Had a bunch of trees cut down to make room for my new garage today. Now i have a ton of fire wood but I need some way to split it.
Are the Electric Log Splitters any good? Anyone ever use one?
Used one once and it did the job, but was terribly slow. We'd put a log in and start it, and then prepare the next, stack the previous, and still be waiting around.
On the other hand my uncle and I darn near killed ourselves trying to keep up with a gas-powered splitter. I tried to slow him down but he said "We're wasting gas if it's just sitting there running."
I wouldn't rule out an electric, but sure wouldn't buy one without using it first.
Like was said the electric ones are slow. But will do it as long as you dont have a knotty piece. I split more wood a year then most and i wouldnt do it without a gas powered spliter. If you dont want to split all the wood in one year, leave the logs in 6 foot lengths and stack them up off the ground. Then next year you can spilt some more and so on. Leaving them off the ground will keep them from rotting for a long long time.
04-01-2005, 10:28 PM
OT- Electric Log Splitters any good? 
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