLSHIT TOO.
That might be a decent machine but it's no SuperSplit. This machine here is set a bit too low for most people. I noticed you are bending over to process. This will wear on you. SS is set higher and has a tray to do multiple splits on big rounds. Maybe I'm partial because the SS is made locally in my state of MA in the USA. Kinetic splitters have many pros but there are a few cons. Anyone that has owned one will tell you that sometimes when it gets stuck in a knot it will take some time to free it up. There is no reverse. lol. Just my thoughts. Thank you and be well.
Friendly tip, find yourself an can of Fluid Film. Its such a great lubricant and rust preventative, you'll throw all of your WateredDown-40 away. Thanks again for all of your great lessons and advice buddy!
WD40 isn't really a lubricant. It is a water absorbent. I like Creep lubricants.
Fluid film is the best 👌
@@americanminer1965 💯
its a water displacer thus the WD developed to prevent rockets from corroding not an absorbent. It is not a lubricant it will wash out oil and grease @@christianworthinton8000
Just watchin you work makes my back hurt...but I love it. I need to sit back an recooperate...
Your one of the few guys on youtube where i will just listen to you talk. Very interesting when you share your life experiences as part of the videos. I bought a hydraulic splitter to go behind a tractor and talk about SLOW!!
I can somewhat relate to the back injury. I was caught between the inside of a dump truck bed and a backhoe bucket in early 95. I'm almost 57 years old and I still split my firewood the old fashioned way with an axe or maul. I ain't sure how much longer I'll be able to do it but I have an idea for an easier wood splitter for me! Much love and respect from Alabama
My dad put together a PTO driven hydraulic splitter with some guys he worked with (he worked for a trenching company for most of his life) and that thing would split anything, but it wasn't nearly as fast as that equipment you have there. It still really beat trying to split some of this gnarly oak we have here with an axe or maul, despite being heavy as hell and requiring a PTO. We ended up giving it away to a family friend who was in the market for a splitter.
Now if I have to split stuff I just do it with an axe, because I hardly ever have to split. If I had a particularly big job to take care of I will probably look into if I could rent something like this Gripo. Thanks for the video!
Watching that splitter bob and weave a bit reminds me of my 72 Dart on back roads in Maine. Pretty cool
I have a first generation dr power RapidFire with a steel table. these are a huge time saver. Glad to hear your back didnt get soar.
The real machine working there is YOU. Awesome work my friend.
It’s amazing what one man can accomplish with hard work and a few good tools! Love you all! ❤️✊
That wood sure splits like a dream, and that splitter is amazing. I have one of the 25 ton hydraulic ones 😞 but I'm severely out of shape so the splitter in most cases is waiting for me lol
Look into the carnivore diet. It’ll change your life! Dr Ken Barry UA-cam
Love that background keyboard jam !
Keep smiling
Ol Scotty -Kansas City
I produce at a lot of firewood and I rarely even touch a bit of firewood. Yes I rely on machinary but it’s very efficient!
My whole process is on my channel
Although I do sometimes miss the simple times with just an axe and a Powersaw
Love the videos buckin keep them coming from the uk 👍🏼
Love the crew cab Ford in the background, I had a 75 just like it back in the mid 90's - wish I never sold it !!
Buckin when I hear you say things like "it only takes 2 hours to process a cord of firewood, don't tell me that it doesn't" and "I'm not the guy to talk to about a sore back" and "it's tough to be broke these days" those things are exactly what a man needs to hear in this world. There's too many loud voices in this world that tell us the exact opposite of those words of wisdom. Thank you for sharing those nuggets with us, they help so many of us
i didnt know that. I actually thought you were gonna scorn me for being to manly or something , for real.. well thats good maybe ill kick it into high gear . ... call it ''Buck up''.. love ya 😀
Author G. Michael made the statement “Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, and weak men create hard times.” Times are getting hard because men are getting soft. Your spreading peace and love through strength and real stories of perseverance. “Real Men” are hard to come by now days and leading by example is the only thing that will fix it. There is a lot of joy in your eyes when you talk about Hogan making his way in the world. I can strive and hope to maintain the posture as a Real Man so that when my son is grown in another decade and change he will also carry his self. With the same posture. I appreciate your wisdom as well as the hard truths so does my son who is only 5. Peace be with you and your family brother.
