woodsplitter reccomendations

I am thinking about buying a new woodsplitter. I have a 3 point hitch one that runs off of the tractor hydraulics. It is slow and I hate the wear and tear on my tractor. I am considering buying a 22 ton splitter from Lowe's or Harbor Freight. I recently used a 22 ton Lowe's unit and was pleased on the job it did. I like the fact that it would turn up and split the wood on the ground without you having to lift it up. The reason I am considering the Harbor Freight unit is that it will split wood going in both directions. That would same time in splitting. I would appreciate any input and I am open to suggestions about other units. I know several of you split a lot of wood and I am hunting ideas. Thanks in advance for any help. Lee
 

I wouldn't consider using your tractor to run a wood splitter to be "wear and tear". I'd just call it using your tractor.
 
True Tim and I love using my tractors but it takes a lot less fuel to run a small gas engine than it takes for a tractor.
 
I have a vertical American brand . Has its own pto pump . I run very low throttle and it will split oak cross ways . Neighbors have the same rig off remotes . Nowhere near the same power and heats up hydraulics terrible . I like not having another small gas engine that sits for months . I guess I didn't add that it's a three point mount.
 
What is the average size of blocks that you split? Even a 22 ton splitter that you are suggesting is more splitter than you need for undoubtedly a good portion of wood that you need to split. Splitting in both directions is excellent. For the fifth season in a row I am using an electric wood splitter and I am very pleased with it. The cost of operation is very economical. A couple of years ago I was helping a friend who has a commercially made gas wood splitter with the exhaust making me feel very sick. The hot exhaust also made the wood splinters on the ground catch fire. This kind of unit is definitely not for me. My electric splitter effectively handles 16'' diameter rounds no problem. I have set up my Case backhoe to split the bigger stuff efficiently in a one man operation.
 
My daughter and SIL gave me one for Christmas from Home Depot. Stand-up or horizontal, same as the ones from TSC and Woods, 25 ton. I haven't used it much, just a few pieces that were left unsplit because of knarled grain, crotches, etc. It went right through them.
 
I think my tractor will spit a lot of wood on about 2-3 quarts of diesel per hour, and this tractor will last longer than me, and I can hang the splitter on the wall of my shed when I'm not using it. We have a lot of black ash for firewood, and it's easier to spit most of it by hand than it is to lift it into a splitter. Everything on these pallets was split by hand, I love doing it. I use the hydraulic splitter for elm.
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I'm with you Nordic , I was given an electric log splitter , at first I looked at it as some sort of toy until I used it .
Amazing really , no noise , no fumes and enough grunt to manage all but the toughest of our gnarly hardwoods .
it did all of this without a murmer .

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(quoted from post at 12:40:40 05/10/18) True Tim and I love using my tractors but it takes a lot less fuel to run a small gas engine than it takes for a tractor.

How much wood do you split per year? I'm guessing a new splitter from Lowe's costs somewhere around $1000. That buys a lot of fuel for your tractor.
 
(quoted from post at 15:40:40 05/10/18) True Tim and I love using my tractors but it takes a lot less fuel to run a small gas engine than it takes for a tractor.

Using this splitter with the gas engine for 40 hours a week , 50 weeks a year? How long will it take to break even by saving $5-$20 bucks a splitting season .
 

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