Whoever can help Chris thank you I enjoy watching all the videos. Kenny from Western North Carolina

The 12-22's make wood in a hurry if you can feed them. Really appreciate the support chris.

Love that splitter. It's more than I probably need but want one. Thanks for showing where you greased it. Great job

As I was armchair splitting, I thought “hold smaller rounds on top of the one in the cradle”. Then you did! You’re a smart feller. And when Tony is around, you’re a fart smeller. Cheers 🇨🇦

Just think of a time when people would read the comments so they didn’t all type the same damn thing! Great video Christopher!

Holy crap! That machine makes firewood fast! Bundle grade with one push. I'm gonna have to start saving my pennies...Thanks to you and Harry for sharing this machine with us.

Andrew Easton makes some nice equipment 👍. Interesting to see how much the 12-22 can do, probably really good in 8-12 inch or bigger rounds. Great video as always, not many people can make splitting wood entertaining for a 30 minutes. Watch every day 😁

Well Chris that's one heck of a splinter it's definitely a two man job. A lot of wood can be produced. With two men. But I still like yours. Goodnight Irene.

So glad I went with the 12-22 over the Axis. I need more production versus precise cuts and thinking a conveyor is already in the budgeting plan lol I'll say it again, after seeing these things in person, these videos don't do them justice!

Andrew does make the best splitter in the business

GREAT VIDEO ! NICE SPLITTER ! GOT THE SMALLER ONE ON ORDER ! 1 YEAR FROM NOW I SHOULD HAVE IT !

Chris is having an AFFAIR!!! On his splitter!!!!!

Wow, I learned a lot from just relaxing and watching you. It will definitely short cut my learning curve. Good job!!

The 6-way wedge with those size rounds make very fast bundle wood. I can't wait for my John's Welding bundler to come in and team it up with my 12-22 !! I really enjoy your videos. Thanks for making them for us! You and Adam with Hometown Acres have made me want to make my own firewood channel.

Truly an amazing splitter ! Well done !

You will hit 5M views maybe today! Congratulations Chris!

Thanks for all the real time splitting! I watched all of it! Man that 12 22 is fast

Great job Chris Thanks for sharing 👍

Great job splitting. Nice a wait and see on your next piece of equipment. Have a Safe Day

What a machine. The splitters nice too.

Thank you for recording most of this in real time.

Nicely done !

That splitter is fast 😳 great job Chris 👏

Productive session.

Those rounds are perfect for Ultra but the 12-22 made nice splits good bundle wood. To operate the 12-22 at full speed it would take at least 3 people and a conveyor to work that splitter. A processor is starting to look better the way your business is growing

Nice video. Yes, 2 people make it much faster. My son and I have been running the 12-22 for over 2 years now and we got it down to a science. One person operates the machine, while the other tosses split wood and loads the lift. Then we rotate. The pusher plate never stops moving. Great job and nice wood yard.

Morning Chris. For my heating needs, the pieces with the six way are too small. It’s definitely a 2 man operation for producing large amounts of wood, maybe even three people. An extra person for stacking. That is one hungry splitter. Have fun👍

Thats pretty cool I just noticed you had it all the way down and ended up with a 4 way!!! NICE.

Good morning Chris!!😀😀 The 12-22 is a real animal. It definitely takes two people to even begin to run it to its potential. I see it likes to crush anything that gets caught crosswise in the shoot. Can't wait to see how it goes with the two of you guys working with it. 22 below zero farenheit here this morning. Hopefully you are staying warm. I have to go out and put some wood in the boiler in a little while. Take care and stay warm!!😀😀👍 Logger Al

That’s an awesome machine! -Brad

Andrew Easton certainly can build them and their easy on the eye, look’s like it’s tractor time. You could use a wood bucket with the rod’s in the bottom sift the snow out and chips it does make it enjoyable.

Excellent…Tony always rattlescthe wind out of Chris.

Making toothpicks out the small logs. Nice wood splitter. Have a great day be safe.

The large pusher makes the wood get split a lot faster. Bet you love the ability to stack and split two small pices at the same time. The log lift sure makes for a nice work table!

wow what a machine. I laughed at the way the splitter pushed itself backwards once the stack got too high and solid.😁😁. you know you'll need a conveyor and feed hopper next. Chris TRP

I'm not too sure I'm a fan of the 6 way. Looks like it makes a lot of scrap. ETA: maybe it's just the smaller wood being split. Larger stuff seems to fare better.

That splitter is a beast.

Good stuff!

That is a very nice splitter.

that's one helluva machine!! you get to try alot of eastonmade machines!

Two at a time made it look way better. That machine has its place in the world. It’s so fast my hobby would no longer be an all year around activity. Weekend only lol.

Cycle time is exceptional.

I think your right about the 12-22 being a 2 man machine! Seems like if not it is setting waiting. Just put an auto return valve on your ultra and it will be the perfect machine for you😀👍🏻👍🏻GNI

Just a little bit quicker than the glacier from back in the day Chris !! Feel like I’ve been watching your videos for years lol

It would have been interesting to see the two splitters go head to head in the wood yard

Hi Chris,would have loved to see the box wedge on that small more uniform cherry wood. Might makea bit less "kindling" and fewer resplits. Good night Irene from Hawkes Bay,NZ

@In the Woodyard, Just a thought Chris, stand opposite to the logs. Operate the shuttle handles with your RIGHT HAND! Standing opposite the logs roll the bottom towards you, the rest will follow and you may not get your right arm caught by the ram if you’re standing right beside the logs! Just a thought! It may actually feel better to and physically easier

Perhaps the best use of time would be to cut rounds while alone and to split when two people are available.

