Anyone have / recommend an electric / hydraulic jobbie?

I have the traditional splitting mall, but some of the logs I have seem
beyond it, even with my rather too significant bulk behind it! (that and
too much log splitting and I usually manage to sprain something!)



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On 26/09/2014 01:40, John Rumm wrote:
Anyone have / recommend an electric / hydraulic jobbie?

I have the traditional splitting mall, but some of the logs I have seem
beyond it, even with my rather too significant bulk behind it! (that and
too much log splitting and I usually manage to sprain something!)



This one is quite impressive :-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVMq-f_XeUg

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"John Rumm" wrote in message
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Anyone have / recommend an electric / hydraulic jobbie?

I have the traditional splitting mall, but some of the logs I have seem
beyond it, even with my rather too significant bulk behind it! (that and
too much log splitting and I usually manage to sprain something!)


Some logs are beyond some log splitters too. They take up a lot of space.
Always best to get a stove wth big door(s).
The only ones I have seen guaranteed not to fail are hydraulic on the back
of a tractor hence with in effect limitless power.
I use wedges and a sledge hammers, or cut them up with the chain saw.
A lot of effort in some cases.

Sme wood is easier to split dry and others green.

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"John Rumm" wrote in message
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Anyone have / recommend an electric / hydraulic jobbie?

I have the traditional splitting mall, but some of the logs I have seem
beyond it, even with my rather too significant bulk behind it! (that and
too much log splitting and I usually manage to sprain something!)


Some logs are beyond some log splitters too. They take up a lot of space.
Always best to get a stove wth big door(s).
The only ones I have seen guaranteed not to fail are hydraulic on the back
of a tractor hence with in effect limitless power.
I use wedges and a sledge hammers, or cut them up with the chain saw.
A lot of effort in some cases.

I use the PTO powered Hy-crack splitter.

Back when Dutch Elm disease struck, I did a lot of tricky grain
splitting with a sledge and a pair of steel wedges. A wooden *beetle*
might make the wedges last longer.

Sme wood is easier to split dry and others green.

Too right:-)



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"John Rumm" wrote in message
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Anyone have / recommend an electric / hydraulic jobbie?

I have the traditional splitting mall, but some of the logs I have seem
beyond it, even with my rather too significant bulk behind it! (that and
too much log splitting and I usually manage to sprain something!)


DIY?
http://www.instructables.com/id/Foot...tter/?ALLSTEPS

Richard wrote:
"John Rumm" wrote in message
o.uk...

Anyone have / recommend an electric / hydraulic jobbie?

I have the traditional splitting mall, but some of the logs I have
seem beyond it, even with my rather too significant bulk behind it!
(that and too much log splitting and I usually manage to sprain
something!)


DIY?
http://www.instructables.com/id/Foot...tter/?ALLSTEPS
How do you make the ram return? by bending down each time to turn the valve?

On Fri, 26 Sep 2014 01:40:15 +0100, John Rumm wrote:

I have the traditional splitting mall, but some of the logs I have seem
beyond it, even with my rather too significant bulk behind it!

You should be letting the axe do the work rather than you, ie hold at
the end of the shaft with swing more or less from vertical above you
with straight arm onto the log.

(that and too much log splitting and I usually manage to sprain
something!)

Letting the axe work is far less of a strain on you as well...

I did see a foot operated splitter in Aldi the other week, penny shy
of £40, sort of tempted but the logs that don't submit to the axe are
normally twisted grain and/or bits where branches split off etc.
Wasn't convinced it would be up to it or would really handle what I
term a "log". 9" long and at least 4" dia.

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Dave.

On 26/09/2014 01:40, John Rumm wrote:
Anyone have / recommend an electric / hydraulic jobbie?

I have the traditional splitting mall, but some of the logs I have seem
beyond it, even with my rather too significant bulk behind it! (that and
too much log splitting and I usually manage to sprain something!)

We've got one of the cheapish manual hydraulic splitters - basically a
10 ton jack in a metal frame with a wedge at the other end. It's pretty
good, though it fails on power tool fetish points.

It's slower than an electric one would be, but I think it could cope
with nastier stuff than eg a 4 ton electric - the limit is pretty much
how hard you can haul on the levers.

On Friday, September 26, 2014 1:40:15 AM UTC+1, John Rumm wrote:
Anyone have / recommend an electric / hydraulic jobbie?
I have the traditional splitting mall, but some of the logs I have seem
beyond it, even with my rather too significant bulk behind it! (that and
too much log splitting and I usually manage to sprain something!)

If I ever go down the wood heating path again, I'll build a big burn chamber that can take 4' logs in one piece. Use slash to get the fire started, scrap wood to take over, and whole big stuff to burn away for many hours, maybe over multiple burn sessions. I see no sense in tiny burners and all the hassle & expense of chopping wood up.


NT

On 26/09/2014 01:40, John Rumm wrote:
Anyone have / recommend an electric / hydraulic jobbie?

I have the traditional splitting mall, but some of the logs I have seem
beyond it, even with my rather too significant bulk behind it! (that and
too much log splitting and I usually manage to sprain something!)

Screw log splitter...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmMcDJnxSWA
for example...


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www.GymRatZ.co.uk wrote:
On 26/09/2014 01:40, John Rumm wrote:
Anyone have / recommend an electric / hydraulic jobbie?

I have the traditional splitting mall, but some of the logs I have seem
beyond it, even with my rather too significant bulk behind it! (that and
too much log splitting and I usually manage to sprain something!)

Screw log splitter...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmMcDJnxSWA
for example...


I wish they would do some demonstrations on the wood I have, it has
interlocked grain that defies most attempts

On 26/09/2014 10:36, Huge wrote:
On 2014-09-26, John Rumm wrote:
Anyone have / recommend an electric / hydraulic jobbie?

I have the traditional splitting mall, but some of the logs I have seem
beyond it, even with my rather too significant bulk behind it!

It may be that your technique is poor. I used to struggle splitting up
large logs until I watched the handyman on the farm I live on do it. I
used to try and split the logs in half, then split the pieces in half and so
on. Wrong. What he does is "spall" pieces off the edge of the log by hitting
it parallel to edge about 3 or 4" in. A chunk flies off the edge, and he
then follows the edge round, splitting off chunks. I've since switched to
this method, and it works a treat.

Yup I had stumbled upon that technique by accident (i.e. lousy aim with
the mall!). The downside is its more likely to twist a wrist I find when
a bit flys off rather more easily than expected.


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