I bought the predecessor to your splitter a few years ago. It hasn’t found a round or a crotch piece that it hasn’t split. Starts 1st or 2nd pull every time. Mine has a 10 second cycle time and I’ve split about 60 cords of mostly red oak without any issues. It’s the only splitter that I couldn’t find any negative reviews on when I researched mine.
10 thumbs up for showing what this spiller can do! Its a beast! I was looking around for a good review on this splitter because i`m about to buy one. Your review was as real as can be, which made my decision much easier. Thank you!
I went from a champion 37 to this county line 40 & love it. For the logs I run into that are too long I lay em down & split the ends. Usually work pretty good. 👍🏽
Congratulations, you're going to love it, I bought mine about 18 months ago, it has chewed through oak, maple and sweet gum like it wasn't there; it's a beast! Did get a bit ornery when I bought it, was hooking it up to the hitch an didn't have a pin. The whelp stressed the word buy when he said you can go inside and BUY a pin. I stood up and looked at him and said, "look, I just forked out thousands for this, you should give me a dollar pin!"......... Nothing but blank stares. Oh well, drove it home and it growls!
I can ABSOLUTELY understand buying a splitter from a big box store. I did the same thing. Commercial grade splitters are just crazy expensive. If I was just splitting wood for myself, 6, 8, or 10 cord a year, it would be fine. But it's the weakest point of processing firewood in my woodyard. I'm frustrated all day long when using it, because it's where my processing bottlenecks to almost a dead stop. I've got a TSC County Line 25 ton splitter, and I've got nothing bad to say about it, other than it's painfully slow. I'm afraid that you're going to find out the same thing about yours. But if you're just using it for your own personal use, you may be happy with it. Oh ya, that 40 ton is even slower than my 25 ton.
This splitter seems fast enough for me since like you said I really only do firewood for myself. With 2 of us it keeps us going fast enough for me lol. I do hire it out every once in a while though. I'm surprised that the 25 ton is faster, according to the specs it is supposed to be slower.
You very well may be right. I've always just had the GENERAL understanding that the larger the tonnage of a hydraulic cylinder, the slower it cycled. Obviously there are work arounds for this as Eastonmade has some very fast splitters, but as a rule of thumb, that was just what I believed. I'm no authority by any means.
Your did real review with knotty wood. Some only do with straight grain and lot easier. I had 22 ton and upgraded to 40 ton. Big difference in time. My neck isn’t sore anymore and go out of woods in half time.
Nice video I split oversize logs mostly. Mine is mostly used in upright position.I learned to put thick plywood down in front of upright splitter. I even cut a spot out for the beam foot to sit in. I get home depos 70% off damaged 3/4 treated plywood, its from the top of the stack thats warped and separating. 30" logs move a lot easier and it brings the wood up, so you dont have to push it tight to the beam. just FYI When driving on bumpy dirt roads or similar with log splitter let some air out of tires so it dont bounce the hell out of the machine. Just fyi
That is a super machine, small, maneouverable, versatile, powerful and effective. The only back breaking work is heaving wood to and from it. I couldn't do that. I have a bad back and I'm an old London city boy now out in the country so out of my natural habitat really. We have our wood delivered part prepared into pieces 1 metre long and about max 15 cm across, not too heavy for me, the delivery man stacks them neatly in the barn. I load them into a frame about ten at a time, three strokes with my chainsaw sees fourty 25 cm long pieces fall on the floor. I then sit among them on a milking stool and throw all fourty into a wheelbarrow for my wife to take away and stack under shelter. We now keep enough stock to have a three year cycle allowing plenty of drying time. We are aged 70 and 66, neither in best of health, not strong and tire easily so we work at our own pace. We only burn about 4 cubic metres per year in our small living room log burner which takes only one or two pieces at a time. The burner can produce 7 kw of heat and our ventilation system moves that heat through the house, extracting heat from exhaust air to warm the cold incoming air. The burner has two flues, for exhaust and fresh cold air inlet, when the glass door is shut the fire is isolated from the room and heats by convection and radiation. It burns very very hot and produces no visible smoke. Highly efficient German Schiedel brand. We have an insulated Passiv Haus which needs very little heating plus we have underfloor electric heating (which we hardly ever use as the wood burner is usually sufficient), and aircon for the summer, all powered by photovoltaic panels on the roof. We have excess electricity in the summer and sell that to the grid. The wood burner is a nice-to-have plaything if I'm honest, we don't need it but it is enjoyable to have and use. All the TH-cam firewood production videos fascinate me with their home brewed Heath Robinson contraptions. I see such variety in people's circumstances, capabilities, finances and needs. Everybody eventually finds what works for them. It took us four winters of experimentation to arrive at our optimum manageable system. Best wishes to all firewood producers wherever you are.
