| Nothing beats sitting by a cosy fire on a winter's | | | | money. |
| evening. But first you have to get out there and split | | | | If you are interested in making furniture with your |
| some firewood. Of course, you could use the old | | | | log splitter, you can use it for that purpose in addition |
| fashioned method of hitting a wedge with a mallet to | | | | to splitting wood for a fireplace. The rustic look of |
| split the wood, but you'll get the job done faster and | | | | split wood furniture is popular in the western look and |
| be sitting by the fire sooner if you use a log splitter. | | | | the cabin look. |
| How can you decide what size log splitter you need? | | | | Log splitters tend to be expensive. Even a used one |
| You measure a log splitter in terms of ton capacity. | | | | will cost hundreds or thousands of dollars. How much |
| The log splitters that professionals use are at least | | | | you spend will be determined on how much value |
| 20 ton capacity, but for home use, a splitter in the | | | | you think you will get from your splitter. Do the |
| two to five ton range should be adequate. | | | | numbers and you will probably see that if it takes an |
| The tonnage of the splitter will determine the | | | | hour to split 10 logs by hand, and you earn $50 an |
| horsepower of the engine, since a bigger capacity | | | | hour at your normal job, you have some expensive |
| splitter will require a larger engine. If the engine is | | | | logs. But with a log splitter, you can probably split 100 |
| underpowered for the job, it will burn out quickly. So | | | | logs in the same time; your price per log is now $.50 |
| the first decision you have to make is how you | | | | per log instead of $5 per log! |
| intend to use the splitter-just for your own use for | | | | Make sure you take safety into account when you |
| logs and making furniture, or if you are going to | | | | are deciding upon a log splitter. You will be safer if |
| make a lot of furniture or split a lot of logs to sell. | | | | you get a self lubricating and self maintaining splitter |
| Besides making the job of splitting logs easier, a log | | | | so that it stays in good condition. Just as you have |
| splitter can be used for more than just making | | | | to sharpen your axe, you have to keep your log |
| firewood. Big forestry suppliers use a splitter to make | | | | splitter in top condition. |
| the first cut for making log planks, or for cutting logs | | | | All of the features such as safety, time and |
| into manageable size for paper making. These | | | | convenience will make it a lot more desirable to have |
| splitters are part of a loggers equipment used in the | | | | a hydraulic log splitter than the strenuous manual way |
| forest to get cut down trees ready for transport | | | | of doing it. Even if you only use it for your cozy |
| and processing. Depending upon the end use, the logs | | | | fires, you'll get a lot of benefit from having a full |
| are split in a certain way so as to save time in the | | | | supply of firewood all winter long. |
| wood mills and in this industry, as elsewhere, time is | | | | |