#54 Have We Found This Commercial Splitters Limit?!?

[@HometownAcres]

Link for Hometown Acres gear below teespring.com/hometown-acres?pid=2

[@lawrencecummings8703]

Where can I buy this product?

[@richsabulsky7443]

Fun hearing you talk about how cool 4500 subscribers was back then. Thanks for the videos!

[@cliffysummers6534]

that splitter is a beast! love how easy it is to change the splitting wedge as well ! good work.

[@HometownAcres]

It’s very easy to change the wedges

[@silverstar4289]

Good too see huge pieces like those are being put to use. Ultimate recycling.

[@rogerl8488]

Listen viewers my buddy has the biggest one Easton makes he owns a tree service an sells wood he was telling me last nite he can't keep up with his it's a beast!!! He loves it !!

[@marksnider5755]

That is an awesome Splitter. Have a 30 ton Splitter. Nothing like that. That would be fun to operate. Good job on that big log. The log lift is nice. Love your videos.

[@MrLookatmyhat]

The lumber jack in me loves this. The carpenter in me is weeping.

[@HometownAcres]

I’m mostly lumberjack but some people have been telling me about the value of this hard maple that I hadn’t realized until I posted the video

[@MrLookatmyhat]

@@HometownAcres Suger Maple (aka hardwood maple) is a beautiful hardwood to work with in furniture crafting. Silver maple can grow just as large and is technically a hardwood as well, but its features are bland and the tree is prone to decay. Around where I live we have a saying: "Silver Maples are good for two things: Growing fast and falling on your house." Perhaps look into an Alaskan Saw Mill to diversify your lumber holdings. Milled boards can fetch a modest price if cut from the right kind of tree.

[@Patriot_Eke]

I appreciate you sharing your experience and wisdom. Thank you!

[@michaelcochran8129]

Arms family homestead recommended your channel. Awesome content.

[@Hfoutdoorsyt]

Good video👍

[@HometownAcres]

👍

[@jeremievigliaturo1317]

Im loving this splitters cap. what a machine!

[@ryanaandre]

This is the second video of watched of you working with that splitter, and that is one impressive splitter! Makes my Gravely look like a children's toy. Great job.

[@HometownAcres]

Haha yeah it’s a serious machine!

[@frostzillathespatulizer204]

Hey nice job! Thanks for showing people that they don't need a thirty inch bar for a thirty plus inch log. I do everything with a 20" or shorter bar.

[@HometownAcres]

Yep with a 20” bar you should be able to cut anything up for around 40” if you are able to line up your cuts pretty well

[@AstralTranzient]

That'll show 'em! Well done.

[@kentowens2179]

That is an awesome wood splitter! Nice video!

[@averyclickman9078]

Love the longer videos

[@HometownAcres]

I’m glad you liked it!

[@davidtrask151]

I loved you showing how the six way wedge worked.You know they have a wedge that works on the bottom part of the piece only. and makes handling of the heavy wood alot easier. Anyways a very educational video. Keep up the good work.

[@HometownAcres]

Thanks merry Christmas!

[@OhioHillTopsHobbyFarm]

Awesome stuff buddy! That sure is an impressive splitter, there is always a limit to everything! Keep up the great work, Merry Christmas!

[@HometownAcres]

Merry Christmas Davey! Thanks for watching!

[@GPOutdoors]

Good day! That splitter is pretty impressive - not often we are splitting 30"+ rounds so I wouldn't be too worried or concerned about it getting stopped in a round that large. Got it out easily and it kept on splitting. Great video. Love the easily changeable 4 and 6 way wedges. Merry Christmas and congrats on the 5K!

[@HometownAcres]

Thanks GP! We finally started getting some of your snow! Merry Christmas and Cheers!

[@SnootchieBootchies27]

Oooh that sound! So satisfying

[@stone8597]

Great video, and honest demo...thanks. You sure got lots of comments on this one.

[@HometownAcres]

Thanks! Yes it’s getting some good exposure. Merry Christmas!

