So my Wen electric log splitter came today. I love that thing. This is perfect for fuel prep for charcoaling plus you can use it to split firewood. These splitters look like toys but I assure they are not toys, that little thing will split logs just as big as my step dads 10 hp splitters! It is quite impressive.
I have not ran it off my battery bank yet but plan to do that and also teh 212cc. But judging by the 9500 it hardly even flinches so Im sure the 212 will have no problem. Running the 212cc on chargas that will be the test! If it will do it it would then process this pile I did today on about 3 lbs of fuel input.
Next is my woodgas chainsaw that should arrive tomorrow. Ive taken a deep dive down the cordless chainsaw rabbit hole a few times noiw and finally bought one. I came to the conclusion the Greenworks chainsaws are the best bang for the buck. The deal breaker on a lot of good ones is the the grabber teeth << I have no idea the correct terminology most should know what Im talking about lol) . If that is molded plastic stay away from it. One is they dont grab and two if they dont have a steel one that means its junk and more than likely cant handle a steel one.
I agree that thing looks like a toy log splitter, i will wait for a splitting vidio, though looks like its splitting your wood. It looks like the 6.5 ton i seen on EBAY,?
Yup but plenty of videos of them on Youtube no need to wait for me to do one. The point of this though; is to run this off grid efficiently and that it does and it does it very well. I can run this off my battery bank and it only turns on when its activated. Its not just idling while you load and off load.
Yeah I got the foot switch on order. Yeah it will be a lot more productive. I dont think I will need to mod it for what I will be using it for. If the stock is too hard I just wont use it and it will be fire pit bound.
We get a lot of these electric log splitters come in the yard Matt and they work ok on softwoods like pine but we don’t bother with them anymore , as they will not work on Australian hard woods and just break so in the bin they stay .shame really as i hate waste and sending stuff back to China .
Dave
I have one that I used pretty hard for a couple of years. Finally gave out. I have never even checked to see if it was something simple like a seal but I did a fair amount of Ash with it and it was great. I liked that it didn’t make noise
How do they break? welds break or the frame twists or is it the pump?
(it is why I gave Matt a month for upgrades.) We used to have one of the 22t splitters and that struggled with some stuff. We stacked it up and waited for someone with the 30t to split it.
To be honest i have no idea , they all seemed to have broken differently motors , pumps and screw i think i seen some with broken castings , like i said i was told not to bother so never did . some guy on market place had 5 for $100 i still didn’t bother
But i did have a home made 24 volt splitter made from a forklift hydraulic pump and tank and a very light weight ram , wasnt man enuff for the power that pump put out but boy was it fast and went through mountain ash hardwood good but a knott in the wood bent the ram after a while , i now use a 40 tonn diesel splitter that’s slow but you cant stop it will split rocks in half even it has that much power
Understand guys this is for an off grid solution. Gasoline / Diesel is not an option. I want a system I use on charcoal only if I had too and to do this efficiently as possible. Along with being able to use the battery bank as an option.
I dont know about the other ones on the market but this one is very well made. The welds on this are pretty stout. Why the pump would be any cheaper than gasoline counter part is beyond me and the motor is just a motor. I cracked a 12 inch oak log in half and it hardly flinched. So I dont know so far its doing what it is supposed too. I worked with my step dad for 10 years processing wood, this was using all commercial grade equipment. His chipper is the size of a medium sized RV. So believe me I get it and I am fully aware what this equipment is capable of. It will do what I need it to do. I dont have a ton of money to spend either so I am shopping for the best I can get for as cheap as I can get with the available funding I have. If I had money I would be getting the Echo or the Stihl Electrics. But Im not spending 800 bucks on an electric saw or high end splitter.
The Greenworks saw came in today and that thing is amazing! That thing has plenty of power and again no gas or oil mix. The battery fully charges in a half hour. I will get a second battery and as long as I can charge them I could go all day with it. For now if the battery dies Ill just switch to splitting and back to cutting after the battery is charged.
We have the older 60V Greenworks 16" Saw and like it. We found some knockoff batteries for it to supplement the brand name ones since they’ve moved onto the 80v system.
Also I like my electric splitter, I’ve split a lot of oak with it no problems. I just didn’t like how wide the wedge was and caused the logs to explode open sometimes. It sent firewood about 6 feet once. Freaked me out. Some guys have modded them by welding a hatchet head to the existing wedge, I decided to use a 1/2" thick blade.
Aren’t we all. It will work. it is like most consumer grade stuff, it breaks when you push it.
Greenworks was one of the top-rated saw brands when I read reviews on them after the HF 80v came out. The 80v saws are probably on par with the smaller gas versions as far as I can tell from the reviews. I thought someone like Oregon helped with their design, but maybe not.
Yup, Ive only had it a day but first impression is I would highly recommend this saw. Yeah it is comparable to a 3 hp saw; maybe a bit more powerful than that even. My corded Poulan is a work horse too and that thing has been badly abused and it still keeps going. But the cord is PITA. So its nice having a more powerful saw without the cord. Ill be putting this saw along with the splitter to the test as I go and I will report any issues here
The steel teeth beside the bar are called dogs. You dog in the saw and pull up on the handle. Gently because your saw is sharp! If you have to pull hard you need to be filing.
