On Jan 4, 5:36*pm, DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Jan 4, 7:54*pm, willshak wrote:





on 1/4/2008 6:09 PM DerbyDad03 said the following:

On Jan 4, 4:28 pm, willshak wrote:

on 1/4/2008 3:51 PM said the following: anyone use one of those sliding hammer log splitters? *If so what do

you think of them. *I have a small amount of wood to split and dont
need a big thing. *Also would prefer to do it the easiest way
possible. *Already broke the handle on my axe!

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=39981

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Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
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"Manually operated, two speed pump builds up to 10 tons of log-
splitting pressure fast."

What's their definition of "fast"?

I guess their definition is "not slow".

And what do they mean by "two speed pump"?

Two pump handles on one bottle jack. As I said in an earlier post, you
can get some cross country ski training with it.

FYI...here's the manual...http://www.harborfreight.com/manuals...9999/39981.PDF

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Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
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Two pump handles on one bottle jack

I guess that could mean "two speed" if one arm moved faster than the
other.

If I were marketing this device I'd have used "variable speed pump"
since the user can determine how fast he moves the handles.

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"two-speed" is standard hydraulic pump terminology. Ram moves
fast(er) until the load comes on and then it shifts to slow speed but
more power, i.e., each stroke at the "fast" speed produces more oil
pumped, on the slow speed, less oil per stroke, thus more power.
Don't ask how they do it. I would have liked a 2 speed on my real
splitter.

As for all the manual powered splitters there isn't one of them worth
a tinker's damn as long as a person is capable of swinging a decent
splitting maul. The maul will be far faster and probably less effort
over all.

They are useful for the handicapped or aged people.

Bottom line, you have to do the same work no matter how. One quick
swing with a fairly heavy (10 lb) maul or a lot of pumps on a jack.

Harry K