[@thewoodlandranch5194]

Nice video you are easily my favorite KZbinr 👍🏻

[@HometownAcres]

Thanks so much Bray T. That is very nice of you to say!

[@louislarsen2256]

That thing is a monster!

[@healyfamily4]

Great video. I don't need anything that big but I still wish I had one. Great way to start my Sunday morning.

[@HometownAcres]

It’s an impressive machine. If you ever get the chance to operate one you’ll be blown away

[@deererider]

Hey Adam, Great video of the Eastman and it's capabilities. I should take the 15 minute drive from my place and go see those guys, never knew they were in my back yard till you made the trip to pick-up your unit. I would like to wish you, your wife and soon to be little one a very merry Christmas! and a happy and prosperous new year. Thanks.

[@HometownAcres]

Yeah I’m sure they would love to have you visit. Very friendly family run business! Merry Christmas to you and your family as well!

[@MrTangent]

That wood splitting sound (use headphones!) is so amazing, especially 7:35. Now I can understand AMSR.

[@MrTangent]

ASMR*

[@HometownAcres]

I do love the splitting sound. I need to leave that in the videos more. Thanks for the comment

[@WoolysWorld]

Holy crap!!! That's impressive

[@HometownAcres]

Wooly, you’d need new shorts if you got to run this splitter haha

[@WoolysWorld]

@@HometownAcres looked like you might have needed a new pair yourself at one stage

[@WoolysWorld]

Merry Christmas Adam too you and your growing family

[@ArmsFamilyHomestead]

That looks pretty awesome but I would get tired of having to chase those big logs to put back on the table! lol

[@HometownAcres]

Hey Man, awesome to have a channel your size checking out our videos. We recently got a new splitter from Eastonmade that doesn’t have the log chasing problem. Congrats on retiring from the highway patrol and thanks for your service

[@ArmsFamilyHomestead]

@@HometownAcres yeah I saw that! It looks pretty awesome! Thank you! And your videos are great!

[@olddawgdreaming5715]

Hey Adam, you did a great job with your splitter today. You put it through its test and shared what works with the splitter. Both you and the machine did good. Thanks for sharing with us. Merry Christmas to the 2 1/2 😉 of you and the rest of your families!

[@HometownAcres]

Thanks so much! Merry Christmas to you and your family as well!

[@b1air77]

Nice day for some log splitting!

[@mightymofo9306]

Nice splitter and I love the box wedge design you highlighted in another video. I own a Wolferidge 35 Ton SHO with the box and love it though yours seems to create less of a mess. They are sending me a 12x wedge soon which I'm excited about. The funning thing is, as impressive as yours and mine are, my dads 1981 homemade splitter is still my favorite! I'll never part with that one.

[@daviddeaton4250]

Great video Adam! When I get a big one stuck I smack it with a sledgehammer, few hits usually does it. It would be nice to have a helper to catch the big ones falling off. Makes it tough picking them back up. Thanks for sharing

[@HometownAcres]

I have tried that. I only have a 4lb sledge right now and I had to hit it like 100 times to get out a piece I got stuck before trying this method

[@daviddeaton4250]

I have a 12# sledge, but it’s hard to get a good swing at that height, maybe hit it with a log you can use as sledge

[@workingmanrondoyle3287]

Great video content on the Easten Made👍Big wood! Looks as if you need a bigger out feed table.🤔

[@mensuddevic8983]

Very satisfying video

[@DanskvandProductions]

sweet video. good mix between talking and slow tv(the splitting) have a good day / Jens

[@MrTechknowlogical]

Hey. New to the channel. Love your stuff!! Keep up the good work!!

[@HometownAcres]

Thank you! Welcome! Hope you’ll check out some of our other videos!

[@MrTechknowlogical]

@@HometownAcres Oh... I'm already hooked. Where are you located? Upstate NY here.

[@craigs1819]

Thank you for the great videos! Merry Christmas from Spokane Wa.!