Thank you for the kind words. It sounds as if you have a very efficient system that works well for you. A 3 year drying time is nice, unfortunately I don't have the space to store that much wood to allow that much time to dry. I'm hoping next year to have some new equipment and get started even earlier than I did this year. Thanks for watching and consider subscribing to see some new videos in the future.
I have a 30 ton and found to stand up easier, run the ram to the other end before standing it up. less weight to lift by shifting some weight to the foot end.
I'm not sure how well that work, most of them are designed for leaves and small twigs. I would be worried that the bigger stuff and bark would destroy the fins on the vacuum. If not then yes that would be a good idea to help speed up the clean up process.
@@thetoolguy82 seems like it would be very helpful with all of the sawdust that never disappears. I would think that a 3 pt landscape rake and lawn vac would clean the work space up really good.
Is easy for people to say your new splitter is slow when comparing it to splitters that cost 5x the money. I upgraded sooner than my budget was comfortable just for the log lift. Glad I did, as it saves my back so much. To get a log lift cheaper, I would've been better off getting a Ruggedmade. Now that machine might be a better budget friendly version for you, if you want a log lift. Otherwise split away until you wear this one out.
I have intentions on building a log lift for this splitter hopefully this coming winter. And yes this was even a bit above my budget but I hope this splitter will last me the rest of my life and I only do it for my personal use.
If you have a set of fork lifts and tractor I would build a table I could put the splitter on and run the splitter as a vertical. You could use the tractor to load the table with wood and it would be easier to split wood.
Just subscribe to you good video nice machine you Bought Seems to split wood very nicely So you all have a good day stay safe stay healthy stay happy and we'll catch you on another My friend
I've got 6 inch ram ,10hp.diesel done quite a few modifications, exhaust pointing straight onto the ram ,like your wedge it doesn't reach the end block by over 3 inches so I've built a block so it goes right to the end with a small V for the wedge to fit into which is real handy when ur wood is Australian gum ,I've just bought a 2 stage pump which I havnt fitted yet ,looks exactly the same ,$180 so will see how that goes ?
I'm lucky that most of the wood around here splits fairly easy. I have heard of some that are not so easy. I would love to have a diesel instead of gas, how long can you run on a gallon (about 3.75 Liters) of diesel? Would love to see a video of it running when you are finished.
I tilt my 40 T upwards so I can get as mush oil in as possible. The trick is to put the oil cap back on before you lower it so the oil doesn’t dump out!!
Sometimes it is faster but this stuff is not as easy as it looks. It was really knotty and I had tried hand splitting, the reason I got this splitter was because my Troy-Bilt 27 Ton would not split it. I also had an accident when I was younger that messed up my rotator cuff so I can only split for so long before it starts to hurt, but I do try to hand split when possible to stay in shape.
You’re going to find, you bought more machine than you needed. My little “25-ton” country pro is only building 1500 psi out of 3600 psi possible to CUT elm knots. Means it’s only making 9.5 ton to cut knots.
@@thetoolguy82 it is suspended in a petroleum base which evaporates and leaves the molybdenum behind. Auto correct messed up the spelling. I used maintain a fleet of equipment with sliding booms and we used it in a 5 gallon bucket. I still use it on my backhoe extendable dipper slide. Prevents wear and galling of the metal.
@@thetoolguy82 Your wedge mount may be different than my old Speeco splitter, but the bolt and nut that attach the wedge to the cylinder can bite as the splits get smaller and I'm force to hold the log to close to the wedge. I managed to rip (not paying attention) the end of my thumb nearly off. thankfully there was no permanent damage other than some nerve endings.
How so? I don't have money for a commercial one and I don't do this for a living. If I did do this for a living then I would have a faster one and go with a push through.
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The cycle time on the 40 Ton is much faster than your old splitter! That's gonna speed up your production time quite a bit! Great purchase decision
Indeed it is! I am done with my firewood already for the coming winter.
Very thorough review. I have the Countyline 25 Ton model and am well pleased with it.
Thank you. I think both machines are good. Thanks for watching.
'' THE BEAST IS IN THE YARD'' great video buddy.
40 Ton is for sure enough power.
I just got the 4-way. This thing should have enough power to run it and it should make a difference.
I bought the predecessor to your splitter a few years ago. It hasn’t found a round or a crotch piece that it hasn’t split. Starts 1st or 2nd pull every time. Mine has a 10 second cycle time and I’ve split about 60 cords of mostly red oak without any issues. It’s the only splitter that I couldn’t find any negative reviews on when I researched mine.
