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Log splitters are devices used to split logs into firewood pieces, mostly for use as firewood. A splitting wedge or splitting cross is driven against the log and thus split.

What should you pay attention to when buying a hydraulic log splitter? 

Log splitters are usually equipped with hydraulics powered by a tractor via a power take-off shaft, an electric motor, or petrol engine. The splitting force is often specified in tons (t). Log splitters come in vertical or horizontal designs as well as in combination devices, like the Victory LS-42T log splitter which can operate in both modes. For larger devices like the Victory LS-42T, the stroke is over one meter, and often the table can be adjusted in height to split shorter pieces faster.

However, this has the disadvantage that the logs must then be lifted onto this table, which is an unnecessary effort. It is more sensible to install an automatic stroke limit like on the LS-42T, which ensures that the splitting wedge no longer retracts completely but only as far as the length of the current log requires. Small log splitters from hardware stores are often driven by a threaded rod instead of hydraulics to offer customers a cheap machine. Accordingly, the splitting force is also low.

Cone splitters are dangerous and should be avoided for safety reasons

There are also older models called cone splitters. These work on the principle of a threaded, conical metal cone directly driven by the tractor's power take-off shaft. When a log is pressed against the tip of the rotating cone, it bores into the wood and splits it, as the log is "pulled" further onto the widening cone by the thread.

These log splitters are considered dangerous because it is easy for loose clothing to get caught in the drilling cone and body parts to be pulled into the machine due to carelessness. For companies that are members of the Social Insurance for Agriculture, Forestry, and Horticulture, the use of a cone splitter is prohibited.

Safety through the purchase of a modern hydraulic log splitter

Modern log splitters have a two-hand release for accident prevention, but appropriate protective clothing is still recommended.

In the professional sector, there are petrol engine log splitters with splitting forces of over 30 tons. These are usually horizontal log splitters that allow automated splitting of meter-long logs.

The splitting force is only one performance parameter. For example, if only short pieces for the fireplace are needed, a splitter with a short splitting length (e.g., 37 cm maximum length) is sufficient. Log splitters with 50 or 75 cm splitting length have a disadvantage here because the longer stroke results in significantly longer forward and return times, allowing fewer splitting cycles per hour.

However, there are also hydraulic log splitters, like the Victory LS-42T, where the cylinder stroke can be adjusted to the log length. Freshly cut wood is usually easier to split than seasoned wood. For some woods, it makes sense to first create drying cracks by quick air drying, as the splitting wedge can then be set in these cracks.

Other decision criteria when buying a motorized log splitter should be how much effort is required to bring the log splitter from horizontal to vertical and how quickly the splitting wedge can be converted to a splitting cross. This should be possible without tools if possible, so that work with the log splitter is not constantly interrupted when alternating between small and large diameters of splitting wood.

Another important feature of a hydraulic motor log splitter is the log lifter. This allows the operator to raise a heavy log without effort and position it under the splitting wedge. The log only needs to be rolled onto the log lifter.

Then the chain of the log lifter is hooked into the splitting wedge on the petrol engine log splitter. The hydraulics then raise the splitting wedge and pull up the chain of the log lifter. This raises the log and it can be split immediately.

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