SuperHandy Portable Log Splitter

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.