Outdoor Wood Furnace Info
All-Purpose OWF Discussions => Equipment => Topic started by: Airgap on October 03, 2011, 11:35:29 AM
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I know most of you will think I'm crazy, but I split about 99% of my wood by hand.
I enjoy the exercise, and it gives me a lot of stress relief, as long as my body holds up I'll keep swingin.
Anyway, I've been using regular mauls for years with normal results.
Lately, I've been reading about the Fiskars splitting mauls, and decided to order one to see if the hype was true.
Well it's better than I expected. Light, no vibration in the handle. Splits twice as good as any type of maul I've used. I actually look forward to using it.... :o
If anybody else likes mauls...They're worth the extra few bucks.
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Are you THE Airgap from PZ?
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Are you THE Airgap from PZ?
My cover's blown.... :bag:....Yes.
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Hope all is well. We sold the business and relocated to northern Wisc. Installed a Central Boiler CL 5036. Been running for three weeks now, this thing is so cool.
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All is well, thanks. Are you starting up a new biz up there, or are you working for someone else?
A Central Boiler would have been my choice as well...People that don't have OWB's don't know what they're missing...
I built my own boiler last year. There's a thread with pics in the Home made section.
This forum has been a wealth of information. I just don't get on here much. It comes in spurts.
The PZ is a lot of moderator work and takes a lot of my internet time, but I like it.
Good to have more plumber son here too..... :thumbup:
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i have a brand new tractorsupply 34 or 35 ton that i brought 3 or 4 month a go, used it for ten min put it under a tarp and forgot about it . i like splitting by hand better, its a great work out ! I split with a lowes maul nothing great but works well!
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Hey, which one did you get? Have a model number?
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Hey, which one did you get? Have a model number?
I got the X27. The longest handle they have. When I first got it, it felt so light I had my doubts, but it cuts like butter. Speed combined with great engineering I guess.
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i have a brand new tractorsupply 34 or 35 ton that i brought 3 or 4 month a go, used it for ten min put it under a tarp and forgot about it . i like splitting by hand better, its a great work out ! I split with a lowes maul nothing great but works well!
My wife's uncle lives a couple miles away, and has a decent old splitter that works well. He offers to bring it over if I want.
It's good to know that it's there, but by the time I went and helped him hook it up and bring it over, and went through his safety seminar I could be halfway through by hand....
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scott, if you were talking to fireboss i got the 342cc,35ton splitter
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Airgap, is it the x27 axe or splitting axe? Seems 2 are different
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I have been thinking about getting one of them too. From what I have been able to figure out the only difference between the x25 and x27 is the handle length.
Where did you buy it?
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The X-27 is a splitting axe with a 36" handle.
The X-25 has a 28" handle which would be too short for me.
i ordered mine from Bailey's online. Here is a link, I hope.
http://www.baileysonline.com/search.asp?SKW=2668 (http://www.baileysonline.com/search.asp?SKW=2668) axe&catID=10341
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I just ordered one from Amazon for $45 with free shipping.
I just got this today for $25 Lol
(http://rsiboilers.com/splitter.jpg)
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RSI, Let me know how you like that little DR splitter. That might be my next purchase....
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The X-27 is a splitting axe with a 36" handle.
The X-25 has a 28" handle which would be too short for me.
i ordered mine from Bailey's online. Here is a link, I hope.
http://www.baileysonline.com/search.asp?SKW=2668 (http://www.baileysonline.com/search.asp?SKW=2668) axe&catID=10341
Im 5'10" tall, think the x-25 or x-27 would be better? Not sure what they consider tall!
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The X-27 is a splitting axe with a 36" handle.
The X-25 has a 28" handle which would be too short for me.
i ordered mine from Bailey's online. Here is a link, I hope.
http://www.baileysonline.com/search.asp?SKW=2668 (http://www.baileysonline.com/search.asp?SKW=2668) axe&catID=10341
Im 5'10" tall, think the x-25 or x-27 would be better? Not sure what they consider tall!
If you go to Home Depot and buy a splitting maul, it will come with a handle like the x-27. Or what I call a normal axe handle length. I could see where someone might like a little shorter handle though.
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RSI, Let me know how you like that little DR splitter. That might be my next purchase....
There seems to be something wrong with it. It doesn't have much power.
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I just saw a ad in our monthly Electric company magazine for the DR.
http://www.drpower.com/twoStepInquiry.aspx?Name=Logsplitter_A&Redirect=true (http://www.drpower.com/twoStepInquiry.aspx?Name=Logsplitter_A&Redirect=true)
The wood looked like easy cuts in the video. It wouldn't stand up to the stuff I cut. Where others throw "Y" sections away, I'm happy to have a 25.5 ton splitter.