Same here and they were the only local store that had anything in stock worth buying.
10 thumbs up for showing what this spiller can do! Its a beast!
I was looking around for a good review on this splitter because i`m about to buy one. Your review was as real as can be, which made my decision much easier. Thank you!
Glad I could help!
I went from a champion 37 to this county line 40 & love it. For the logs I run into that are too long I lay em down & split the ends. Usually work pretty good. 👍🏽
Glad to hear it works good for you.
Congratulations, you're going to love it, I bought mine about 18 months ago, it has chewed through oak, maple and sweet gum like it wasn't there; it's a beast!
Did get a bit ornery when I bought it, was hooking it up to the hitch an didn't have a pin.
The whelp stressed the word buy when he said you can go inside and BUY a pin.
I stood up and looked at him and said, "look, I just forked out thousands for this, you should give me a dollar pin!".........
Nothing but blank stares.
Oh well, drove it home and it growls!
They gave me a bolt for mine to bring home. They are cheap ain't they, spend thousands and they can't give you a 50 cent pin.
I have the 25 ton Countyline. It’s no problem splitting 30 inch diameter Oak in the vertical position. It is a very fast machine!👍
I think both machines are good. I like the 40 ton a bit better because of the working height. Thanks for watching.
I can ABSOLUTELY understand buying a splitter from a big box store. I did the same thing. Commercial grade splitters are just crazy expensive. If I was just splitting wood for myself, 6, 8, or 10 cord a year, it would be fine. But it's the weakest point of processing firewood in my woodyard. I'm frustrated all day long when using it, because it's where my processing bottlenecks to almost a dead stop. I've got a TSC County Line 25 ton splitter, and I've got nothing bad to say about it, other than it's painfully slow. I'm afraid that you're going to find out the same thing about yours. But if you're just using it for your own personal use, you may be happy with it.
Oh ya, that 40 ton is even slower than my 25 ton.
This splitter seems fast enough for me since like you said I really only do firewood for myself. With 2 of us it keeps us going fast enough for me lol. I do hire it out every once in a while though. I'm surprised that the 25 ton is faster, according to the specs it is supposed to be slower.
It’s not faster, someone who doesn’t know what they’re talking about, trying to make up justification for their purchase.
I was only going by the specs. I don't know the actual speed of a 25 ton because I don't own one.
You very well may be right. I've always just had the GENERAL understanding that the larger the tonnage of a hydraulic cylinder, the slower it cycled. Obviously there are work arounds for this as Eastonmade has some very fast splitters, but as a rule of thumb, that was just what I believed. I'm no authority by any means.
Good name, and fitting. Instead of being a keyboard warrior maybe throw out some specs of your own to prove your point.
Very good machine and built well 😊
Good luck 👍
Thank you. Hope you subscribe and watch my other videos.
Nice video! Well done. Thanks!
Thank you
Great video. Good job.Young man!!!!!
I appreciate it! Thanks for watching.
Your did real review with knotty wood. Some only do with straight grain and lot easier. I had 22 ton and upgraded to 40 ton. Big difference in time. My neck isn’t sore anymore and go out of woods in half time.
Thank you.
Thanks Young Man ,alot!!!!!
Thank you for watching.
Nice video
I split oversize logs mostly. Mine is mostly used in upright position.I learned to put thick plywood down in front of upright splitter. I even cut a spot out for the beam foot to sit in. I get home depos 70% off damaged 3/4 treated plywood, its from the top of the stack thats warped and separating. 30" logs move a lot easier and it brings the wood up, so you dont have to push it tight to the beam. just FYI
When driving on bumpy dirt roads or similar with log splitter let some air out of tires so it dont bounce the hell out of the machine. Just fyi
If I were to keep my stationary I would go that route. But I bought this one for the working height, so my plans are to build a log lift for it.
Run an Eastonmade and let us know what you think. Personally, I like my Eastonmade 12-22 and SuperSplit for the smaller stuff. Shalom/gw
I looked at them but unfortunately I don't have the money for one.
Nice one, take care, from U.Kingdom.
Thanks, you too!
That is a super machine, small, maneouverable, versatile, powerful and effective.
The only back breaking work is heaving wood to and from it. I couldn't do that. I have a bad back and I'm an old London city boy now out in the country so out of my natural habitat really.
We have our wood delivered part prepared into pieces 1 metre long and about max 15 cm across, not too heavy for me, the delivery man stacks them neatly in the barn.