[@HometownAcres]

Thanks for the location. It’s always fun to see how far these videos travel!

[@SougoUltimateSadist]

as long as it dosent have any braches, it should be piece of cake even with without power tools, but would love to have something like that when prepering for winter

[@jasoncline4383]

That was a heck of a piece of wood to split. Nice job and Merry Christmas to you and yours.

[@HometownAcres]

Merry Christmas to you and your family as well

[@traskstoneworks]

That be one sweet tool!

[@kidphillyorg]

Yeah, I just subscribed cause I enjoy your content and it will help me make better business decisions. Thank you and keep up the good work!!

[@JohnDoe-du1no]

That's a nice-looking splitter

[@Back40Firewood]

Great video Adam...those big pieces sure do break down into a lot of pieces don't they! I split somewhat smaller as well and it always amazes me how much can come out of just a few big rounds. Good lookin stacks ya got going there too! 👍

[@HometownAcres]

Thanks buddy. Do you heat with wood yourself or do you just sell.

[@Back40Firewood]

@@HometownAcres both....I have outdoor wood boiler I run from Oct thru May and then sell as well, mostly just for recreational use tho.

[@HometownAcres]

Back 40 Firewood I’ve been wondering how you handle your roadside stand. You should do a video on whether you just have a cash drop box and an honor system or how else you accept cash. I’ve been thinking about setting up a roadside stand like yours but don’t like the idea of having the wood and money there for the taking

[@Back40Firewood]

@@HometownAcres Good idea, thanks...I may do that come Spring and it starts getting busy again. Mine is pretty close to the house so I know when there's any activity out there, have a camera set up on it.

[@OurGreeneAcres]

Good job Adam another good video. I was more concerned if the operator had met his limits as opposed to the splitter those were some large splits you were chasing after. Lol Stay safe and merry Christmas brother.

[@HometownAcres]

haha yeah, I think I might try to figure out a way to get the tractor to get those rounds on the splitter for me haha. I'm still store from wrestling those things 3 days later... and I only did 2 of them

[@markjones4090]

Great video Adam. It looked like a beautiful day to be outdoors. That splitter is fantastic and I reckon you will reach your limit before the splitter does. Any round over 26" I cut in half with the chainsaw becsuse I find its quicker to get the 2 halves split than trying to manhandle the big round. If they sold Easton splitters down here I would buy one . Adam from my family to yours I hope you have a very Merry Christmas.

[@HometownAcres]

Merry Christmas Mark! Yes those rounds were heavy. I’d bet every bit of 300 lbs. So much slower working with firewood that size

[@shawnyoung4714]

This splitter is awesome there's only one thing missing, the conveyor. It is hard to keep up with the split pile have to keep stopping to pile the wood. Nice videos

[@christianamerican473]

Good work

[@tractortalkwithgary1271]

I thought your splitter did very well. I agree with the last Engineer. In the video of the 6 way wedge, you can clearly see the lifting ring stopping the block from moving through the wedge. Thanks for sharing.

[@johncuervo3019]

It never touches it. If the wedges were staggered then I bet it would go through.

[@maxair420]

Great video!. That machine is a beast! My dream machine 👍🏽

[@daveholmes123]

Those huge rounds are the only reason i would consider buying a splitter like that! But in my opinion it needs the box wedge heck with wrestling and picking those huge pieces back up! But it is a beast Lol! Nice job Adam and congrats man your doing a awesome job! Take care and thanks for sharing 👍

[@HometownAcres]

Yeah a box wedge would be pretty sweet for those really big rounds! Thanks for the idea

[@poppelegreg14]

Awesome splitter In big rounds like those I always just use the big single wedge for the first split. Lot easier on the equipment Love your firewood videos

[@HometownAcres]

Yeah that’s what I would normally do but for the purposes of this video I wanted to see what the limit was

[@StihlChainsaws]

That thing is cool😏👍 STAY SAFE

[@howard5567]

Adam, that's why I keep a Champion vertical & horizontal around. I saw Andrew try it on the Axis, he did it. But it wasn't pretty. Sometimes it's like The Christmas Story, I Triple dog dare you to stick your tongue to flagpole. O plus the Champion, I have a 9-16. So stay warm & I'll catch you on the next one.

