This is a great product, it'...s made of heavy steel almost 100 lbs but it has wheels. On short logs I use a short piece of log to keep the pumping to a minimum. This log bent the two front log holders back. They are made of 1/4" heavy steel and I never felt the resistance. The pump is very strong and wood chunks will fly off of seasoned wood with a pop. The left handle is the large pump and the right is the small high pressure pump. You can work both back and forth or just use the left to snug up the jack and the right to split it. I used it today with a small maul and split 1/4 Cord. You get a wonderful upper body workout with it, I might even have to go up a bra size.
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At first, this splitter seemd to bed the answ...er to prayer. It split logs larger than stated and, although the catch barckets got bent by the passing log, it worked really well. Until I noticed the return spring pegs were bending. These stick down at the fromt of the ram to hold the return springs. They are too weak to take the strain of the springs when the springs are stretched beyond 3/4 length. So I have to use a block of some kind to make sure the spring doesn't put too much tension on the springs. The saying is "you get what you pay for" and I see it's true. I'll probably be returning it.
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I have owned on of these spliters for the last 4 years and i...t works great. 6.5" logs is the start of it, I have put up and split logs over 20". You just have to turn it over once and finish cracking it. I would split around cord of wood per year with this little guy. After all the use the only part going bad is the o'ring seal that is on the pump lever and it seeps a small bit of oil. I just have to put a o'ring in to reseal it.
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Low impact compared to using a maul. Works as described! Get s...plittin’
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I got this for my husband for his birthday, but my eleven year ...old son loves to split wood with it! Works great!
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