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MattyNH

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Re: help choosing best log splitter
« Reply #15 on: October 15, 2013, 07:48:55 PM »

we likely only split about 1 cord a year or less our wood is normally ash and elm and they all die at about 12 or 18 inches across the stump so there is not much splitting required
sounds like pretty easy splitting..
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Re: help choosing best log splitter
« Reply #16 on: January 30, 2014, 08:24:58 PM »

Ash is, elm can be a bastard if it came from a fencerow or yard, can be as well out of a woods for that matter.

Have a buddy that has a Troy Bilt, has had no problems i know of.

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Re: help choosing best log splitter
« Reply #17 on: January 30, 2014, 08:33:21 PM »

My dad sells 25 to 30 truck loads of wood a year. He has a husky 22 ton. He will get about 8 years out of it.
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