[@marksparkplug7758]

Good job Adam! Merry Christmas to you and your family.

[@HometownAcres]

Merry Christmas Mark!

[@bradleyhite3476]

I have a TimberWolf log splitter which is similar to this model. Whenever I get it stuck splitting big rounds, I take a split piece of firewood and place it virtually (like a post) behind the log by the push; I then try and split again, sometimes moving the piece around after each attempt. With this technique I can usually split any piece within a 1-3 attempts. This trick works by changing the location and amount of force applied.

[@HometownAcres]

That makes a lot of sense. I’ll have to try this next time I get something jammed. Thanks!

[@bradleyhite3476]

Hometown Acres Just remember to always watch your fingers.

[@jamescochran8509]

i am not too far away 79&80 area,nice video!

[@HometownAcres]

79 and 80 is probably 25 minutes from here

[@barrytanenbaum4157]

Fantastic video! Stay safe! :)

[@phillipchambers8487]

Just subscribed. Man, that is one Serious Wood Splitter. I've got to have one!

[@HometownAcres]

Call Eastonmade Wood splitters. Tell them Hometown Acres sent you, Id really appreciate it

[@KaseysYouTubeChannel]

That side lift is incredible!

[@jetah50]

I was thinking it wouldn't lift it!

[@KaseysYouTubeChannel]

@@jetah50 Same!

[@jasonwhittemore3083]

Nice work!

[@Living-The-Dream]

Nice test ! 🔥👍🤠

[@EastonmadeWoodSplitters]

Great video adam!!!

[@HometownAcres]

Thanks guys. That advice with the wedge hydraulic worked great!

[@coreyriley7160]

Wow. Yep, same reason I ditched the 4 way that came with my Yardmax 28 Half beam. Btw, thanks for the review of the Yardmax (back in the early days)

[@HometownAcres]

Hey Corey! Yeah if the wedge isn’t adjustable it’s pretty difficult to use. I’d have a hard time going back to the YardMax after using this splitter. I mean I will if I have to but it would be like going back to using horse and carriages haha

[@coreyriley7160]

Very true. Very

[@tomcooke6670]

I really do like the interchangeable wedge system

[@trentwarren8968]

Thanks for the video

[@nelsonstree436]

I love my Eastonmade splitter. We split the 30" Oak all the time. A good tip is the dont let the push block shove it off the tray and then you can use the spliter adjustment to lift it back onto the lift table. The bigger the wood the less bark in the piles. Bark holds moisture and dirt.

[@HometownAcres]

That’s very true! Hadn’t thought of it that way before!

[@brucebello2049]

I think your growth in down to your attention to detail in your videos, also your have developed as a operator over a short period. Significantly improving your videographer skills, well done

[@dave-in-nj9393]

fun to watch

[@thewoodlandranch5194]

Yes I am only 12 and I have a 2003 boles and2010 cub cadet also a foot pump log splitter and sell firewood so some of these videos are very awesome to watch

[@HometownAcres]

Good for you! What part of the country are you in?

[@thewoodlandranch5194]

Eastern

[@tombryan720]

@@thewoodlandranch5194 is it a powersplit log splitter?

[@thewoodlandranch5194]

Yes it is pretty good but not the best for Massive logs

[@tombryan720]

@@thewoodlandranch5194 i just ordered the 13hp With no conveyor. Looking forward to it

[@rafiqboronov1135]

Great content

[@simonroberts8452]

Great vid,,, like to see this machine for sale in the uk, i like it,,, Thumbs up...

[@HometownAcres]

Thanks Buddy!

[@dustinlaford3498]

Very nice splitter

[@vasili1635]

Good day!

