splitting firewood

[amertrac]

do you use a vertical or horizontal splitter?
I have been useinga horzontal splitter for35 years , never used a vertical . Would like to know what you guys used and compared the two.  Not that I am going out to buy a vertical at my age   bob w.

[mrchuck]

I have built and used both types for large rounds.
The Vertical splitter was more dangerous.
The hydraulics pushed the cutter/splitter into the whole round, and sometimes would be 3/4 thru before the split took place,,,,violently!
The horizontal type was smoother, and always had better control because it did not have that 90 degree "hinge" to make it looser.
Loved the ones with the higher 2 stage hydraulics that "kicked" in when the going got tough.
Also, the horizontal was much easier to tow around,,,more compact.
And, really no problem rolling up rounds onto the horizontal beam.
I burned approx 12 full cords of wood a year!

[Batz]

Mine

[amertrac]

I have built and used both types for large rounds.
The Vertical splitter was more dangerous.
The hydraulics pushed the cutter/splitter into the whole round, and sometimes would be 3/4 thru before the split took place,,,,violently!
The horizontal type was smoother, and always had better control because it did not have that 90 degree "hinge" to make it looser.
Loved the ones with the higher 2 stage hydraulics that "kicked" in when the going got tough.
Also, the horizontal was much easier to tow around,,,more compact.
And, really no problem rolling up rounds onto the horizontal beam.
I burned approx 12 full cords of wood a year!

thanks I just wwondered how a vertical worked. The new ones i see look a little less dependable compared to mine We use about 8 cord a year but I have had so much trouble getting compentent help that this may be the last year I have 45 acres of wood so I will never run out .If I can get someone to harvest it .  bob w.