Up till now I have split all my wood by hand. I'm thinking curiously considering buy a small log splitter. I see electric ones that I could use with a generator. Gas ones that don't break the bank and I see a funnel shaped tool end for a drill that splits wood also. Where I would use it has no power very remote area and it wouldn't be used much and for 9 to 10 inch rounds at biggest and 16 inches long at the very longest.

Tell me what would work best in my situation and cost considered with limited use.

Never had or used an electric but if they do work well the benefit of no noise would sell me.
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I've split by hand, with a gas hydraulic and an electric.....the hydraulic wins hands down, but, the Electric one I had was pretty good.... enough power to split most rounds, even the big ones, just got to do the edges first, and even some gnarly stuff wasn't a problem if you read the wood and picked the best path....
It is slower, and of course you need electric, a lot easier to store and no starting problems after a lay up...I ended up selling it cause I wasn't splitting much anymore, and if I needed some split I just use the monster maul...
Got the electric from Amazon and checked out the reviews pretty hard, I don't remember the brand, and it's been awhile since I used it..but if I needed to split a moderate amount again I would get one again.....Of course like most things, YMMV...

Back when we heated with wood, we'd just rent a splitter for a day once a year. My dad, brother and I would have everything in place and ready to go, and then split non stop for the day and return the splitter. Might be an option to consider.

My son borrowed a splitter several years ago, and it was by far the best I have ever used. It was homemade. The splitter was assembled with an engine and trailer from a highway department lighting trailer. It had a one-cylinder diesel engine.
No log ever challenged it, and it would run all day on less than a gallon of fuel.

This is one i had and added a lift to it works great speeco 25 ton split everything I ever put in it.

I have a little 20 ton gas. It is slow on both the split and return but it was only $300 shipped to the house. If I pick what and where I split it does fine other then being slow. I was looking at hydraulic cylinders and pumps thinking about building one and it popped up on my computer and I bought it. I have some oak, ash and elm rounds bigger then basket balls and it splits them fine. I wish the cylinder was heavier. If I put a angled cut piece in I can see it bow. The stuff I am splitting I did not cut and it is delivered to me free ready to split, so I just take it and deal with it. I have a friend that has an electric and it is fast. It will run all the way out and back in a third of the time mine will run one way. I have no idea how many ton it is.

I'm no help as I've only split by hand but the kinetic ones that use a big heavy flywheel caught my eye as being faster than anything hydraulic. But they are horizontal only so lifting rounds might be an issue vs the hydraulics that can be used to split vertical.

Mine is a twin to yours!
22 ton and I use my deer lift, with 2 outriggers from a destroyed light plant.
Works awesome and can handle about 600 pounds.

Thanks everyone for all your views and suggestions. If I went with an electric would a 5 ton or 7 ton do the job??

I don't remember the tonnage of the one I had, 3 ton? IDK, but it was adequate for my needs...being "frugal", I'm sure it was the cheapest one of the line...

Thanks gcs! I'm frugal as well and I been doing some research and believe the 5 to 7 ton will do just fie for what I'm going to do. If I was going to split a lot of cords a year then I would be thinking different.

Thanks!!

I have a 28 ton gas that will split anything and a 5 ton electric. I got some hard wood cut offs to us as starting wood and splitting them with the electric in my shop was dangerous. The wedge would hit a knot, sort of stall out then bust through sending part of the cut off flying across the room. If it hit anyone it would defiantly leave a mark. I've only had happen once in 15 years with the gas one.

Thanks Skippy. Does that 5 ton seem to do the job though. I will have 8 inch rounds about 12 to 16 long.

My experience with any splitter is you always could use a little more power.

Yeah! I have used tractor that was hooked up with a splitter. No lack of power with them and that setup work great.

a great ide and slet someone els store it and maintain it

If I needed one more I would get this one, great reviews and those predator engines run forever

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