[@operationmindfuck7145]

What is it about splitting wood that is so satisfying?

[@TYMWLTL]

OK I've been watching these Easton Made splitter videos for a while and a guy I know is having one delivered in March 2020. I need to split 26" to 30 " long pieces for my Alternate Energy gasification wood boiler. I'm using an American brand right now that is a beast with a log lift. Nothing and I mean nothing stops my piston and it weighs 1,100 lbs. Towable from both ends, flush to pusher height table which lets you slide the big pieces back easy (that was my design). 11 inch high spliting wedge with drop on 4 way. If this Easton can do 30 " inch pieces for my boiler and convert to a box splitter for the bundled short wood we sell at my store combined with the cycle time I will buy one. Can't wait to see my friends unit up close in March. These guys seem to have thought of most everything and the cycle time is the huge advantage over the American I'm using. Great video but the length is what defines the sack of a true splitter. Diameter is nothing compared to the length of the piece being split.Looks really well made compared to most other units out there. I'll pick his apart when it shows up and get back on here with my worthless opinion.

[@HometownAcres]

Haha I know they can customs make longer rams. I believe mine is 24-26” long somewhere in there but I’ve seen Eastonmade post videos with custom splitters they built for customers with 36” strokes

[@gailsturdevant2116]

Andrew can accommodate you with no problem check out his videos he made a custom 12-22 with a 36 inch stroke but it has a very clever stop design when using it to make shorter wood so you don't have to wait for the long stroke cycle give him a call you wont be sorry it handles the box wedge very nice and is designed with an arm that brings the wood back until the piece is split awesome x10

[@cybertrucktreeman]

NEED AN ELECTRIC VERSION OF THAT WITHOUT LOG LIFT ! ASAP !

[@Babybugex]

Second video I watched and I enjoy your way so I had to sub.

[@HometownAcres]

Thanks Buddy. Welcome to the channel!

[@dukeflem]

Adam. Do you have a single vertical wedge to go on the machine? Maybe with the really big rounds, just split in half first and not let them fall off to keep from lifting them again and keep the big chunks on the lift side. That is similar to what you are doing with the four way. You could use it and split first right down the middle and work with the four quarters?

[@ryanbrockley7463]

Nice machine

[@Mallard5plus1Farmhouse]

I don't think there is a limit to that splitter buddy. Great video! 👍🚜

[@HometownAcres]

Haha it will split anything. Just a matter of how much time you want to wrestle with it

[@courtneyh9153]

This is exactly why we needed this machine. These big pieces couldn’t fit through the processor. Do you find it necessary to really need a conveyor? I’m torn.

[@blainedyck3836]

Awesome machine but how about the green and frozen stuff , some of us do not have much choice in trees and can't wait for it to season. We burn pallets , cut off from lumber yards. Thanks for the videos there are very interesting.

[@kirkpennock2997]

cool machine

[@deoeers]

So satisfying to watch. Why?

[@HometownAcres]

I can only speak for myself but I’m just amazed at how effortlessly it’s splits the wood. If you have ever tried splitting logs this size by hand you know how much force has to be taking place there. That’s why it’s satisfying for me

[@kelownatreeguy7020]

I live in Kelowna BC and we dont get a lot of hard woods. Mainly just split fir and spruce and the odd sap pine. I dont think I need the 12-22...I think the 9-16 would be good enough. I want to get into firewood wood selling on the side. Any suggestions would be helpful. Thank you! great channel.

[@niet3zsche]

Nice straight grained wood--easy to split even if it is large diameter. A copy (with some changes) of the old Built Rite machines.

[@thrushman]

It could definitely benefit from a longer and wider outflow table.

[@Cinder2008]

Nicely done! First you wrestle a very heavy piece to the lifter. It lifts it like it was nothing! Sure the 6 way was a bit much, but using it like a 4 way worked. Try that with a kinetic!

