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Hi all, been a tree surgeon for 9 years working for my dad in a family buisness thats been running for 33 years. All the time the business has been running we have always given our cordwood and logs rings to a log merchant for £15 a trailer load.

 

I've now sat down myself and decided its about time I did logs myself so we're now looking to get a half decent log splitter to start out with, Looking to spend between £500-£800. Is there any to stay away from or are they all as good as each other?

 

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Darren

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Hi all, been a tree surgeon for 9 years working for my dad in a family buisness thats been running for 33 years. All the time the business has been running we have always given our cordwood and logs rings to a log merchant for £15 a trailer load.

 

I've now sat down myself and decided its about time I did logs myself so we're now looking to get a half decent log splitter to start out with, Looking to spend between £500-£800. Is there any to stay away from or are they all as good as each other?

 

Thanks

 

Darren

You wont get a lot for 5-800 not even second hand

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I was only thinking of a 8/10 ton little machine just to get me started or are they not worth it?

 

They are ok if your an occasional user, if you want one to make a living look to spend up to 2k min. Thor do a machine on ebay for your budget, but don't expect it to last if your going to be using it daily on hardwood.

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They are ok if your an occasional user, if you want one to make a living look to spend up to 2k min. Thor do a machine on ebay for your budget, but don't expect it to last if your going to be using it daily on hardwood.

 

That's fair enough, so in terms of a decent one around the 2k mark are there any specific ones to keep an eye out for?

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I bought a 300 quid splitter from eBay , bought an old pto hedge trimmer off a mate, ripped it apart, mounted splitter on hedge trimmer and now run it off trimmer pump and pto. It's an absolute animal. Pisses rings round all my mates.

 

 

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