I load them into a frame about ten at a time, three strokes with my chainsaw sees fourty 25 cm long pieces fall on the floor.
I then sit among them on a milking stool and throw all fourty into a wheelbarrow for my wife to take away and stack under shelter. We now keep enough stock to have a three year cycle allowing plenty of drying time.
We are aged 70 and 66, neither in best of health, not strong and tire easily so we work at our own pace. We only burn about 4 cubic metres per year in our small living room log burner which takes only one or two pieces at a time.
The burner can produce 7 kw of heat and our ventilation system moves that heat through the house, extracting heat from exhaust air to warm the cold incoming air. The burner has two flues, for exhaust and fresh cold air inlet, when the glass door is shut the fire is isolated from the room and heats by convection and radiation. It burns very very hot and produces no visible smoke. Highly efficient German Schiedel brand.
We have an insulated Passiv Haus which needs very little heating plus we have underfloor electric heating (which we hardly ever use as the wood burner is usually sufficient), and aircon for the summer, all powered by photovoltaic panels on the roof. We have excess electricity in the summer and sell that to the grid. The wood burner is a nice-to-have plaything if I'm honest, we don't need it but it is enjoyable to have and use.
All the TH-cam firewood production videos fascinate me with their home brewed Heath Robinson contraptions. I see such variety in people's circumstances, capabilities, finances and needs. Everybody eventually finds what works for them. It took us four winters of experimentation to arrive at our optimum manageable system.
Best wishes to all firewood producers wherever you are.
Thank you for the kind words. It sounds as if you have a very efficient system that works well for you. A 3 year drying time is nice, unfortunately I don't have the space to store that much wood to allow that much time to dry. I'm hoping next year to have some new equipment and get started even earlier than I did this year. Thanks for watching and consider subscribing to see some new videos in the future.
I have a 30 ton and found to stand up easier, run the ram to the other end before standing it up. less weight to lift by shifting some weight to the foot end.
I have tried that since getting it and it does help a lot. Thank you for watching.
I think some of the bigger woodyards could make use of that Agri-Fab lawn vac to clean up better.
I'm not sure how well that work, most of them are designed for leaves and small twigs. I would be worried that the bigger stuff and bark would destroy the fins on the vacuum. If not then yes that would be a good idea to help speed up the clean up process.
@@thetoolguy82 seems like it would be very helpful with all of the sawdust that never disappears. I would think that a 3 pt landscape rake and lawn vac would clean the work space up really good.
My sawdust degrades and fertilizes the yard area that I cut at. I don't do this professionally so I don't do large quantities.
Is easy for people to say your new splitter is slow when comparing it to splitters that cost 5x the money. I upgraded sooner than my budget was comfortable just for the log lift. Glad I did, as it saves my back so much. To get a log lift cheaper, I would've been better off getting a Ruggedmade. Now that machine might be a better budget friendly version for you, if you want a log lift. Otherwise split away until you wear this one out.
I have intentions on building a log lift for this splitter hopefully this coming winter. And yes this was even a bit above my budget but I hope this splitter will last me the rest of my life and I only do it for my personal use.
@@thetoolguy82 it should last at least 200 cords. Whatever style of log lift you make is going to save a lot on your back.
That is the hope and plan. My old Troy-Bilt probably did 300-400 cord in it's life, and this one seems better built.
Im looking to up grade to another splitter that has a lift. To save my back .
@@chrisvarney3058 there are a lot of good options out there for splitters with a log lift. I just depends on your budget.
If you have a set of fork lifts and tractor I would build a table I could put the splitter on and run the splitter as a vertical. You could use the tractor to load the table with wood and it would be easier to split wood.
If I had a tractor life would be so much easier. I'm currently looking at some.
I don't feel good reheat with would I cut quite a bit of wood I really enjoy watching chainsaws and Whispers at work thank you for the video
You're welcome. Thank you for watching my video.
Just subscribe to you good video nice machine you Bought Seems to split wood very nicely So you all have a good day stay safe stay healthy stay happy and we'll catch you on another My friend
Thanks for the sub. Hope you enjoy some of my other videos.
Excellent video. Thank you. How much did that splitter set you back? Please do periodic reviews on it as you use it.
I just bought it and the price is very close across the entire United States. I do plan to do updates as I can.
How much $$$ he asked??
I was looking at a 37ton lumberjack splitter
I don't have any experience with that one but most of not all big box store splitters are all made by the same company.
