How many tons does my wood splitter need to be?
Anyone here know?
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How much wood are you planning to split, what species, and what general dimensions (DxL)
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I have the electric 7-ton Boss from Home Depot, cost $635. Highly recommended.
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Ive got a tree farm and use a 26 ton unit. I havent found anything it wont split yet. I split oak, Elm, Maple, and anything else that comes along. I bought it at Fleet farm or Tractor supply, cant remember for sure where. I burn wood at home and I think anything bigger is overkill. Your dime. I think mine was about $1200
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As many tons as you can afford to buy! A min of 20 tons. Nothing worse than buying a splitter and finding out that it won't split what you need it to! Pecan is the worst, hickory(green) is hard too!
Also get one that can do vertical splitting for those large logs that you can't pick up to load on a horizontal splitter!
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JimmyJack: 30428811421595/comments/30428861843867
Ive got a tree farm and use a 26 ton unit. I havent found anything it wont split yet. I split oak, Elm, Maple, and anything else that comes along. I bought it at Fleet farm or Tractor supply, cant remember for sure where. I burn wood at home and I think anything bigger is overkill. Your dime. I think mine was about $1200
Same here with a tree farm. I have a 28 ton from DR Equipment. It goes vertical so if you are going to split large logs the vertical is nice to do the first few splits so that you can lift the split pieces on the splitter in the horizontal position.
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Anyone here know?
Yeah, wow. From what you describe I'd say several minimum. These aren't pumpkins you're gonna be wedging!!!!
Hope this helps!! @Mr. Perfect
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It's mostly pine. 12" to 48" dia. I have 6+ 4' piles of uncut logs 12' to 20' long to slice up and then split. And that's just what's on the ground currently.
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With pieces that size I'd do like Mike said, minimum of 20 tons. Anything much smaller and you'll be there 'till this time next year.
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I have a 25 ton splitter. Vertical/horizontal operation. It will split anything can lift and vertical much more. If you start talking 24+ dia logs, just don't split them in half. Split in steps. Mine also has an auto retract. Yes, you need to be careful with that feature (it speeds up the job) but if you aren't careful you shouldn't be using a splitter anyway.
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How long is it going to take to split this much?
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More than a few cases of beer I'd reckon!
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😃
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I made one and ran it off the tractor hydraulics. I loved it because I could still hear the radio. I ran the tractor at 1400 RPM and it split everything I put in front of it while I sang the country songs playing on the radio.
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48 inch pine. Forget what I said about the 7-ton Boss.
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Ruger4me: 30428811421595/comments/30428848039963
More than a few cases of beer I'd reckon!
So, I'll be done in 5 minutes?
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allen griggs: 30428811421595/comments/30428862185499
48 inch pine. Forget what I said about the 7-ton Boss.
I only have 2 or 3 that are that large. Most are between 2 and 3 foot dia.
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Monster maul
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Mr. Perfect: 30428811421595/comments/30428841989147
How long is it going to take to split this much?
Depends on how hard you go at it. I had four us split about three cords in 13 hours, almost non stop. I like to try to stay about two years ahead. I think we have somewhere between 8 to 10 cords split. Back breaking work. The guys that hunt out of our mountain house, help split for three days every summer.
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4 foot diameter! WOW. What kinda chainsaw are you gonna use? Prob take longer to cut it all to length than to split!
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mike55: 30428811421595/comments/30428862355227
4 foot diameter! WOW. What kinda chainsaw are you gonna use? Prob take longer to cut it all to length than to split!
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Yup! Got me a good ol' used Stihl saw! It's an oldie, but one of the best they ever made: the 038 Magnum II.
Damn, I love having a good saw again.
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select-fire: 30428811421595/comments/30428827315867
Monster maul
Hey..........I still have mine from the early 1980's............in the deep dark recesses of the back of my garage.
Still with the grip-tape on the handle. Don't know where the splitting "tire" got off to.
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Are the logs in good shape, Randy? 48" Pine logs might be worth more sold as is than split up and burned. For what you get out of the logs you could probably have some guy haul you in some good tamarack and doug/red fir for burning. Pine is one of the least desirable woods in our part of the country for heating.
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NeoBlackdog: 30428811421595/comments/
Are the logs in good shape, Randy? 48" Pine logs might be worth more sold as is than split up and burned. For what you get out of the logs you could probably have some guy haul you in some good tamarack and doug/red fir for burning. Pine is one of the least desirable woods in our part of the country for heating.
But with pine you get a good coating for your chimney. Don
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The very most you can afford, 28 Hp +
You fellers ain't never got a hold of a big ole sweet gum.😣
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Pine splits very easy, need the horizontal option for that size. Dont need much HP on a 26 ton unit, the hydraulics make up the difference. 28 is overkill.
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Same saying as a Big Block Chevy, "no replacement for displacement".
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Randy that depends on whether you buy the 24 or 30 pack cases... I buy the 30's so it will take at least 10 cases for me by myself to get it done in a week.🤣
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NeoBlackdog: 30428811421595/comments/
Are the logs in good shape, Randy? 48" Pine logs might be worth more sold as is than split up and burned. For what you get out of the logs you could probably have some guy haul you in some good tamarack and doug/red fir for burning. Pine is one of the least desirable woods in our part of the country for heating.
I would say they are in good shape but I wouldn't have the foggiest how/where to market them or for how much. To me, it's just fairly hassle free -free- firewood. Pine is crap to burn, but if you burn hot, clean the pipe and maybe even use a CSL or two here and there it should be no problem.
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As JimmyJack said, Pine is easy to split. You won't need a big HP splitter if that's all you have. I would still go for 20+ hp. As for the time for your stack, if they are all cut to length (we are talking splitting here) It would take me about 24 hours even when I was younger. I can say that if you have one helper the splitting time goes way down. You need to get the splitter to be working almost non-stop. You need to bring the logs and then after splitting carry them off and stack or load in your trailer. 2 helpers are ideal but just one makes a big difference. I live on 5+ heavily wooded acres and have 200+ white pines lining the property line in back. I don't burn them for heat in the house - just too dirty. I use oak, walnut, locust, and other hardwood as they die every year. I flew an friend here from SD about 15 years ago to pickup a car I gave her. First thing she said was "wow - real trees!
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Sheet, i meant 28 ton, not HP
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