Ruggedmade wood splitter. Beware, poor quality. Not so rugged.

[crazyal]

I have a 27 ton "Wheel Horse" with a Honda lawn mower engine on it from Lowes. It's done everything I could ever want (and my neighbors too). But I would never think of using it to split wood to sell. It could do it but it would be like buying a B series Kubota when you have enough work for an M series. For $3k I would expect a wood splitter that's going to last a lot longer than a year and a half. It should include a name brand pump and cylinder and be built well. No poor welds and not structural weaknesses (even my $1k special has no problems handling the full pressure the ram can generate). I could see it not having a log lift or an adjustable wedge or maybe a smaller tank/ frame size. Those pictures posted on the first page show junk. I would feel ashamed if I sold something like that. That's like selling a car and when the user goes 65 mph on the interstate saying if was the driver's fault for using the car as expected when the tires fall off.

 

[4570Man]

I wouldn’t have even been disappointed with the crappy valves and pumps or crappy Crome on the cylinder. I’d have chocked that up to thats what half price buys you. It’s the structural issues that really got me. They could have made several improvements to bandage the issue like I’ve done but bottom line is the construction simply wasn’t adequate. The real kicker is they could fix all theses issues for not much money and then they could boast a good splitter at a bargain price. Then you can add this to my original review. The cylinder mount on the other end was starting to crack. I didn’t see many good options for reinforcing so I welded some more and hope it’s good enough.