Horizontal or Vertical Log Spiltters

[turbull]

Which is best for splitting general arb waste?

[windfall]

Vertical gets my vote.

[Michael C]

Vertical gets my vote.

 

Same here, timber sitting nicely flat on a table makes more sense than trying to hold it on its edge. Whatever you buy, make sure its at a nice working height.

[treequip]

Vertical with a big table, shall I start making one?

 

Andy

[turbull]

it'll be for making billets . also busting rings .

[ecolojim]

horizontal for billets, vertical for rings. two different questions entirely imo

[Chris Sheppard]

Big vertical with adjustable table - good for billeting up to around 50cm diameter and good for rings too. Anything too heavy to lift, take the table out and bust them up a bit on the floor.

 

Horizontal for billets, but not great for discs - imagine trying to balance a saucer on it's edge.

 

EDIT - forgot to say, do partly agree with what jims saying but generall, if arb waste is good enough to billet it's usually smaller diameter anyway unless you happen to have access to a crane/loader to get the stuff off site, so generally manhandlable to billet with a vertical if that makes sense?

Edited April 20, 2011 by Chris Sheppard
missed a bit

[windfall]

horizontal for billets, vertical for rings. two different questions entirely imo

 

I agree totally.

 

Looks like you will be needing one of the splitters that operate in both planes. (not a 747 plane!)

[NI Tree]

what about a woodline it is both vertical and horizontal fuel wood sell them

[NI Tree]

it is called a MULTIPLA

 

Log splitters and wood splitters