[@HometownAcres]

I’d be very interested to see a kinetic splitter with a box wedge or 6 way. I honestly think it would break very quickly because sometimes you hit a knot and the wood turns on you and a kinetic is too fast to stop the ram. The hydraulic you have a little bit of time react and back the ram up

[@Cinder2008]

I’ve seen kinetic splitters work well on 6” logs. The are fast.

[@finpainter1]

Nice curly maple

[@wireedm1]

You would enjoy a box wedge on large rounds like that. Big splits don't fall off the splitter.

[@HometownAcres]

I’ve got one now. Done a separate video on it. Box wedge is absolutely the way to go

[@wireedm1]

@@HometownAcres, just watched your box-wedge videos. Outstanding. That's a great design they have. If I purchased one, I'd have them make the verticals about 5-1/2" apart to keep the splits larger. Larger splits burn longer, of course. I realize that for your use in selling the wood, the smaller splits are a better fit.

[@cherieberrymanbeyer4899]

We have the 12-22 as well. The box wedge is what you need to produce large amounts of consistent sized fireword. I run about 15,000 bundles a year through the box wedge.... I find the 6 way wedge works best on the 8 to 12 inch rounds I one quick push, but anything large it's easier to stick with the box wedge. Large crotch and knotty pine will cause the box wedge to jam up, and I have actually had to cut a round off the splitter before... ( Very large knot about 6" into a 40" diam pine). The box wedge does leave a lot more debris however..

[@HometownAcres]

I’ll have to look into the box wedge. For myself actually using it to heat with I like the 4 way because like I said I like bigger chunks. But for selling I do agree the box wedge is probably the way to go. Thanks for commenting

[@maliceunrestrained5567]

What's the tonnage on this thing? I looked on the Eastonmade website and all I could find was the engine hp and volume of the two stage pump.

[@farmerboybill]

That's a nice splitter. Try Pin Oak on it. That stuff is PINNED together. I don't use a hydraulic splitter much. This past weekend was the first time I mounted my homemade skid steer splitter this season. That was only for elm. What awful stuff. I have OWB, so mostly just split enough to make it easy to load it. The Fiskars splitting maul is usually adequate. I usually cut 24-30" long. 10-12 cord a year.

[@HometownAcres]

10-12 cords is hoofin it pretty good if you’re splitting by hand

[@farmerboybill]

@@HometownAcres Well, I don't split most of it. If it can easily be wrangled into the OWB, it goes in whole. Only stuff 10" round and bigger gets split. I have folding steel crates that are very roughly 2.5 by 3.5 by 4.5. They hold .25-.3 cord. I burn an average of 2 crates a week, starting the end of September and usually through April. This is any wood I cut while clearing fence - Boxelder, Mulberry, Black Walnut, Hickory, buckthorn, pin oak, burr oak, whatever my saw touches. My OWB is a wood gasifier and is very efficient. Hardly any ash comes out. The house, on the other hand, is about as good as a corn crib. It is a farmhouse built in 1929, we've worked at making it more efficient, but it'll take a lot more.

[@john-paulcautillo6046]

If they stagger the six way wedge wedge faces, it should allow the splitter to handle larger pieces. If faces 1and 2 are an inch ofset from faces 3 and 4 which are offset 1 inch from faces 5 and 6. As a log goes through, the first two faces have started splitting when faces 3 and 4 just touch the wood and 5 and 6 are not in contact yet so it helps the machine handle more.

[@jimbow56]

Great job. Did you actually buy it after the demo?

[@clarkharms]

Do you think the box wedge would have stalled in those rounds? Box wedge seems to be the way to go with larger rounds, like the labor savings with box wedge.

[@StrongFarms]

Lets get you to 5K!!

[@HometownAcres]

I’m hoping to hit it by the end of today. That would be a pretty cool Christmas surprise! Merry Christmas!

[@drmattbarnes1371]

Satisfying splitting!

[@HDDynalowrider]

Need to weld on a bigger landing deck for the other side so wood dont go thru and fall off

[@Colin.W]

So satisfying lol