Chris, all I could think of was go John Henry!!! when you were splitting. Nice job!

"Must have been cut with a Stihl" lol you had me cracking up, That splitter is a beast

A friend in need is a friend indeed but a friend with a 12-22 is better. Good night Irene

Just my opinion, Eastonmade is the best splitter available in the industry. Andrew and his team know what it takes to design, build and supply a top quality product and business.

I thought we were going to see the tractor in action. Tony sure does have some nice property.

It is great to see a Canadian company doing so well in the USA market with their commercial splitters. It makes my heart proud. That big round for firewood certainly gave the 2 of you a work out. That is one case where that extra tall 4 way wedge would have been useful. One tip I've used on splitting monster rounds with a maul, is to use the maul as a wedge with a handle. Tap it with a dead blow hammer and it will split the pieces with far less effort than swinging it.

Amazing I loved watching the whole video, impressed!

Looks like a stihl started the cut got stuck, ‘varna tried to rescue it, but a Dolmar came in and saved both and cut the block off. Man all that iron and still need to resort to a maul🤦‍♂️ I’ve seen this before. Whole reason I have a single 23” vertical wedge that does not reduce in height when 4way moves and 4way can move completely out of the way for halving. Also a catch table that is twice the size of this helps too. Nothing pisses me off more than picking up resplits off ground! Nice vid Chris!

Best job you ever had!

Hi Chris. That large round looked like a DOUBLE HERNIA waiting to happen. I was looking forward to see more toys! Stay safe🪓

It's great that you found a cool neighbor. Kind of reminds me of GP Outdoors.

Good morning Chris that’s the Splitter I have but I have the new variation on the far away it’s very very awesome when working alone

Hi Chris - it's Big Rodders in Ireland. All your subscribers who thought they were your new best friend will feel dejected, rejected and abandoned. The 12-22 is a fine performer, but so it should at two and a half times the price of the Ultra. The serious weight would be a big handicap to your operation. You don't need a log lift as with your new tractor you could easily organise a table like your brother and "fricknjeep" at minimal cost. All your need to upgrade your Ultra is to get Andrew to supply you with a custom made large push plate. I wonder if Irene feels rejected also!

Good morning, Chris! I love the 12-22! Thanks for taking us along to your new friends place to see his setup.

Chris, time to trade yours in, give Eastonmade a call. I like this splitter, Eastonmade is the best splitter made ! WOW, those Big Pc. are work.

I used to do a craft show in Illinois and there was one in Wis. the next weekend but I could never do both until I retired. We were always treated poorly in Il., when I went to Prairie du Chien Wis. they were all wonderful people and they taught us what a FIB was.

Running the camera shutters gave you the strength to complete the task.!!!!

It's so great that the channel is making friends and connections. I still intend to fly over from the U.K one day to help out and meet Cookie and Woody.

Man all I can say is WOW!!!! I thing you had a great time and you did ❤️❤️ That what I call retirement....living the dream, thanks again 🇨🇦

Man, my back was actually hurting just watching you wrestle that huge round. Great video!!!

Absolutely a great video with your new best friend. Looked like a fun day for you too. Really appreciate your time making this one for us!

Thanks Chris and Tony. Awesome collaboration and information. Now I suspect there's a lot of us suffering with splitter envy😉

The 12 22 is an awesome splitter. We have 1 and have put through around 2000 face cord. It works great. Andrew brought me the 37D to try. Oh my God it is a beast. We put through 50 face cord on 4 gallon of diesel. 60 cord in 6.8 hrs. It will play you out

Go Eastonmade 👍🏻 🇨🇦, very nice splitter, I think similar to what GP Outdoors has. Have a great weekend 👍🏻

Thanks for the video! That splitter is a beast! She'd keep a couple of good workers and several kids busy feeding it. I can see what you're saying, that the person(s) feeding it are the limiting factor! It certainly has the power. A couple of times we saw it cut through cross-grain wood with no problems.

What a nice guy, hope you guys have a lot of fun working together!

G’mornin Chris ! Nice to see a Fellow Friendly Firewood Fanatic and the equipment. Tons of great info shared ! Irene : Good Night

Wow, I learned a person doesnt have to be wearing a HusQ cap to operate an Eastonmade. I also think I learned the auto-return feature would probably help Chris and his levers breaking off :)

"Close to the wood"....LOL 🤣

I invested in a echo cs7310 XP chainsaw. I'm 60 years old yesterday. I really enjoy your videos. Keep up the good work Chris!

Nice vid, Yardman. Tony has some nice toys. Congrats to him for earning it!

I hit the thumb up for your Husqvarna hat🔥

Nice stuff. Good commercial too. Have a great evening.