I've got 6 inch ram ,10hp.diesel done quite a few modifications, exhaust pointing straight onto the ram ,like your wedge it doesn't reach the end block by over 3 inches so I've built a block so it goes right to the end with a small V for the wedge to fit into which is real handy when ur wood is Australian gum ,I've just bought a 2 stage pump which I havnt fitted yet ,looks exactly the same ,$180 so will see how that goes ?
I'm lucky that most of the wood around here splits fairly easy. I have heard of some that are not so easy. I would love to have a diesel instead of gas, how long can you run on a gallon (about 3.75 Liters) of diesel? Would love to see a video of it running when you are finished.
I tilt my 40 T upwards so I can get as mush oil in as possible. The trick is to put the oil cap back on before you lower it so the oil doesn’t dump out!!
I would be worried it would blow the seals out from too much oil in the engine.
@@thetoolguy82 that’s exactly what happened
That had to be costly.
What’s the cost 💲
I'm not sure what the current cost is, it's listed on the website.
Doesn't Tractor Supply sell 2" ball hitches?😉
Yes they do, but after spending that much I didn't want to spend anymore and I don't think others do either. 😁
Why do you need a splitter to do that soft gear. Wouldn't it be quicker to do it by hand
Sometimes it is faster but this stuff is not as easy as it looks. It was really knotty and I had tried hand splitting, the reason I got this splitter was because my Troy-Bilt 27 Ton would not split it. I also had an accident when I was younger that messed up my rotator cuff so I can only split for so long before it starts to hurt, but I do try to hand split when possible to stay in shape.
You’re going to find, you bought more machine than you needed.
My little “25-ton” country pro is only building 1500 psi out of 3600 psi possible to CUT elm knots.
Means it’s only making 9.5 ton to cut knots.
The reason I bought the bigger one was for the larger oil tank in hopes that it will stay cooler. I plan on some modifications for this in the future.
Easier to stand up if you run the ram out. Put some moldy disulfide lube under the edges of the slide is good for it.
I agree it is much easier to stand it up when the ram is out. Does molybdenum disulfide attract debris?
@@thetoolguy82 it is suspended in a petroleum base which evaporates and leaves the molybdenum behind. Auto correct messed up the spelling. I used maintain a fleet of equipment with sliding booms and we used it in a 5 gallon bucket. I still use it on my backhoe extendable dipper slide. Prevents wear and galling of the metal.
Thanks
Don’t u have to use seat belts in your country?
Yes we do but we don't have to wear a helmet while riding a motorcycle.
When county line go gray because I thought they were yellow??
The smaller ones are still yellow. The big 40 ton is the only one that's gray.
@@thetoolguy82 👍
What speed did you tow that splitter home?
I ran between 55 mph and 65 mph.
@@thetoolguy82 Good to know. I'm planning on towing one about 25 miles back home.
@@tubesockets120v If you are buying a used one check the tires. Even the new one I bought I had to add air to the one tire.
@@thetoolguy82 I will. Even new that can sit awhile and loose air. Thanks. Happy splitting.
It seems to be kinda slow but for the money you can't have everything
It is much faster than my old one and it takes 2 guys to keep up with this one.
if that snot commercial. im not sure what is!
Thank you for watching.
watch your fingers in vertical mode. the wedge bolts like to bite. DAMHIK
Not sure what wedge bolt you are talking about. My old splitter had a wedge that wrapped around the "I" beam but this one fits inside the "I" beam.
@@thetoolguy82 Your wedge mount may be different than my old Speeco splitter, but the bolt and nut that attach the wedge to the cylinder can bite as the splits get smaller and I'm force to hold the log to close to the wedge. I managed to rip (not paying attention) the end of my thumb nearly off. thankfully there was no permanent damage other than some nerve endings.
I took a closer look at mine and I think it sits back in that it shouldn't be a problem but I will definitely keep an eye out for that, thank you.
I thought your demonstration was great, but you didn't wear safety googles and a piece of wood almost shot into your eye, please be careful.
Thanks for your concern, I do typically wear shaded safety glasses but it was clouding that day and I was excited to try it out.
That thing is really set up backwards and it is very slow.
How so? I don't have money for a commercial one and I don't do this for a living. If I did do this for a living then I would have a faster one and go with a push through.
Go buy yourself a hitch lock, otherwise someone will be rolling down the road with your splitter!
This could happen, I agree. For now it's put away for the winter.
Thanks!?
Hello from Northern Virginia, just subscribed, One Thing about most box store splitters they are slow, but split anything! We have the 27 ton Crimson from Rural King store🪵👍🏼🇺🇸
Thanks for the sub! Yes they are but this one is twice as fast as my old one so I am more than happy. Hope you enjoy my other videos.