Electric Log Splitter might be what you need.
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- Опубликовано: 4 май 2024
- 5 ton gets job done! My electric log splitter was the budget option. Literally the next cheapest thing to a sharp axe, Im so happy that I don't have yet another petrol engined device to house and feed and maintain. Just 40 kgs so its easy to transport and it stores on end. Virtually silent - Its perfect for my needs.
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I used one for 10 years. however I by passed the right finger switch and added an in line food switch northern tool , $15.00 ) . Put a bungie cord on the left relief handle . that keeps it engaged, you lift the left handle for it to return . That way I can have a free hand to keep the wood from bucking back . I had the 5 ton hydraulic ram, instead of your version . Did everything I needed . cords and cords of wood, split in silence . a beautiful thing . I did up to 30 " rounds.
Mines 5 tonne too. It does all my wood easily. Pine Oak, Maple, Avocado, Citrus.
Had one in Tasmanian split 7 years seasons of wood with it. Saves a lot of hard work. Will split hardwood fine if not too knotty. Like any tool has limits. Made a stop I can drop across dual rails to shorten stroke for shorter wood... saves time. Remove it when not in use. Mine a Ryobi version. Used it on wattle this week.Tasmania.
Im going down the road to drag some black wattle home - thatll try it out!
Ahh - rotator cuff! Now I know why you made the DMSO video! I ordered some following watching that video for my mum - she's been on crutches for 20 years following complex leg injuries, and we've just tried it - definitely works on the pain! Now to get onto the Land Rover door skins I came to your channel for in the first place!
comment of the week! you and I must be brothers from another Mother. I even know about Creme de Menth- Its what the pope drinks you know. 😁
For early my whole life I’ve always had to split wood with an axe or maul but after I hurt my back I decided to buy a new 20 ton gas wood splitter and sometimes it struggles to split some of these pecan logs even after a year of drying out. Glad to see that that size fits your purpose
i had one during the covid era, worked a treat, until it broke a few months later! Took it back to shop, couldnt repair and had no replacement ( it appears they were very popular). so now i have loads of chopped wood and no machine, so in a way, im quids in.. but i do wish i still had one
Great Video, thank you for posting!
Well done 👍🏼 splits great.
Good on ya mate, been looking at one.
I recently split about 2 seasons of not dry pine for our usage and did it all by hand with a fiskars Maul. Beast. Haven't even gotten through the garbage wood yet, but looking forward to burning some of that since I did the hard yards. Dries faster after splitting, too. :-)
good work! I miss hand splitting. the young folk over the fence wonder why I live this way - while they are eating Subway cos its healthier than KFC, paying off student loans in dead end service industry jobs and drinking every weekend.😄😋
@@t.h.o.r. by drinking I can only assume the unhealthy kind, not the single glass of fine red from mouth blown Austrian crystal :-D oh well, maybe they'll grow up at some point.
Seems to work okay 👍
Perfect for my needs anyway- some people need excess horsepower in their lives.
Yup I always thought the same thing. They look like a cheap toy. But they are not, they are just as capable as a petrol driven unit. If you are doing wood gas they are perfect because then you just power it with the generator you run with the wood gas system. No oil changes no messing with fueling it, no noise etc. Plus its more efficient when its not actually splitting its off its not using power or a patrol engine idling and eating fuel while you load the next cut.
Add a foot switch to it so you dont have to hold down the power button and free up your hand to hold your stock in place.
Hi Matt = Thanks for dropping by
Perfect!
just thinking of other applications, it wouldn't be hard to modify it into a shop press.
Yes- exactly what I thought.🧐 I can now press a new spindle bearing onto my concrete mixer.
I have a splitter like that, I don't recommend it.
I went back to doing it all by hand.
But I'm not working with soft wood, mainly oak, ash and other hard woods.
For hardwood kindling I do recommend it.
I feel for you on the shoulder, had surgery on mine too.
Both shoulders mate, and my partner too!- we bust ourselves building our cabins
Mine splits oak just fine and I mean big Oak. The WEN I have will do the same work the commercial units Ive used profesionally. The WEN I have is the same exact unit he has just with different branding. What unit do you have? If you are popping a breaker thats not the units fault. You need to plug this into a minimum 20 amp breaker and use a heavy gauge extension cord is an absolute must. They work as advertised and are more than capable of the rating.
@@Thrive-Off-Grid This one is branded as a Homelite- but thats just a badge. Ive seen them unbranded, Branded Hyundai, ToolShed, and TradeZone- they are all the same. Im on 6000watt inverter, fat extention lead and a 10 amp breaker and its not missed a beat. Like you say- Better than yet another 6,5hp I.C.E. to maintain and feed.
Im going down the road to get some black wattle- that stuff is like engine blocks! Ill let you know how it goes
@@t.h.o.r. Yup you have to have as short as possible cord from the power Source. If I plug into a wall socket for instance it will fault our Inverter. It is the EG4- 6500 watt unit. But If I plug into the box that is directly connected to the inverter it works with no issues at all. But I generally run direct off our Predator 9500 gennerator running on our CFX demo machine.
uh...those aren't logs, Paul Bunyon
hahahaha- cos I trim each year, they will never get bigger- Like I say - Perfect for me. 😉
Good to hear your voice old fella, but I genuinely hope you shake off all the conspiracy shit out of your life at some point. Interesting that your home solar stack is so small. I have 2x 100Ah and a 500W panel for camping, but I know you can get away with much less as I lived on our boat with maybe 10Ah and 450W so was basically running off pure solar during the day and borrowed time at night, ha ha.
What has he said that is conspiracy??
Ive got 4 separate buildings on solar. they each have their own setup. that 500w one is on the kitchen and drives a samsung fridge and some lights. occasionally a blender. through a 4000w inverter. the fans in the mushroom shed run off a 200w panel and an old truck battery thru a 600w inverter. the lights in the other sheds are solar streetlights. they come on at dusk and stay on till dawn. each one has its own little panel. as does the toilet vent. the windmill tops up the kitchen in bad weather and trickle charges other batteries when needed. in the warmer weather all my gas is from the biodigester.
Why does this guy say your a conspiracy theorists@t.h.o.r.
@@bountyhunter1890 Point 3 in his intro and having watched all prior videos, antivaxxer stuff, and other shit that isn't healthy for the brain - I believe he's a good solid kiwi under all that shit but all that rubbish must weigh him down. Look at the muppet that runs "counter spin media" for an example of weighed down by conspiracy shit, his life is dominated by it and riddled by it and he's unahble to function normally and enjoy life as a result. Really quite sad.
@@t.h.o.r. Nice setup - what type of windmill generator do you have? Bladed? or modern bladeless? Must have missed that one - went through subscriptions to find this after not seeing anything interesting on the home page for a while.
I welded a large axe head to mine and it's the same make and model as yours. It now works like a 10 or 20 tonne petrol driven wood splitter and splits 40 to 50 cm rounds of wood no problem at all except for really knotted wood where it struggles a bit but i just end for end the knotty piece of wood until it eventually splits . . Also , if you look up log splitters on RUclips there is a bloke who made a pedal setup so your hands free. I made one for mine . Works great and simple to make using a pine plank and string or heavy duty nylon fishing line . Cheers from 🦘🐨🇭🇲
still loving mine a month in - awesome tool for the price.