Posted 3/17/2009 22:17 (#647849 - in reply to #647081) Subject: RE: Hydraulic/log splitter design
John Burns - 3/17/2009 00:28
With a horizontal splitter you pick the wood up and split it once and it falls on the ground, you pick the wood up to split it again and it falls on the ground. You have to pick the wood up every time you make a split. With a vertical splitter big logs just need to be rotated to the next splitting position. It is the only way to go if you split anything of size at all.
John
John, I know what you mean about always picking up the wood, so I built a folding table for mine, It's built out of square steel tubing. The table is attached to the splitter using pins so it will fold up, and the legs are pinned to the table so they fold flat. Works very well and keeps you from having to bend all the time to pick something up over and over. It detaches if you need it off.
Hydraulic/log splitter design
