Log Spliter Mantis SwiftSplit

islandAl · 10-13-2005, 11:46 PM

Great info. And what I hoped for. Did not want to "have" to get a 20 ton gas unit that I could not move around the rocks and boats easily.
Thanks again.

SIKSUKR · 10-14-2005, 07:55 AM

Almost any logsplitter will have plenty of power.It doesn't take a lot of power to split wood.It's the wedging action that does work which is why one can do it by hand.The exception is when you hit a knot cuz your trying to split across the grain.The difference is usually how fast the cycle is and if it is a horizontal or vertical model.Split away!!

SAMIAM · 10-16-2005, 11:42 AM

Some friends and I were helping a neighbor work up a 7 cord load of wood recently and he had one of those huge 18hp Lafont splitters with the 5-way blade....about half the size of a pickup truck.It broke down after a while so I ran home and got my 25 year old 1 hp electric Jiffy Splitter.The old timers broke out laughing at the sight of it,but things changed quickly.The Jiffy splitter uses a weighted wheel that engages the ram.The result is a one second splitting stroke and a one second return.It's almost like a guillotine.
To make a long story short,4 of them couldn't keep up with feeding and stacking and I had to give them frequent breaks...along with a little ribbing as payback for laughing at me.

RLW · 10-16-2005, 05:18 PM

They are fast and so isn't it when someone loses a hand or fingers. Those darn splitters are very fast as you said, but they are extremely dangerous even when you know what your doing. One has no chance in heck to get there fingers out of the way when the stroke starts forward.

10-13-2005, 11:46 PM	#1
islandAl Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Mountonboro Posts: 200 Thanks: 12 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Thank you all Great info. And what I hoped for. Did not want to "have" to get a 20 ton gas unit that I could not move around the rocks and boats easily. Thanks again.

10-14-2005, 07:55 AM	#2
SIKSUKR Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,075 Thanks: 215 Thanked 903 Times in 509 Posts	Almost any logsplitter will have plenty of power.It doesn't take a lot of power to split wood.It's the wedging action that does work which is why one can do it by hand.The exception is when you hit a knot cuz your trying to split across the grain.The difference is usually how fast the cycle is and if it is a horizontal or vertical model.Split away!! __________________ SIKSUKR

10-16-2005, 05:18 PM	#4
RLW Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Alton Bay on the mountain by a lake Posts: 2,023 Thanks: 563 Thanked 444 Times in 311 Posts	Fast splitter ya? They are fast and so isn't it when someone loses a hand or fingers. Those darn splitters are very fast as you said, but they are extremely dangerous even when you know what your doing. One has no chance in heck to get there fingers out of the way when the stroke starts forward. __________________ There is nothing better than living on Alton Mountain & our grand kids visits.

10-16-2005, 11:42 AM	#3
SAMIAM Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Moultonborough Posts: 2,911 Thanks: 337 Thanked 1,687 Times in 593 Posts	Some friends and I were helping a neighbor work up a 7 cord load of wood recently and he had one of those huge 18hp Lafont splitters with the 5-way blade....about half the size of a pickup truck.It broke down after a while so I ran home and got my 25 year old 1 hp electric Jiffy Splitter.The old timers broke out laughing at the sight of it,but things changed quickly.The Jiffy splitter uses a weighted wheel that engages the ram.The result is a one second splitting stroke and a one second return.It's almost like a guillotine. To make a long story short,4 of them couldn't keep up with feeding and stacking and I had to give them frequent breaks...along with a little ribbing as payback for laughing at me.