[Greenbuilding] <-- or maybe it's [Harrowsmith] now ? re: Chippers and Splitters

[Robert Tom]

On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 19:04:55 -0400, Speireag Alden <speireag at gmail.com>  
wrote:

> I'd also like to locate a good electric wood splitter, for a
> friend of mine who splits hardwood and rents a gas-powered splitter
> every year to do it.  Anyone know of a good one?

Sprgblfzx;

What you might look into is rigging up a fast-action 20 tonne hydraulic  
jack (cheap like borscht at automotive supply places) onto a piece of  
scrap I-beam to push the log against a "VEE" of steel affixed to the other  
end of the I-beam.

A few pumps with your hand on the jack handle and "Voila!" wood split.
No gas, no extension cord required and best of all, no noise.

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Rob Tom
Kanata, Ontario, Canada
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