Buy Electric Log Splitter

Review by Brian Card:

came from the outdoor store on a big truck,which could not get up my long driveway. it was hard for my wife and i to get it out of our forester, but once we lugged to out to our front porch it worked great. splits twisted logs, big logs and hard to split logs.

I have back problems, probably from splitting logs, so this was very helpful to me. i would recommend this to anyone who doesn’t or can not use a manual splitter. However the one page manual was a joke. i had to call the 8oo number to find out how to relieve the pressure in the hydraulic tank, required prior to use. the valve was not indicated on the manual. but other than that it’s great.

Review by Al B:

I was so excited to finally receive this “little gem.” Worked great for a whopping 1/2 cord of wood, then the return wouldn’t work. I called McCullogh and received little help, got droped off the line (I’m thinking on purpose now) and could never get another technician (over 4 hours of trying).

Review by R. Brooks:

The most difficult part of owning this, is unloading it from the freight truck, when it shows up at your house. Luckily for me, I’m on a farm and had my front-loader on my tractor to move this around, but two men can lift this and set the box where needed. My box was damaged when it arrived. A large hole had been poked into the side, but the log-splitter is well-built and was undamaged. The inside packing was more than adequate. One of the reasons I ordered this log splitter over the smaller one sold on Amazon was the smaller splitter had bad reviews about the box it came in. Not to worry with the Pow’R'Kraft. It had large foam blocks on each end and was packaged very well.

I’m also delighted I spent the extra $$ for this model and not the smaller one, because the Pow’R'Kraft impressed me with how “heavy-duty” it appears. And, it indeed splits some very big chunks of wood. I’ve been splitting very dense and hard Texas Mesquite and Pecan. I call this “My Little Yellow Beast.”

I also like the fact that even though the ends of many of the logs I have split were not cut at a 90 degree angle, the logs ride in the work-table and don’t slip out. I was at first concerned the logs needed to be a perfect 90 degree cut, but no real problem, only a minor adjustment might be needed on logs cut at bad angles.

One thing you might need is a table to put this splitter on. The unit comes with wheels to allow it to be rolled around, but at my place, I didn’t think the wheels were large enough to negotiate the rough turf outside my barn and near my wood pile. I elected to go to Tractor Supply and buy a 4-wheel cart (costing me 0.00 ) The cart has sides and ends that fold down and elevates the splitter to a height where I don’t have to ruin my back in order to bend down so low to work the splitter. If you elect roll this splitter on it’s own wheels, you might have a hard time getting them across expansion joints in concrete surfaces. My cart makes it easy to pull the splitter out of my barn to the wood pile, split the logs horizontally and then return the splitter to the barn to keep it out of bad weather. Trust me, you’ll be happy if you elevate this splitter of the ground and a cart makes it easy to work with. (Tractor Supply had three carts, one for , mine was and they had a more expensive one that was “overkill” for I believe 9…) The carts too are made in China (hey isn’t everything these days?) and requires some assembly, but believe me, the cart is wonderful and I think splitting wood horizontally is easire than doing it vertically.

I believe all log splitters require the use of two hands in order to operate. This is probably a safety feature. On this splitter, my right hand engages a small button underneath the ram device that basically turns the unit on, and my left hand operates a lever that makes the ram move thus forces the log onto the cutting block.

The instructions show having to turn a screw on the end of the unit PRIOR to operating it for the first time. However, it IS NOT a screw, but a plastic looking “wing-nut.” It took me a while to determine that someone in China drew the wrong picture. It is critical to open this “wing-nut” in order to allow air to escape from the cylinder when the ram is being moved forward while splitting. If you ever move the splitter into a vertical position, or ship it, you’ll need to screw the wing-nut back in so oil won’t leak out of the cylinder.

This is one tough little “fireball” and I actually had a fun time using it to split wood. The manual isn’t too bad, considering it was written in China, but the diagrams work and the instructions are straight-forward (except for the bleed valve vent that is a “wing-nut” and not a screw.)

Review by GH of San Diego:

Initially I really liked this product, it was easy to use, compact, and used a standard electrical 15 amp socket connection. However, once I began attempting to split larger pieces of wood (more than 10 inches in diameter) it consistantly failed. This was extremely disappointing considering the majority of my wood consists of moderate to large pieces. The fact that even moderate sized wood did not work with this product indicated to me that electrical log splitters simply do not have enough strength to do more than create kindling. I was forced to return this product as a result of this discovery.

Review by Donald W. Marks:

This log splitter arrived in a totally destroyed box, light box, heavy tool with to packing support. The log splitter cycled one time with a 10″ straight grain citrus wood log. It split it then never would cycle, only turn on and then pop the reset button on the power panel. Don’t waste your time. I went and bought a 7 ton splitter at a local tool store and now very satisfied and only spent .00 more than this 4 ton.

Review by D. calder:

The log splitter works very well. it needs to be mounted on the recomended stand,to low to operate. the wheel’s need to be at least 2″ larger for ease of mobility on rough groumd. the packing should be stronger than foam.the weight 97-lbs is to much for this type of packing.

Review by Paul R. Thornton:

I bought one of these because there were no reviews to tell me not to. I’m suggesting you save your money for a gas powered unit if you are serious about splitting logs.

This unit is sold on basis it will handle 12-18″ logs 20″ long. It won’t. It will handle small limbs and logs that are very soft or loose grained. It will further reduce pieces that are already split but may be too large for your particular application. Any serious log it will just stop and retract with the log impaled on the wedge. The only full sized log it has handled so far was an insect eaten apple tree trunk.

You will spend more time trying to find the one log it will handle and not just tossing out the occasional one that it won’t.

I found myself going out to buy a maul so I can reduce the logs in order to further process them on the new splitter. If that makes sense to you then go ahead and try one. However, once you get it, there is no provision for return if you are not satisfied.

Review by Brad G. Pike:

I was very surprised to find the raw power of this machine, it is more than adequate for most logs you can lift. I’m more than pleased with the price. Brad