On Wed, 28 Sep 2011 20:33:24 +0000 (UTC), Jules Richardson
wrote:

On Wed, 28 Sep 2011 18:33:00 +0100, george [dicegeorge] wrote:
Wolf Powerful Hydraulic 10 Ton Log Splitter £114.97

The problem, of course, is getting the 10 ton logs up onto the
splitter... ;-)

;-) Don't.

Son_in_law to be has just taken down half an ash tree for a friend and
we have the bulk of the wood in our back garden (hoping to find
someone to buy it off them for some extra pocket money etc).

Yesterday they hand split some of the smaller bits (up to ~ 8"
diameter) quite easily and later I bought a couple of the "Wood
grenades" as sold by the likes of Screwfix to have a go at some of the
larger bits that seemed to shrug off a pretty large splitting maul
swung by a fairly fit 22 yr old Tree Surgeon (not this less than fit
55 yr old). ;-(

After nearly burying two of the grenades (and a 2" bolster) in one
fairly large chog with a sledgehammer and with little sign of it
either splitting or wanting to give my tools back, I lugged it into
the 10 tonne hydraulic press and about 6 tonnes on the grenades seemed
to do the trick. ;-)

Anyone know if fairly green ash is particularly hard to split and
would one of the Wolf 10 tonne splitters the OP has now gone for do
the trick? This chog, only 12" long and about 14" in diameter, once
split in half showed a very dark 'V' up the middle? It also seemed
very fibrous, not wanting to let go even when actually split in half?

Cheers, T i m

p.s. Oh, and it's way too hot to be doing that sort of thing out there
today!