I'm going to need to pick up a hydro splitter this year, no rush. Is there a significant difference between the 22 and 28 ton splitters? Any advice would be great. I know exactly nothing about them. I've only helped a friend split firewod with his splitter.
I think a lot of people get by quite well with a 22 ton. I just recently bought a 28 ton and it does a great job for me. I figured go a little bigger than I needed
I have a NorthStar 30 ton that I bought this year, my neighbor has a 22 ton Tractor Supply Store (Huskie) that he has had about 15 years. There is little difference in the spliting until you get into the real knarly/knotty wood. On the normal every day straight grain logs the difference is minimal. The 30 unit has a slower cycle time than the 22 and is harder to move from point A to point B. The only advantage of a 30 ton would be the ugly wood you plan to split would split easier,.......just my $0.02.....good luck.
I have a 22 ton Huskee, works great for everything I've gotten into, and I split some nasty stuff, had a 20 ton before that & it worked just as well. I was looking at a 35 ton but didn't think it was worth the extra $$. I'm not sure if you would notice much difference between the 22 & 28. Just my opinion, I think you will happy with either
I have a 27 ton MTD, used to have a 21 ton. A 22 ton would be plenty for all but the gnarliest pieces, and most of those can be split if you start taking slabs off the outside and work your way in. Smaller splitters usually have a faster cycle time.
I sort of inherited a Huskee 35 Ton when my BIL passed away. I am convinced there is nothing it will not split (or shear). It has a 12.5 hp Briggs & Stratton and will split a lot of wood between fill-ups. My buddy has the 22 Ton Huskee and it is quite impressive too. Both will go vertical for the big stuff
Went with a larger splitter, beats the maul any day !! Make sure it can go vertical and both will serve you fine. The uglyz just might take longer with a 22 ton.
Yep, me too. But nothing harder than tamarack up this way. I tried maple once, and it wouldn't touch it, but like I said, the 5 ton electric works great for me. Greg
I get by very well with my 7 ton electric, it will even slice up some knoty stuff. Someday I may spring for a husky 22 just for the vertical mode
More than happy with this 27 ton Ariens. Haven't found anything it won't eat. Love having the motor mounted to the front. Balances out the weight when moving it around by hand and it is out of the way from any splits flying around. Plus, it is built in America..................
I have a 22 ton and find it has all the power any home owner wood hoarder could need. The only big difference I see is the ability to move it around by hand. I bring my rounds out of the woods in the trailer to my stacks and split and stack . As I move down the stack it's nice to be able to move the splitter without having to use the tractor. As others have said the 22 is a little faster but I am not in a race when I split so a few seconds may not make a big difference .
No Loon, the one in the picture is mine. I bought it last October and the pic was taken the day I brought it home.
It depends on what wood your splitting,if you're splitting all oak from a semi load is usually all fairly straight and is most times faster to split by hand anyways,for that a 22ton would be plenty and the coupe chunks that it won't split, well them are campfire pieces! For me i went bigger with a27 ton dirty hand tools splitter i needed bigger because i get all my wood from the town dump,so it ranges from pine to ash to elm to box elder (some pretty nasty stuff to split) and i haven't found anything it won't do yet. I bought my splitter from menards on black Friday for $800 and got another$100 mail in rebate, there usually around$1300 new so for that i couldn't afford not to! Best of luck let us know what you decide on!
My 22 ton has been bested by exactly 1 round in the 40+ cord of wood it has split. It sips fuel and is light enough to move around by hand.