Hay fellas Need to get a flow valve for the pressure side of the log lift. It allows pressure but cuts down flow so it will run slower.

I always buy the best equipment I can find. I've had my 12-22 for a year. When it comes to loving that Eastonmade, I second that emotion! I've also had a Super Split for 40 years and I run four Husqvarna saws. Shalom /gw P.S. I bought a "Tall Boy" 4-way wedge two months ago. Fantastic!

I'm Polish too, and never been afraid of hard work. Coincidence? I think not. Work smarter and harder!

What I learned from this video "Keep Wife Close to The WOOD" classic!

Wow nice job guys👍 hope to see Tony in more of your videos Chris🤩

Simple fix. Raise the wedge, place a split piece under it and then lower the wedge and the split will push the round off the wedge.

LOL those Stihl cuts will get you every time at the splitter. XD Man there's a lot of wood in those jumbo rounds, but you gotta work for it, even with pro tools.

Beast mode with that maul. Good job !!!

He's a nice guy to let you do all that work for him, lol. Nice video 👍🇺🇸

Looks like you had some fun. The wife jokes were priceless

Wow that splitter is sweet!👍👍

Very impressive splitter, would be better off with the box wedge on those larger rounds. Maybe next vidjas.

Great video and content, thanks Chris.

Awesome video and Eastman Made splitter. I wish I had something like that 15-20 years ago. Now my lower back is about 70% shot. I still plug along with my 27 ton Cub Cadet splitter, splitting 10 cords of oak every fall for my boiler.👍

I ordered 12-22 a couple days ago. Looks like a absolute beast

When I'm ringing up big logs like that I rip them down just past half way with the saw, they normally then fall in half with a couple of whacks with the maul. Trouble is that half rings don"t roll up to the lifter very well so split them as close to splitter as possible.

One those monster rounds, Andrew goes with the box wedge if it isn't knotty or snotty citing it as being more efficient on pieces over a certain size.

Got a 5-11 ordered - backlog of orders is substantial and delivery is months away - but that’s because they are the best. Still making wood with my old glacier.

That is the exact splitter I'm saving up for, just like Tony said, he wanted a something heavy duty that will last a lifetime and I'm certain with the amount I split per year that I'll be in the same camp as him, plus just like him, it seems like the majority of my wood rounds are above 24" making a lift a life saver.

That maul is how I’ve been doing my wood up until I got a splitter. It does take a little trick or two to split the big gnarly ones.

Good vid, yours is the only one I have ever seen even address the greasing as you did in the beginning. That design surprises me. They should have gone UHMW if friction was a concern. For me, that is a huge turnoff to get any amount of grease on split wood that is then handled by hand and into the house. Also can see it collecting wood chips and dust as a result too.

That splitter was a beast! I bet he doesn’t pull it around by hand like you do yours🤣 GNI

Looks like you both enjoyed the day & having fun too. A log lift would help me wonders but thats the next splitter..

Great video!

Awesome splitter! I wonder if he will be my new best friend too!

I sure like that adjustable wedge. As for your maul, I would have used a wedge and a sledge. Easier on the body. You're exhausted from swinging that thing. I use a maul and a wedge and sledge for my splitting. If the maul doesn't crack the log on the first or second swing, I get the wedge and sledge. Much easier on the body.

That boiler is an excellent product I have installed several. Good show gentlemen. he is very correct by saying seasoned quality firewood only in that type of gasification boiler.

What a great splitter. 👍

Love to be out there with you guys , be a lot of fun !

Youneed to purchase the arm that connects to the ram and returns the round back to the cradle when ram returns. and use the box wedge cutter on large rounds.

Some day when I grow up, I'm going to get a splitter like that!

Nice splitter, saving my pennies for an Eastonmade, haven't decided which one, looking at Ultra, Axis and one of the others. Have a Safe Day

Now we all know he burns wood! What a log like that! Would make a good chimney log! Set those off to the side.

Sooo envious!

The 12-22 is a beast of machine.. the only down fall is physically changing blades between cuts.. no fault of the splitter... just need to separate your logs before bucking up then you can put the right blade in and giver ..

That’s a nice splitter. I totally agree husky cut straighter and faster. 😂

The big dog 22-28 and the 37D are mind blowing with how fast they are for being almost 40 ton. Being a single man operation and my wood supply being all the logging rejects and tree service logs I’m leaning toward those two options. It’s just hard to decide with almost 6,000 separating the two. That is with the 4,6, and 8 or 12. I want to go with the 4,6,12 to cover all the bases for log diameters. Hopefully my big tree service guy gets his log truck fixed so I can get big stuff dropped off. As always good vids.

👍 Tony seems pretty cool

Impressive! Seems you could run a strap around that big piece back to the wedge and let the ram retract pull it back for the next split.

