SuperHandy Log Splitter Portable Electric 14 Ton Rapid Auto Return Hydraulic Ram System Bucher Gear Pump 2.5eHP 15Amp Motor Horizontal Full Beam Steel Wedge Firewood Splitting Forestry Harvesting

Well folks here it is quick and dirty. It's a good little splitter, but as it is with the electric motor that it comes with the machine will not produce 14 tons. Does it split most anything that you put on, yes as long as you know what you're doing. On larger diameter pieces you do need to kind of nibble them down for the machine to process them effectively. That begs the question why did I give it five stars. Well the answer to that is fairly simple. The way that the splitter is constructed and built you are able to replace any of the hydraulic components on them through a local hydraulic shop. The motor that is on it is a common frame motor. So my rating of five stars is due to the fact that the splitter is completely rebuildable without a whole lot of effort.My experience using this little splitter has really been a positive one and as long as you understand that the only amount of power that you have is the power that can be generated by a little electric motor. If you keep that in mind and know what you're doing in the operation of a log splitter I don't think you're going to have any trouble with it. However if you are some kind of hack and Slash individual that frankly doesn't know what you're doing I think you are going to have trouble with it. For someone that is burned wood my whole life and I have owned several different log splitters both gas and electric I would say that this one is probably better built than most. What I mean by that is how much steel there is in this little splitter. Unless you are a very strong individual you are not going to pick this splitter up. There are some things that you need to keep in mind on it one of which is that the motor is on the bottom of it and the wiring for that motor is inside a small little plastic compartment. So I would recommend not treating the machine very aggressively by pulling it over really rough terrain.Overall I like it it does everything that I want it to do. I do not use it for splitting whole grapple loads of wood. I do use it for resizing wood and I've used it on a couple of trees that have fallen down that were probably 8 or 10 inches in diameter and it handled that just fine I didn't have many problems with it. But you need to remember that it is a small electric splitter it is not a commercial gasoline splitter and if you get this thing and you think it is something like that well you're a darn fool. But if you get it with the understanding that it is a small splitter for small jobs I don't think you're going to have any trouble with it and if something breaks on it after the warranty period is up I don't think you're going to have many difficulties with it. I cannot comment on the company I haven't had to deal with the company but I can tell you that realistically there's going to be good reviews of how the company deals with service and there's going to be bad reviews on how the company deals with service and you know what that's pretty much true for any and every company.I hope you found this a little bit useful and maybe it'll help you out in some way.So here is the meat and potatoes of the whole summary of everything that I've said. Is it a good little splitter yes. Would I get it again, if for some reason I ever needed to yes. Was it difficult to assemble, no. Apart from the fact that a fair amount of the parts of it are really heavy. Do I have any trouble using it, no. Do I think that it is a good little machine for someone to have that burns wood that needs to resize pieces of wood and want something they can have in their basement to do it. Absolutely.UPDATE: I have had this little splitter for some time now and it has seen really quite a lot of use. I have not had any problems with it and it continues to perform very well for what it is. In looking at a lot of the reviews for this splitter I think a lot of folks that give negative reviews expect a little hydraulic splitter with a little electric motor to perform like a big hydraulic splitter with a big gas motor. To those individuals I have this to say. "Wake up and smell the coffee!" This is a small machine for small jobs it is about the equivalent of most other small electric log splitters on power.I have not had any hydraulic leaks I have not had any part failures I think it is a great little splitter for what it is.

I've had this splitter for a couple of weeks and I have used it for about 6 hours of splitting. So far, I am impressed. It has worked like a champ.Positive aspects:It uses no gasoline and engine oil.It is easy to move from place to place.It is (mostly) easy to assemble. See below for more detail.It can split 16" dried hardwood, even pieces with knots.Negative aspects:It is very low to the ground, so there is a lot of back bending. (I'm 6' 4" tall!)The front leg support is close to the hauling handle, so it is easy to have it bang into the back of one's leg. (I have two scabs from doing this twice.)The ram stops at about 6 inches from the wedge and many pieces, especially for stringy wood, don't completely split. (Backing off and putting in another piece of wood between the partly split piece and the ram solves this problem.)A couple of the hydraulic lines are below the ram, and it looks possible for a split piece to fall on a line and damage it. (I have paid close attention to this and so far I've not had any close calls.)The installation instructions are mostly pictorial. They include some specific torque ranges for some of the bolts and hydraulic connections. The hydraulic connections require a torque wrench with a crescent head. I used a standard crescent wrench for both of these after using a torque wrench on another piece of hardware to estimate what 50 N-m and 80 N-m felt like. So far, so good -- I've had no hydraulic leaks and the piston assembly is firmly attached to the frame. I needed exactly 2 gallons of AW 32 hydraulic oil from Home Depot. I filled till the dipstick showed oil (took about 1.5 gallons), ran the piston back and forth a couple of times, and then repeated several times. There was considerable air in the lines until I got to 2 gallons. It's been fine since.I use a 50 foot very heavy gauge extension cord from my garage to my wood pile. Splitting works about as you would expect. There is a bit of whine from the pump, so I use ear plugs while working. The diameter limitation is basically from the wedge, which is 6 1/2 inches high. Like other folks reported, larger sized pieces (14-18 inch diameter) can be split by working in from the edge. I managed to split several pieces of oak with knots in them and a couple of 14 inch diameter crotch pieces by using the edge-inward method.I wish that the splitter was about 6 inches higher than it is, but then the wheelbase would have to be quite a bit wider for stability. The splitter is quite stable as is -- it has never seemed like it would tip over even with very large pieces of wood. All of the stuff that I have split has been very dry. It is mostly oak, maple and a bit of cherry. The oak and especially cherry are stringy, and those are the ones that won't quite split all the way as I noted above.