@@nalamb4495thank you friend. For real..
@@nalamb4495 reading your comment i just felt that it was so cute when you said your son was only 5 right now.
You lucky dog, never had kids, i missed being a father, a great responsibility...👍
Love the Gripo. I have the old slow hydraulic splitter 🤣
Love this type of content! I'm a firewood guy. That is a pretty slick machine!
Thanks 👍
Buckin you do really nice job stacking the firewood
Great comment when you said ‘that machine waits for you, not you waiting for the machine’. Classic.
You could use big tables next to that firewood house, so you would drop from the truck to the table to the machine to it’s final place. Always from up to down, instead of up and down up and down. I usually have them at same level with my truck’s tail gate to swipe heavy things in and out
Most firewood guys here will tell you a pickup holds "about a cord". They show up with it thrown in, just a little higher than the bed rails! Not always even an 8' bed One adamantly tried to tell me "thrown in and stacked is the same". Folks have no idea what a cord is or their price per cord.
Straight Goods: 70's ford pickup.......STACK three (3) rows crossways to the height of the bottom of the window....equals one tier of firewood. 3 tiers of 16" firewood is a cord. In 1966 we got $16.00 delivered 50 mile radius. Gas was 23 cents /gallon. I got $7 a tier and $150 +room and board. 👍
I like your way of thinking.
It seems like all of these you tube channels about firewood do is show off their $10,000 wood splitters, along with a $50,000 skid steer, I’m like you, I don’t have a million bucks lying around, I do everything manually.
I’ve considered a kinetic wood splitter but I’m not sure if it would work in the knobby rough hardwood I cut.
Great channel.
here in illinois i have oak, hickory, walnut, and the best firewood, black locust. i wonder how that splitter would work on hardwood?
friend the kool thing about today is you dont have to wonder.. you can search up what yer lookin for . let us know what ya find
That Lil GRIPO Sure Has The Kahonies For This, B.R. Great Job Buddy ! Prayers For All Here ! ATB T God Bless
I have the same machine. Mine has a table on top of the Ibeam that the you put the log on. Makes it so you don’t have to balance the logs and can operate the button much easier. You can easily weld one on yours
All of the various designs have their pluses and minuses. My brother has built a couple now, built from scratch using parts he gathered from scrapyards. He has the first one he built as a proof of concept rented out to a company, they only use it a few times a month but are quite happy with a monthly charge, and it has to be somewhere, better it is taking up room in their yard.
The second, larger one, he built to solve the problem of the initial splitting large, green rounds of trunk, which you have to initially split down because you can't lift them up to the ram. It has a lifting arm with rollers on it, you can roll a section of trunk onto the lowered arm, stand on the foot lever, and the arm lifts it up level to the splitting table, and you just push it lightly and the rollers carry it into position between the ram and splitter.
I have used it and it easily lifted up pieces of trunk twice too heavy for me to lift. Then you hold a toggle that stands up next to the foot lever , the toggle acts as a safety* (You have to be clear of the mechanism to be holding the toggle) AND a switch to change the foot lever from operating the lifting arm to operating the ram. The splitting wedge is on top of a flat surface, so even a large round splits into two parts but they stay on the flat, when you release the toggle the ram retracts.
*Any machine you make now has to have a couple of safety aspects in its design, because that way, even if someone harms themself accidentally, you can defend yourself from OSHA by saying "Well, I put a lot of thought into safety, I built it with this, this and this DELIBERATELY with safety in mind" an under the legislation you can't be prosecuted because you DID try to make it safe..
pure inspiration love the posidrive vibes
That's some nice straight grain wood.
Possibly the greatest quote of the year
“Though to be broke these days”
Anyone who is willing to work hard these days can be very profitable!
That thing's awesome, waaay faster than my hydraulic splitter, but I'm glad mine isn't that fast as I'm a slow old dude and yours would take my fingers off when I wasn't looking!
That IS a slick machine. Wow. A few years back a fellow Brett Smith ( Race Saw Builder) came over to help an injured me with a three man crew & inertial splitter. Same kind of slick even on the knarly beech, but it could hurt u :)
I went the same way buckin kinetic log splitters are awsome!! Use the pulp hook with the sucker it makes the kinetic even better and safer and you can controll your size of splits with it.makes splitting way faster.bucken 3:19 that pulp hook rocks!
