Ryobi 40v log splitter [FIRST EVER!]

[@pauldrice1996]

If you do try to use it in the winter, keep the batteries in the cab of your vehicle while transporting or just somewhere room temperature around your house. It's the difference between a battery that lasts all day and one that works for 5 minutes at half ass and dies. Far as I know they'll be fine after they warm back up but trying to use a cold battery you won't get much done.

[@gtaus1]

I live in northern Minnesota. I once forgot one of my 18v Li-ion batteries outside in the car overnight and it froze in the winter. After that, that battery never charged up beyond 3 bars. I will never leave my batteries outside in freezing weather again. Ni-Cad's were better in the extreme cold, but Li-ion is better in almost every other aspect. You can use Li-ion batteries in freezing weather, just keep them in a warm car until needed and make sure you take them into a warm garage or house at night.

[@gtaus1]

I like the idea of a 40v log splitter, but my 3-year old $200 6-ton electric log splitter does everything I need at home. At $1000 for the 40v log splitter kit, it's out of my home budget. If I did commercial log splitting, I'd still opt for a 25-30 ton gas log splitter for more power and longer run times. I'm having a hard time seeing where the Ryobi 40v log splitter is filling a need at $1000, but I do like the idea of a 40v log splitter at a home user budget to compete with the 5-7 ton electric log splitters around $300. If Ryobi can close the price gap, I'd be a lot more interested.

[@teacatstudios3236]

A lot of these tools coming out are geared towards companies/home owners that are living in city/counties that are implementing noise restrictions. That's another reason the cost is so high.

[@randomvideosn0where]

I agree, this does not seem to have many use cases beyond an electric log splitter to justify the price. My only thought is off grid cabin, but they make an inverter you could plug the electric splitter into that has many more uses (and the overall cost would not be much more). Another big gap is solar 40V battery charger which would help if you DID buy this for off grid.

[@sailingwiththegods538]

I just picked one of these up for $629 with a battery and charger during a Labor Day sale. I was looking at an electric motor powered 16 ton unit for $1300, so I went with this instead. It's not the best splitter made but it does good enough for me on any logs that aren't too knotty. The super knotty logs are a challenge for this splitter. Size didn't seem to matter, but I'm not picking up anything bigger than 18" anyway.

[@joshbrown2483]

Just waiting for the 40v ryobi go cart