I'm older and can't swing an maul like I did 40 years ago. So I bought my first splitter (same machine as yours in the video). If one day I decide to sell it, I can recover most of my purchase price if I store the machine inside and keep it rust free. So buying it is my answer over renting it.
In Australia a decent hydraulic log splitter costs around $2500 or more. Hiring a $8000 log splitter costs $325 for the weekend. Over a weekend if the rounds are prepared I think a year or two can be split. Hiring a strong and powerful log splitter is more appealing for me. It’s one less capital outlay. Winter is not too harsh so a huge amount of wood does not need to be burned. However the trees in Australia are really tough. The wood is heavy, dense and often stringy. This wood puts out great heat but is tough to cut and split. The trees grow really big too in coastal areas so are difficult to handle. My plan is to get everything ready for the splitter. Have all the rounds set up for easy access, cut up the big pieces or move them to a location to burn whole. I have a good tractor with a strong front end loader. Timber that is impossible move by hand is easily moved with the tractor .
Wow seems like it's much more expensive down under! I purchased thisnlog splitter 3x years ago for around $1200 and for me it's been worth every penny! Although I use it frequently and have 40 acres of wooded land so there is always wood projects needing to be dealt with!
@@40acresofclueless it works out in Australia stuff from China is cheap. Engineering and manufacturing used to happen here but over time the amount is declining. The cost of production here is high. Stuff from other countries like the USA and European countries is expensive. Stuff from Japan is expensive too. So more people buy stuff from China. There are some North American log splitters sold in Australia but they are very expensive. It’s impossible for me to justify the cost. Right now I’m considering a cheap $1000 Chinese vertical log splitter powered by a tractor’s hydraulics. There is a fair chance it’s not a heavy duty machine but I’d like to see it in action.
I'm older and can't swing an maul like I did 40 years ago. So I bought my first splitter (same machine as yours in the video). If one day I decide to sell it, I can recover most of my purchase price if I store the machine inside and keep it rust free. So buying it is my answer over renting it.
I agree. Im.so glad we bought ours!!!!
In Australia a decent hydraulic log splitter costs around $2500 or more. Hiring a $8000 log splitter costs $325 for the weekend. Over a weekend if the rounds are prepared I think a year or two can be split.
Hiring a strong and powerful log splitter is more appealing for me. It’s one less capital outlay. Winter is not too harsh so a huge amount of wood does not need to be burned. However the trees in Australia are really tough. The wood is heavy, dense and often stringy. This wood puts out great heat but is tough to cut and split. The trees grow really big too in coastal areas so are difficult to handle.
My plan is to get everything ready for the splitter. Have all the rounds set up for easy access, cut up the big pieces or move them to a location to burn whole.
I have a good tractor with a strong front end loader. Timber that is impossible move by hand is easily moved with the tractor .
Wow seems like it's much more expensive down under! I purchased thisnlog splitter 3x years ago for around $1200 and for me it's been worth every penny! Although I use it frequently and have 40 acres of wooded land so there is always wood projects needing to be dealt with!
@@40acresofclueless it works out in Australia stuff from China is cheap. Engineering and manufacturing used to happen here but over time the amount is declining. The cost of production here is high. Stuff from other countries like the USA and European countries is expensive. Stuff from Japan is expensive too. So more people buy stuff from China.
There are some North American log splitters sold in Australia but they are very expensive. It’s impossible for me to justify the cost. Right now I’m considering a cheap $1000 Chinese vertical log splitter powered by a tractor’s hydraulics. There is a fair chance it’s not a heavy duty machine but I’d like to see it in action.
For a regular homeowner a log splitter is usually a one time investment that will pay itself
I agree 👍 That's why I went ahead and just bought this one. Buy once, cry once!
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I appreciate the thumbs up!!!!