What Type Of Wood Is Suitable For Wood Splitter?

　　In theory, any wood can be split with a wood splitter, but keep in mind that we're preparing firewood, not building a scale model of Noah's Ark, so ideally we'd like to use wood that's suitable for home fires and burners.

　　Some good examples are ash, birch, and beech; keep in mind that we want the logs to be easy to split. Cedar burns well, as does elm. Pine trees tend to spit when they burn, but in large numbers, they are one of the easiest woods to split. Applewood is good but needs seasoning. Hawthorn, hazelnut, holly, and sycamore are also good.

　　If you're not a lumberjack happily harvesting fallen oaks in your free afternoons, you're probably just splitting up the logs you're delivering, so be sure to check with your supplier on what's being delivered when you're considering splitting.

　　As I pointed out before, it really depends on your log splitter, tonnage, condition of the wood, etc. However, as a very rough guide, if you plan to split smaller branch lengths up to 25cm in diameter and up to 52cm in diameter, a 4 to 5 ton motorized horizontal wood splitter will be correct.

　　If you plan to handle large sections closer to 60 cm in diameter, you will need pressures closer to 25 tons.

　　Every log splitter model we sell on our website will include a spec sheet that states the maximum log size it can handle.