Ordered a Wolf Ridge MFG Splitter

[Blaszer]

Placed an order for a Wolfe Ridge 28 Pro log splitter back in the end of January, their entry level unit. After going back and forth with future heating plans for our house, greenhouse, and shop, I called Chris up (the owner of Wolfe Ridge) and upgraded the order! Went with a Compact Commercial Pro28C.

Compact Commercial Log Splitter | Wolfe Ridge Mfg - 3132 Louis Ave - Eau Claire, WI USA 5473 - (715-598-779)

Chris is awesome to work with, between the many calls and Facebook messages (I think I was starting to annoy him :laughing he got us setup with the right splitter for our "Home" use. He builds everything in house and uses top quality parts and built in the USA. Outdoors with the Morgans run his Pro22C splitter and I have been very impressed with everything I have seen and read on it.

Comes standard with a 4 way hydraulic wedge and hydraulic log lift rated at 450lbs. 13 HP Honda GX390, 22 GPM pump, 25 gallon oil tank. Upgraded with the 6 way wedge (get 4 way as well) and the full auto cycle valve and powdercoated in Stihl Orange.

Now only have to wait till the first week of March! Comes on a large pallet on a flatbed fully assembled just add fuel and ready to run. I have been building quite the pile of logs in preparation. Photos of the delivery will come!

 

[oosik]

Nice unit. Trust but verify. Check for engine oil & hydraulic oil. I always greased the top of the I-beam that the wedge slid on.

 

[Diggin It]

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Outdoors with the

A double whammy. OY!!!

 

[OWTM]

Mike here from Outdoors with the Morgans, you are going to love that splitter, get lots of rounds ready, lots and lots of them lol

 

[oosik]

That hydraulic lift would have been a real back saver in my case. Back when I burned firewood, it was only Ponderosa pine. Really BIG P. pine. 28" to 34" on the butt. After about two hours my back would simply give out. My solution - dig a trench and roll the splitter into the trench. This would put the I-beam at ground level. Then I just had to man-handle the round across the ground - no lifting.

With the rounds being so big - I split them with the round lying vertical on the I-beam.

 

[Blaszer]

Mike here from Outdoors with the Morgans, you are going to love that splitter, get lots of rounds ready, lots and lots of them lol

Mike, glad you joined the thread! You were the inspiration for buying it after all LOL! I will make sure to post plenty of photos of the delivery and setup process.

 

[Blaszer]

That hydraulic lift would have been a real back saver in my case. Back when I burned firewood, it was only Ponderosa pine. Really BIG P. pine. 28" to 34" on the butt. After about two hours my back would simply give out. My solution - dig a trench and roll the splitter into the trench. This would put the I-beam at ground level. Then I just had to man-handle the round across the ground - no lifting.

With the rounds being so big - I split them with the round lying vertical on the I-beam.

When did you stop splitting wood? I assume you were heating the house with that, but it was a good idea to bury that splitter in the ground. How many years ago was this? Splitters have come a long way in the recent years.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

That hydraulic lift would have been a real back saver in my case. Back when I burned firewood, it was only Ponderosa pine. Really BIG P. pine. 28" to 34" on the butt. After about two hours my back would simply give out. My solution - dig a trench and roll the splitter into the trench. This would put the I-beam at ground level. Then I just had to man-handle the round across the ground - no lifting.

With the rounds being so big - I split them with the round lying vertical on the I-beam.

That's what is nice about my 3 point splitter, I can lower it to the ground to roll a big block onto the beam.

I hired out for a day splitting big red oak for a lady, she had an all girl crew and those gals rolled some big blocks onto the beam just that way... Here's a little of it,

By the time that day was over, we sure had a lot of oak split...

SR

 

[oosik]

Blaszer - we built the house and moved in, in 1982. Used firewood for twelve years. Got tired of all the dirt, volcanic ash & stink bugs brought in with the firewood. Went to a pellet stove for the next ten years. Then pellet costs went out of sight. Now we use baseboard electric heat.

1982 was just two years after the Mt St Helens eruption. The Ponderosa pine bark was packed with volcanic ash. Really raised havoc with the chainsaw chain also. I did like the heat and smell of burning pine though.

The days of firewood are gone though. My age & my body( particularly my back ) just could not take it any more.

Sawyer Rob - that picture of all the split wood makes my back muscles start to ache. That IS a whole lot of wood.

 

[Thomas]

Congrats on the investment :thumbsup:
Looking forward to action video.