| If you need to fill up your rack with firewood and you | | | | making furniture? Are you splitting those logs to sell |
| do not want to bleed your hands splitting them with a | | | | firewood, or is it for a commercial building? |
| wedge and mallet, use a log splitter instead. The splitter | | | | Aside from splitting firewood, the machine can also be |
| is available from five to thirty five tons and comes with | | | | used for making wood planks or for preparing wood |
| a three point hitch for easy towing to the worksite by | | | | for paper making. Because of the demand for rustic |
| means of a tractor. Log splitters are measured by | | | | cabin furniture, the splitter can also be used for making |
| means of its capacity in tons. For home use, a five to | | | | a more natural home decoration. If you are concerned |
| ten ton model would be sufficient; but for a | | | | about the price of the machine, it can range from a |
| professional too, you need to get a splitter that is at | | | | few hundred to a few thousand dollars. In addition, |
| least in the twenty ton capacity. | | | | safety does not have to be a concern, since a log |
| The capacity of a log splitter also determines the | | | | splitter has self-maintaining and lubricating capabilities. It |
| horsepower that its engine has. The higher the | | | | can split wood much better than an axe, which needs |
| tonnage, the more powerful the engine. This is | | | | regular sharpening and other maintenance to be in top |
| essential in preventing a burnout after splitting hundreds | | | | working condition. |
| of logs. In order to ensure that you will get the right | | | | If you want to have more convenience, time and |
| splitter, you need to ask yourself what you are going | | | | safety in splitting logs, there is none that can offer you |
| to use the machine for. Are you going to use it for | | | | more than a mechanical log splitter. |
| splitting logs for your fireplace, or will you use it for | | | | |