firewood splitter

[rockriver]

a little more advice from a newby.
i like sandy in the video below... learning to use a sawmill from him...
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his new to him - eastonmade is much much more expensive than my unit..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MdG-P4YlQ4

he makes a couple of great suggestions regardless of the brand...
1. get a higher "table" you old folks will appreciate it. us younguns don't mind bending and the additional stretching.
2....get a bigger table. (the blue platform) some of you can weld. i can't. build a big table will work. a big log will split and and at least one side will leave the table and head for the ground.. young men like me don't mind circling the machine and picking up a very heavy chunk of round, but you old guys will get tired of circling and lifting the 2nd half piece of round from the ground... in the event you were able to hold the first half!..
3. i have a briggs and stratton engine... so far it is doing great... the honda would have been worth more over the years...

[1Admin]

Found some replacement parts at this website-

https://www.ereplacementparts.com/troybilt-24bf572b711-ls27-2008-log-splitter-parts-c-26780_27791_27793.html

Ordered several sets.

Only thing we have had an issue with is the push up auto return on the handle. The little bracket came off once- I found that one on the ground. The second time it came off no one found it. The splitter was briefly underwater during a flood. We drained all the fluids, changed all the filters and the unit has been running fine for about 3 years since that.

I remember some dip$hit one time berating me for using a log splitter, pretty much said your not a homesteader if you use one LOL. Guess he was retired, or a vagrant without a regular job... Or he hadn't really LIVED this way for an extended period of time to realize the enormous survival value of LABOR SAVING devices like a log splitter.

[surviort_wwdnet]

wwd, great neighbor comment... congratulations

We do have wonderful neighbors here!

[rockriver]

wwd, great neighbor comment... congratulations

[surviort_wwdnet]

I expect to burn more firewood this "winter" to keep our heating costs down, but one face cord should do it. I'm buying mine already split, and for a little extra $, the seller will deliver and stack it for me. We stacked the delivery last year and one of us (not me) was out of commission for 3 days...Our way of doing things is being modified as my husband's condition changes. At least the delivery gate got fixed thanks to a great idea my husband had, the parts we ordered to support the idea, and our neighbor's offer to make the repairs with the materials we had - he even brought his own tools.

[rockriver]

update... review.

i'm trying to increase the size of the wood pile... getting more concerned about current events.
the boss 32 usually sells for around 2100. got ours from lowe's for about 1700. we had to special order.
frequently sold in a crate and customer assembles. lowe's called and said "it's ready." it wasn't. i asked when it would be put together?
sales person stuttered then said. "assembly crew was out, but would be back before the weekend" i said great...
the hydraulic fluid is expensive. i thought that lowe's might add the fluid during assembly. they didn't. i checked fuel tank. real dry. crankcase oil ... dry. i was hoping that they had not cranked it, since it had no hyd. fluid. or oil
no gas. no hyd. fluid. assembler advised he had not tried to crank it. dry tank confirmed he had not.

i checked most of fittings... seemed tight.

i'm trying to split the wood where the tree fell. immediately loading it to fel on tractor. reducing the number of times i have to handle each piece. having the axle/wheel/trailer hitch helps a bunch. it can be moved by hand, but weight is? 600 # ? and not balanced real well. but with a tractor/golf cart/mower/utv/truck/riding mower moving it is very simple.
i've now cut about 2 cords, and would recommend this machine. mine has the briggs engine. would have preferred the honda. if you are debating 2 similar products, one thing to consider is the size of the wood catcher. (log trays) this is the platform that helps catch firewood pieces, after they are cut and helps hold the round on the machine... the bigger the better... don't buy a splitter without getting the wood catcher! i've never had a splitter before. i think that a 27 ton would have split everything my 32 has done.

oh yeah, wear safety glasses and gloves. the helmet you used to cut the tree down would be a good idea also.. i haven't needed it, but... who knows...
i've had a couple of pieces explode... that is too strong of a word. but "coming apart with a lot of energy" is too weak of a description.

[Lowdown3]

We usually move ours around with our Ranger, seems to work better than attaching to truck and don't have to change out trailer hitch or have son stand on it while I drive it :)

[rockriver]

the boss unit we bought is on wheels. most brands have that option. it is heavy. moveable by hand on very slight grade. but it has a normal trailer hitch... we bought a shank (mounting bar -not sure of proper name!) and ball combo at walmart for about 26? added that to a wore out golf cart... and it handles the splitter easily. so, if you have a golf cart or 4 wheeler, utv, etc... that will aid in moving the splitter.

[surviort_wwdnet]

At least for this year, I am going to order firewood properly split and cut to the length I need. After that, I'll need to get a log splitter that I can actually handle. Still thinking that one over...

[rockriver]

found a boss 32 on lowe's website...about 300 under normal price. on 2nd tank of gasoline.
one concern is that when i fill hydraulic to proper dipstick depth it spits it out while running... it holds over 5 gallons.
ld, it's red.? i would have preferred honda engine, but this one has a briggs. cranks easily. also it is another reason for us to keep some gasoline on site.
i hope it holds up.

[1Admin]

We have one of the red ones from Lowes, Honda 5hp motor. It's going on well over a decade and has literally been under water during a flood at the range and still runs well.

The little piece that auto flips the handle back to return when you knock it upwards broke, I use that part more than my son does. I need to find that part and replace it.

[rockriver]

templar, good morning... it's been a while!
can you share the brand? model?
thanks.

[Templar]

I have a trailer-mounted one. works well. I put ramps up to the side to roll up really heavy rounds, but haven't found anything that couldn't be split yet... If I had it to do again I would get one with a tiltable head so that I wouldn't have to lift the heavier rounds... Normal maintenance, tires, drain gas, oil, etc...

[surviort_wwdnet]

We have multiple cooking sources....camper has two 30lb propane, we have 100 lb propane stored, have some firewood, but live in area we can get more, we have coleman stoves, backpacking stoves, rocket stove, BBQ grill, camper has a griddle plus its stove/oven, and a small stove that takes the green 1lb bottles and we have at least 12 of those bottle plus adapter for a 20lb tank. In really cold weather the house will get cold, but we have jackets, long johns and blankets galore....

We have a lot of cooking sources also: 2 coleman camp stoves, a butane mix backpacking stove, a Triox backpacking stove with fuel, full-size propane grill, small portable propane grill with nine 1 lb bottles of propane, propane stove in the motorhome and maybe the sidewalk if it stays this hot! The small propane bottles are on my shopping list as is another 20 or 30 lb propane tank, which would give us 3. We use the 1 lb bottles of propane for the buddy heaters as well. Then, there's alway a wood fire, but hopefully we can use the wood for the fireplace. We also have a bunch of leftover fire bricks that we could use to build an adequate outdoor cooktop.

[surviort_wwdnet]

Ms Foster purchased a small electric splitter that was on sale at TS ($99). It has trouble splitting the large oak pieces, over 14” in diameter. I found that if I cut a small stripe in a stubborn piece with a chain saw, it works just fine. I have used it for three seasons now.

I'll look for one like yours that I can handle (maybe like yours) because one never knows. I know I can't use the hydraulic splitter - too heavy! I can't even move it😂