Box wedge would have taken all the work out of that big round but I’d imagine you’d want a lot of big rounds before going through the trouble to change out what must be a super heavy wedge.

That's some good campfire wood.

I really like the Axis for splitting the bigger rounds. The struggle y'all had with giant log was hard to watch...but I dud.

Tony is such a handsome gentleman! Although I'm quite biased. He's my dad :)

Imagine using one of those huge rounds for a swedish chimney fire :D

IMHO: EM is a great product, just cant get behind $500 non refundable deposit and a full year and a half wait for an Ultra. As far as the log lift for a working deck, I made a short leg table with a plastic pallet (the wood slides great on it) and load the ones I don't want to lift with the tractor. Just makes a great loading deck/resplit table. Add a pickaroon to drag the wood to you while your operating on the other side of the splitter and it's a potent/cheap/mobile tool to add to the arsenal. Great vid, thanks for posting

So during the firewood frenzy... You should collaborate with scheib to modify the ultra! Log lift, adjustable wedge, auto cycle...

GOOD JOB CHRIS & TONY... MAYBE NEXT TIME YOU GUY'S CAN SPOTLIGHT THE TRACTOR??? STAY COOL CHRIS... PEACE...

Good field trip. Not sure he’s “like all of us” though. He’s pretty well set up there on that land. Good for him though. Sounds like he’s paid his dues and worked hard for all those toys. One day..........

I have a manual foot operated splitter 😓 But like you said, I just like the sawing and the sound of splitting wood 🪵

Still haven't figured out why he was making so much kindling!

I feel your pain popping that big round with the maul. That and the other fiskars splitting axe is what I use but I very rarely handle large rounds. Your right about noodling or splitting those big rounds first even with a lift.

Put a chainsaw through those big rings to make quarters as you mentioned ... saves time on the splitter ...or the box wedge.

When I saw big mama jamma giving up bits so slowly I thought that the box wedge would have been the way to go. The other option is to drop the wedge all the way down just peel about 6" or so off the drivers side and let the balance drop back onto the log lift. With a big piece like that you want to break off workable sized pieces each time and use the log lift to do as much of the lifting as possible.

Great video Chris but I thought we might see his tractor.

While I'm sure that is a great splitter especially for a certain range of log diameters, it also looks like a bit of a pain once you get into non linear grain pieces. I split with a basic 22 ton unit, same 4 x 24 cylinder and a single wedge. Can go horizontal or vertical for the large pieces that you can lift. I can easily split as fast as you were splitting and I have a log table on the far side for the large offcut pieces. With the splitter and table, the whole thing was less than $750 brand new. Have never seen a log it won't split, it will simply shear them if they can't be split. It is easy to split 1-2 cords an hour. I get it if you are into production big time, but for any person only splitting for their own use and maybe a few friends, I really don't see the value here. Granted, I only burn ~ 4 cords a year, but once I have the logs, I can cut and split for a full year easily in a day. The nice thing is that I can load the splitter up in my trailer and bring it to the wood and leave all of the mess there and just take home the finished splits. Great unit, but no way that works out unless you are well over 20 full cords a year. Also, and maybe I'm being picky here, but I would never split as small as you are splitting, those pieces are just way too small. Once I get burning, I have no desire to have to load up a bunch of smaller pieces. 5" x 5" on the end is just fine for me, burns great and I don't have to worry about drying as I am ~4 years ahead on wood anyway.

I feel like if you two worked together everyday someone would end up hurt 😂 enjoyed the video though.

I thought I was your best friend? What was all that one in a million talk?😁

Nice video. I have the same splitter. I created a mobile wood splitting business. My son and I hussel around and the money is very good. Use a box wedge on the big rounds.

Thats the same splitter I have and I believe if the wedge would have been dropped all the down way you could have pushed that big round through sideways. But keep up the great work

Like adjustable 4way wedge

The box wedge would be perfect for those big rounds

Good morning from Piqua Ohio.

Curious, when you did the large round, why not just put the 4 way all the way up and try and split in quarters?

Hi Chris!!😀😀 Tony has all the nice toys. I've got toys but not as nice as his. That big round was definitely a lot of work. That's why if I was gonna get a Easton made. I would get the Axis. That way you can just keep turning it and slicing it down to size. I see you kept the tractor he has out of the shot yet. Still keeping us in suspense. What town is he near? He seems like a great guy even though he comes from the state of fibs. LOL!! I have several that live near me. Take care my friend!!😀😀 Logger Al

that extra valve ie the pressure relief

Todays date is 12/10/2022 , is the above date of 12-22 wrong? Maybe it is 12-21 ?

At 20:40 i cringed because I thought the black on the end of the wood was your friends glove and that he got his fingers cut off. Needless to say I was very relieved.