Electric Log Splitter

[jlewsader]

Anyone have experience with electric splitters? If so, what say you?

 

[LD1]

WHat kind of electric splitter are you talking about? The cheap ones that are rated maybe ~5ton? That are small and slow?

OR are you talking about the towable ones that are made like an actual splitter but use a electric motor in lieu of a gas motor?

 

[jlewsader]

WHat kind of electric splitter are you talking about? The cheap ones that are rated maybe ~5ton? That are small and slow

Yeah, a local big box store has one on sale for $289. 5 ton rated. Says it can split 15" long 10" diameter.

 

[check]

Yeah, a local big box store has one on sale for $289. 5 ton rated. Says it can split 15" long 10" diameter.

Buy it! Very good price, and they work just fine unless you have something huge and really tough. I have two of them, and I am very happy with them.

 

[LD1]

It all depends on what you are hoping to split with it

 

[joeyd]

I used a DR 6-ton splitter for about 7 years splitting a couple of cords per season. I got tired of splitting on the ground and last year picked up an Airens 22 ton splitter, much easier on the back. I still use the DR splitter in the garage for down sizing firewood when I need to before bringing it into the house.

 

[jlewsader]

I wouldn't be using it hard and much. This winter will just be collecting for next season, as we just got this property this spring and it has a wood stove in living room. It will just be to complement the existing propane furnace until I get good and familiar with how it heats and collecting the wood and everything.

 

[JRobyn]

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