Travis, Our old 22 ton splitter we have had for over 20 years & it looks similar to your champion. Its on it second engine. We have split hundreds upon hundreds of ricks of wood. Ive never added grease to the bed and it doesnt have any crazy wear. I have noticed alot of new splitters recommend putting some grease down everyday.
I also watch other channels on firewood as I find it interesting how we all have different ways tools ECT to get to the same result. My champion splitter I have never added grease or oil to the beam.
@DanielAtkinsFirewood crazy how most new or "Comercial" splitters require you to oil the beam. Like you said my old one has never had any oil/grease on the beam. Keep it between the ditches
Travis, There is several wood cutting / firewood channels out there that I watch. I just enjoy seeing other peoples processes. I even do a little bit of wood cutting on my channel. It's more seasonal for me. Well for now lol. Thanks for the video. Keep it up
May cost a bit, but you could take the existing splitter wedge off and take both parts to a welder. I am sure they could modify four way. Or weld on an attachment point to the four way and fit to machine.
New sub to your channel, and thanks for your sub. I put out several episodes on this splitter, including two this week. Stay tuned. Thanks for watching, keep cuttin'!
If you move it forward to the point that it slides down over your wedge then run a few pieces thru it it will bend to fit 27 tons says the metal will bend
Man i sometimes put bar oil on my splitter track, but there is a grease zerk on mine. So if im out of grease, a cap ful of bar oil every once and a while works also
@travisdoesfirewood i had an old 1990s splitter with a pull start diesel engine, and man that track would scratch and gouge and hop a little bit because it was so old, so i would dump a cap of bar oil on there once per hour. My new splitter tho, i just do it at the start of the work day
Totally agree! We all can't afford fancy and what the latest splitter is on the market. The good 'ol single wedge transformer works just fine. Thanks for watching, keep cuttin'!
Splitters get expensive fast! I bought the champion 27 ton and I like it. I would love to be able to cycle in 4 seconds. To do 4 second cycle costs about $20k and only go higher.
When I upgraded my Champion i got a 4 & 6 way wedges and a log lift. I will be going after the wicked 12way wedge later this year. Oh yeah did i mention i can tow it up to 80mph since no one here is Seattle drives at 45mph 🤣👍
Well maybe we can make a day of it and I could come up on a Saturday. With the Wolfe Ridge splitter, Do a podcast face to face 🤔 maybe just an idea. No rush, tho. I am not the kind of guy that likes to rush things
Sounds good, I can ensure I have rounds available. But we have to make sure it wouldn't rain that weekend, which shouldn't be a problem soon. Thanks again, Dan!
Best to expect shorter life of splitter had 8 hp 40 ton for years r s the wedge worked OK on med wood but caused hydronic and motor issuse been cutting splitting d and burning wo o d 60 years also sales
It should still work on that 🪵 log splitter Travis does fire wood. As long as the single wedge is the same diameter as the county line 🪵 log splitter. I'd Google that online to find out.
I even tried again to modify the 4-way and it still didn't work. I'm not a metal worker so I may just need to give up for now. Thanks for watching, keep cuttin'!
Travis, Our old 22 ton splitter we have had for over 20 years & it looks similar to your champion. Its on it second engine. We have split hundreds upon hundreds of ricks of wood. Ive never added grease to the bed and it doesnt have any crazy wear. I have noticed alot of new splitters recommend putting some grease down everyday.
This is good to know, thank you for the feedback. I didn't see anything in the owner's manual so I may just leave it as is.
I also watch other channels on firewood as I find it interesting how we all have different ways tools ECT to get to the same result.
My champion splitter I have never added grease or oil to the beam.
@DanielAtkinsFirewood crazy how most new or "Comercial" splitters require you to oil the beam.
Like you said my old one has never had any oil/grease on the beam.
Keep it between the ditches
Travis, There is several wood cutting / firewood channels out there that I watch. I just enjoy seeing other peoples processes. I even do a little bit of wood cutting on my channel. It's more seasonal for me. Well for now lol. Thanks for the video. Keep it up
I appreciate that I am one of few channels on firewood that you watch!!
May cost a bit, but you could take the existing splitter wedge off and take both parts to a welder. I am sure they could modify four way. Or weld on an attachment point to the four way and fit to machine.
