will it be able to split oak wood, maple all the hard woods
232779
I split maple and hearty birch 2+ feet thick on this, frozen. You need to develop some skill to do that kind of splitting, but it has been cracking those eggs for three winters now, with no signs of breakage. Put three to four real cords worth on it each year, half of which is maple and other hardwoods. As others have said if there are knots crossing the split you have to reposition, or defer to a maul and wedge. For the price and convenience of this tool you can't go wrong. I recommend building a stand for it out of 4x4 garden ties and thick pressed wood. Having the splitter at waist height really is awesome. I split maple and hearty birch 2+ feet thick on this, frozen. You need to develop some skill to do that kind of splitting, but it has been cracking those eggs for three winters now, with no signs of breakage. Put three to four real cords worth on it each year, half of which is maple and other hardwoods. As others have said if there are knots crossing the split you have to reposition, or defer to a maul and wedge. For the price and convenience of this tool you can't go wrong. I recommend building a stand for it out of 4x4 garden ties and thick pressed wood. Having the splitter at waist... » Read More I split maple and hearty birch 2+ feet thick on this, frozen. You need to develop some skill to do that kind of splitting, but it has been cracking those eggs for three winters now, with no signs of breakage. Put three to four real cords worth on it each year, half of which is maple and other hardwoods. As others have said if there are knots crossing the split you have to reposition, or defer to a maul and wedge. For the price and convenience of this tool you can't go wrong. I recommend building a stand for it out of 4x4 garden ties and thick pressed wood. Having the splitter at waist height really is awesome. « Show Less
232780
Hard woods are mostly what I have and most is easily split. Once in a while I have to shift the log to try another spot to split On occasion I have a very knotty or large (larger than recommended) diameter or heavily branched piece that does not split on the first try or two. I notch them about 3 inches deep with a chain saw & then they split too. The only pieces I have not been able to split are the rooty stump parts of hard wood. I like this splitter. I would buy it again. I go through about 3 cords a year which I cut, split & stack myself.
232781
Yes I have split seasoned maple and red oak, large diameter logs with no problem. The only real limitation of the machine is the length of the log. I continue to be impressed with it. Only thing is that you have to get it off the ground some for working ease. There are good you tube videos of it in action, one i posted.
232782
I split hardwood with this splitter. but don't try really wet wood. Can't do wood with a big circumference or with bad knots. Know where your reset button is, go slow, be patient. i have been very happy with it.
232783
Yes - I split very hard maple from a giant tree. Most pieces went straight through. Some did require a chainsaw cut. I am impressed with it.
232784
My machine works well on most woods including hardwood. This is not a 30 ton machine so if it starts to struggle i stop and re=position the wood or make a 2" slot with the chainsaw and place the splitting wedge in this slot. works nearly everytime. I think this is a great machine, portable and quiet.
1854087
It will but it is going to recycle allot, maybe after every 2 or 3 shots. Nail penetration will depend on what kind of wood. Oak is denser than pine. A 3 gal compressor would work better and drive longer and thicker nails but for small jobs and infrequent use it will do You could also check out Harbor Freight.
1165730
Very hard wood that is not dry will take some major arm power but it can be done. If you dry the wood the crack very fast. I used this on wood that were over 20'' in diameter. Larger ones you have to split them in quarters
1385840
I'm sure it would. I used mine on Brazilian Teak which I think is probably even harder than oak and had no problems with it.
16451
Yes, it can be used to rip small jobs. Just keep a steady cutting feed to avoid burning. High volume Jobs and ripping extremely hard woods should be done with a rip blade...
1009382
It depends on the size of the wood you're starting with as it might be an overkill and a smaller Fiskar axe could do the job. If you are splitting pieces larger than 6-inches thick its an excellent choice. My 11 eleven year old grandson, who is a great camper, says "Pa, this is the best piece of camping equipment you ever bought."
1243583
We have split 10-12 inch oak and had no problem. I have no idea about pecan.
807615
It will definitely not replace a hatchet or axe, but if you absolutely had to, it could split some very dry hardwood. You won't be splitting any knotty pine or similar wood.
327357
I bought mine primarily to rip through 3/4 inch plywood, maple, birch, pine, oak, etc, and it works great. Couldn´t tell you how long the battery will last because I only cut through a couple of sheets at the time and then store it. But for my needs I am very happy with it, in fact, I don´t use the corded one anymore
419439
I've run white oak, cherry, hard maple, purple heart and many other hard woods. If I take to much, the result isn't good. Although if I'm smart by taking a little longer doing the work, I'm very happy. So Cuts are very light not to score or chatter. I'm very pleased with this tool. Take care of your wood & it will take care...
1552686
YES!This make & model of log splitter has been an excellent purchase. I have split 24" logs vertically with no problems.
1483425
yes, but, this does a very poor job splitting large tiles. my experience with it was it would only provide a straight break on smaller tiles. on large tiles which incidentally are more expensive the cut wanders towards the end of the cut. you would be much better off buying or renting a basic wet saw or even using a diamond tile blade on a grinder.
119720
Yes. I have used it for douglas fir, soft cedar, and white pine with good results. The advantage of this plane is that it is easy to change blades, allowing you to use different bevel angles for different woods.
745333
yes, it would work well as long as any branch material is less than an inch long.I use it for saw dust
2012090
it is a chain saw, it will do the same as any other chain saw of it's size. So yes it will . I cut a tree down, and cut it up into manageable pieces.
701270
The saw has relatively fine teeth and makes a nice neat cut. It should cut the wood very well. One big watch-out I would add is that the saw is very high temper hard teeth. If you hit any iron or steel in the cut it will ruin the teeth completely. I made a mistake and hit a nail with the saw and the teeth of the saw completely broke off. Some cheaper saws of another style might just get dull, but these very hard teeth broke off. This means that the saw will cut hard woods very well, but if you hit iron, it will ruin the blade and not cut at all.
728140
No, it will now shred branches that large. It will handle small twigs that always get mixed in with leaves when you rake or blow them into a pile.