That splitter kicks ass!
Looks like a nifty little piece of machinery. The accident prone gentleman might want to stay away from it tho 😅
Yes they should
WOW first time to your channel and you said you got taken out by a tree? I got crushed by a tree and ended by career ....4 yrs now multiple surgeries and more to come . I lost 70 lbs and suffer with debilitating pain every day ........... DUDE I CAN RELATED TO YOUR STORY
Nice Woodsplitter 😮
I was saying to my self he might be sick but he moves to good to not be feeling good nice work getting healthy buckin
I am small time, I do twenty four cords on average a year to sell and I only burn about six these days love ya man
Fantastic ending.
Wish I had a splitter with that cycle time!! All you need is a square hay baler elevator to dump it in a truck or pile.
Your the great video, have you any Irish in your family tree? We love our firewood here in the Emerald Isle.
Tommy , Ireland
Im trying to stay with my beloved axes for splitting but youre not helping here buckin 😂 another inspirational video, thankyou.
Never seen a splitter like that before.very cool
I like my wood the size you cut yours. Lots of people cut it super small. I call that kindling. Keep up the good work.
everyone has different need and stoves and people feedin it . i wood never ask people why they cut there wood a certain way .. the reasons are so obvious. maybe im gettin. tired of bein a nice guy... nannnaaaa just kiddin' . love ya brother , glad yer here
thx tesoro
Where do you get one of those super fast splitters? They still being made? Thanks for the advice and great vids! I found your channel from watching EC. THANKS!
Im have no doubt that with all your years of experience youd know far better than me, however what my personal experience has been when I deliver with a buddy who has a 3/4 flatbed measuring 8 foot long 7 foot wide with 4 foot side boards is if we have a thrown load as high as it can go alomst falling out of the sides it still dosnt neatly stack up to a cord, about 30 cubic feet short. That would be 224 cubic feet if the load was only flush with the top. I think it can depend on how fine the wood is split and what the average shape of each piece is weather it be closer to rectangular and square or more triangular and irregular.
NICE GREEN SHIRT! I love the pix of your work trucks! 👍 My “ladies” electric splitter has about a 10 second cycle time!🙄 That’s interesting to me that the Axis has trouble splitting knotty wood - can you explain why that is? I’ve watched you split straight grained wood through it & it does well. If you have time, maybe the next time you have it out you could throw something knotty & gnarly on it to show us how it behaves. I’m so happy that you’re feeling well!😊🪵🪓✝️☮️💙
thx
I've worked around potentially dangerous equipment all my life, and that thing scares me...., TOO damn fast.
Beauty island blacktail buck near the end there!
That machine made very easy work of those logs, how much did it cost?
What happened to the eastenmade Buckin?
If there was a foot pedal option to run that thing it would be awesome.
Havn't logged on to the channel for a while as Ive very busy with work. I immediately thought you were sick. Glad to hear you are just trimming down and getting fit. I coud do the same, what have you been doing to get in shape???
Would love to try that on some Florida Water Oak
BBRS, will it split longer firewood fast like that, any diameter restrictions? Thanks
Nice machine. Ive never used one but i feel like a lever that pulls towards the operator makes more sense than the knob you have pull up. Seems like kind of an awkward maneuver
Wonder how well that'd work for elm, hickory and locust.
Keep up the good work
i have an electric splitter. 10 ton. my next door has a champion yellow with the tilt up, he cuts all his wood with the thing in the upright position. takes forever, uses a lot of gas, and he stoops over so much he has to pay a young guy to run the wood his buddy drops in his drive. follow the grain and throw away the the impossible gnarly pieces that look like some trolls twisted crotch. and wait till the wood checks to split it. works for me but im just a homeowner. I am what I ams,, thank God
Nice splitter , where’d you get it, what brand & how much did it cost ? Thanks for an awesome video , God’s blessings to you and your family.
Love that splitter
The WD works great on the shower rod
I looked that the price online. It's not something I would want for a home splitter because of it's price.
Also, how about splitting something other than straight grained wood. We split oaks of all kinds around my home along with the other hardwoods. How does it split those kinds of woods?