Cool stuff you got going !
New sub to your channel, and thanks for your sub. I put out several episodes on this splitter, including two this week. Stay tuned. Thanks for watching, keep cuttin'!
@ awesome!
Travis , lot less Jaw ,Lot more Paw!! just saying.
You're saying you prefer a single wedge over a 4-way?
sure@@TravisDoesFirewood
I didnot see the 4way splitter work??
@@suewilson2452 not yet, Sue. I'll try again this coming week. Thanks for watching!
If you move it forward to the point that it slides down over your wedge then run a few pieces thru it it will bend to fit 27 tons says the metal will bend
That's a really good idea. But then you couldn't take it off easily, right?
Man i sometimes put bar oil on my splitter track, but there is a grease zerk on mine. So if im out of grease, a cap ful of bar oil every once and a while works also
The debate is 50/50 on weather or not to oil up the track. No zerk on mine, wish there was. Many thanks for watching!!
@travisdoesfirewood i had an old 1990s splitter with a pull start diesel engine, and man that track would scratch and gouge and hop a little bit because it was so old, so i would dump a cap of bar oil on there once per hour.
My new splitter tho, i just do it at the start of the work day
Old v. new equipment - gotta love it!
I run 10-12 cords on mine for my OWB and a few face cords for friends and family. Gotta work with what you’ve got sometimes
Totally agree! We all can't afford fancy and what the latest splitter is on the market. The good 'ol single wedge transformer works just fine. Thanks for watching, keep cuttin'!
Splitters get expensive fast! I bought the champion 27 ton and I like it. I would love to be able to cycle in 4 seconds. To do 4 second cycle costs about $20k and only go higher.
It is crazy that just a few seconds faster means the price of the machine goes way up, agreed. Thanks for watching, keep cuttin'!
When I upgraded my Champion i got a 4 & 6 way wedges and a log lift. I will be going after the wicked 12way wedge later this year.
Oh yeah did i mention i can tow it up to 80mph since no one here is Seattle drives at 45mph 🤣👍
I look forward to seeing your 12-way. And that's crazy that you can tow that splitter that fast! Keep cuttin'!
Well maybe we can make a day of it and I could come up on a Saturday. With the Wolfe Ridge splitter, Do a podcast face to face 🤔 maybe just an idea.
No rush, tho. I am not the kind of guy that likes to rush things
Sounds good, I can ensure I have rounds available. But we have to make sure it wouldn't rain that weekend, which shouldn't be a problem soon. Thanks again, Dan!
@@TravisDoesFirewood : sounds like a good plan already. Just save the ugly knotty stuff you don't want to split. 😉👍
Copy that ;)
Use graphite lube for lubrication of that part of the sliding the bar back and fourth motion part of it Travis.
Like the stuff that you use on locks, John?
Best to expect shorter life of splitter had 8 hp 40 ton for years r s the wedge worked OK on med wood but caused hydronic and motor issuse been cutting splitting d and burning wo o d 60 years also sales
It should still work on that 🪵 log splitter Travis does fire wood. As long as the single wedge is the same diameter as the county line 🪵 log splitter. I'd Google that online to find out.
I even tried again to modify the 4-way and it still didn't work. I'm not a metal worker so I may just need to give up for now. Thanks for watching, keep cuttin'!
45 minutes is too long imho. Had to skip forward. But i enjoy your presentation. Keep it up.
Thanks for watching, keep cuttin'!
Also champion are not for HD splitting not made for wood splitter also void warranty u can put a v 8 in old vw but transfer cud not.handke torque
It's not a good idea to do anything that voids the warranty on a new tool. Thanks for watching brother, keep cuttin'!
It's called horizontally instead of vertically. It's vertically is straight up and down. And horizontally is side to side.
Love it!!
I really like your channel. Just saying.
Thank you for watching!
I bought the 4 way wedge for my county line splitter, not worth it.
That's good to know, thanks for sharing!
I also bought the country line 4 way wedge and broke on the sixth pass ....junk😅
awesome fire wood splitting music. yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
We're jamming, right!? Rock on, and keep cuttin'!
Great. Now chop and talk.
Thanks for watching.
I've watched 5 minutes of this, and you have said nothing.
@@JohnShivers-b8q so..keep watching or watch part 2... keep cuttin'!