I'm looking to make the conversion from 15 ton electric over hydraulic to electric kinetic. Should speed em up.
So it likes straight grained pretty wood was lookin at this to replace my 40 ton 2 stage 26 gmp splitter I may still get one just for the easy wood I split thats thang freaked out on that knot
Lose the pull up activation rod and make yourself an activation pedal, thus keeping your hands free to handle the wood
WD40 isn't a lubricant! It will disperse the grease from your bearing. It is for freeing stuck parts not regular lubrication. It is more a water dispersant and free-er of stuck parts. You can get decent spray grease now....which is what you want :)
You should fabricate a device that can be operated by your foot to pull that handle up while both of your hands are free. It will make it more efficient. Just thinking out loud.
Love to find a good used kinetic splitter
The sad truth is air quality in S. NANAIMO AND COWICHAN during the winter is dangerous due to wood smoke. Cowichan has the highest COPD case load in all Canada. I appreciate its cheaper, a nice heat, etc. Etc., but its killing us. Heat pumps, mini splits work great
Southwest Virginia never work here unless it perfectly straight wood
Always wanted one of those but could never afford it. But that thing would be nice if you had a table on it.
The only thing I don’t like about it is it looks like the anvil goes all the way to the wedge. Get finger or hand to close to anvil and it will cutoff your fingers. My splitter cylinder lacks 2inches from anvil.
That machine looks like it’s dying to eat some fingers 😳
WD40 is not a lubricant, it is a solvent. It was created for the navy for Water Displacement thus it’s printed name WD (Water Displacement) and the number designation 40 is from research and development and it signifies its formula, it’s the 40th formulation on a product that displaces water on electrical wiring, it was first used on submarines for a long time before it was ever released to the public for commercial use. It’s not a lubricant.
It penetrates rust, cleans parts, and displaces water. Zero lubrication properties to it. Search “ why was WD40 Created” wha’la.
Where can I find Gripo in NE Texas?
Is your splitter a centrifical
Was that dinner at 22:30?
Am In Northern USA Do They sell Them In The States ?? Thanks Take Care 10-4
Log splitters are for girls. 😂
And maybe old men. 😮
How's about a foot pedal?
I love your channel, but I don't like that splitter. It completes the stroke even after you let the handle go. To me that's a big safety no-no. I want a splitter that will stop, or retract, the moment my hand comes off of the handle, for safety's sake.
Foot pedal would be even faster, easier on the shoulder and safer cause could grab the splits faster. But nice machine
I can't imagine loading firewood into a U-haul ... nope nope nope
Love the way you tick Billy!
Nice machine could definitely use a foot pedal mod. :)
I'm sure the grippy is faster bit hydro splitters will.handle the tough nasty stuff...in other words alot.more power with hydralics
Love it but somehow I don’t think this is gonna cut it (no pun intended) on Australian hardwood.
Trying to decide if anyone should even watch someone splitting wood without gloves. Probly wearing open toe flip flop sandals too. What could possibly go wrong.
but does it split Oak?
I’d like to see it split elm. Or sycamore.
Use spray lithium grease. Better on heavy equipment.
Ya it moves its arm wayyy faster. I cant stand how slow our splitter is. Our cycle time is like 10 seconds.
envious❤
Dang that thing is quiet
Me again
2004 when I got slammed buy a try. Still might give up
To begin with. It takes you over an hour just to get the whole thing set up before you can start SPLITTING some Wood. The entire time is well over 2 hours before you start getting some firewood. THAT'S BULLSHIT TOO.
you should make a table to rest the blocks on while your splitting.
That might be a decent machine but it's no SuperSplit. This machine here is set a bit too low for most people. I noticed you are bending over to process. This will wear on you. SS is set higher and has a tray to do multiple splits on big rounds. Maybe I'm partial because the SS is made locally in my state of MA in the USA. Kinetic splitters have many pros but there are a few cons. Anyone that has owned one will tell you that sometimes when it gets stuck in a knot it will take some time to free it up. There is no reverse. lol. Just my thoughts. Thank you and be well.
That wood would only take a gentle tap with an axe to split.
Never owned a splitter can I come borrow yours Buckin ?
And a bonus, a nice white tail buck