A tip for you for those hard to reach grease fittings. Get a lock-n-lube coupler. I put one on a power grease gun last year and I'll never go back.

I got the equivalent of this splitter from a different manufacturer. I cant wait for it to get to me! I can see a conveyor is needed to get the splits away quickly. Until I get a conveyor I will be splitting inefficiently. Just tossing the splits into my dump trailer.

Harry got a nice machine. I think with your size of wood, the ultra is right. For the wood rounds i have, the 28 HO is similar to the 12-22. Andrew and Chris make quality machines! I'll see you tomorrow in the woodyard, i mean on you tube!

I don't love the 12-22 yet, but I can't deny that it's like 3 times faster. It's not bad compared to what I thought of it.

Chris your like a kid in a candy store with that splitter.lol

Great machine for 2 people. For your situation in my humble opinion your ultra is a better fit. Especially if it came with auto retract. Ultra pushes herself backwards perfectly for your stacking. That 12-22 needs 2 people splitting 12”-18” wood

Yeah she’s a beaut, though it’s missing one feature that your Ultra has-the automatic separation from the pile feature, she’s just to stout. The time savings for you having the rounds stacked by Beau, nice. Have a good day

Eastonmade called yesterday and my 12-22 is going on the delivery truck today! Just in time for a weekend snow storm to bury my wood… I have a feeling I’ll still be splitting this weekend.

Another great video Chris 👍 I know you've heard this but I'm going to say it again you need to get a Lube Lock grease gun attachment. Will save you much aggravation . Keep up the good work.

Morning Chris!…fyi…I think we are racing Black river falls to the lowest reading (air temp not windchill) in the lower 48 this morning. We are tied at -35*f at 0700.

Any machine that’s faster than Chris and his Ultra is impressive. Guess the 6 way wedge would make great bundle wood and oodles of kindling. Matching manpower, round size, and split size desired for type of firewood being sold to the wedge height adjustment and/or type of wedge used would be key to utilization of this beast.

Great video! I think with the way you had the woodpile stacked, you would be a lot faster and waste less time if you dropped the log lift and put the rounds on one at a time. Cycle the splitter and while it cycles, you can grab another round. Just my opinion though. I just ordered that exact splitter, too bad I have to wait almost a year,

G’morning Chris. Wow, impressive work machine. The splitter ain’t too bad either ! A little bit of Cherry mixed with the oak ? GoodNightIrene

Oh no! Now you’re probably not gonna want to go back to stand by your ultra. It would have a strong chance of making it in my garage if it had a Honda on it. ❤️

that’s a nice machine! betcha it cost some serious jing, my buddy has these timberwolf splitters like that and he has two guys on each one, they make 5-6 full cords a hour combined, but with his labor and equipment cost…well profits are low, i just run those cheap ones with two guys and get 2 maybe 3 cords a hour combined and profits are high, also after two years i sell the splitters for half there cost and buy a couple new ones before they start breaking down, so i have half the labor cost and the splitters cost me 3000 vs 24000 for the big dogs, but really only 1500, my production is half his in eight hours, but no equipment payments allows for more labor hours, so in the end when all the smoke clears it’s probably just about even…unless i sell just as many cords in a season!

Good morning, No question that it's a beast, oh my! A fella would definitely have to hook a conveyor to the end of it. Is there one of those in your future?

I'm going to call that a 3 man machine to get the most production out of it and still produce consistent size firewood ie either feeding same size rounds (sorting) or adjusting the wedge or feeding one stacked on the other. It will keep one person occupied running the machine and one loading and another keeping it away from the machine. Machine is fast, looks heavy (hard to move?) and well built. Might be a machine that you can't keep up with by yourself (I haven't seen many of those). GNI

Chris, check the exhaust and see if it’s blowing towards the air intake. Common problem on other channels

With your smaller rounds, I think you could use the the box splitter and do three to four logs at a time

That seems like a decent production splitter. I am usually not a critic of stuff you high caliber firewood guys use, but that 6 way wedge seems to make alot of kindling.

I’d be splitting the rounds behind the splitter engine first and then the log lift side. For the wind protection. Just my opinion.

hi there well it looks to be very well made, Fast but if you need a helper to max the splitters potencial it really might be less profitable in the long run. Most the time you split by your self . I look at fire wood a bit different then others . How many cords per man hour ? . From the cuttings rounds to the final stack in the wood yard . I have found the splitter never to be the bottle neck . More help cuts into your bottom line and you don't want to be doing that just for fun and exercise , its hard work .. take care and be carful around that big nice fancy machine there is a big learning to get use to it john

Hey Chris. Do you think the 4 way wedge would be a better configuration for not getting the pieces too small? GNI

Also wondering about the comparison of hourly gas usage to the Ultra?

👍 I’ve never used one of these or actually seen one in person. I see why you used the 6-way wedge above the horizontal , is there a “V” cut into the wedge below the horizontal wedges? Basically, can that wedge be lifted hydraulically where you use the wedge below the horizontal wedges to split smaller rounds in half ? Thanks, John.

Toothpicks! Although if that's what a specific wood burner calls for, then perfect. I usually don't split smaller than 8" if not round, or 6" if round, and even then, just halves. The kinds of rounds on the video would just be a quick axe or maul swing, just to halve them to expose grain for drying. If the round is bigger than 10" I might manually split quarters, or 14", sixths. If bigger than that, I use a single wedge hydraulic splitter (Honda 160 w/2-stage pump) and just keep splitting until the biggest endgrain dimension is within the range of 8-10". For whatever reason, that little splitter hasn't ever found a round it can't split, even when vertical taking on 45" rounds. I think that two-stage pump really multiplies the energy. That splitter of yours would really speed things up I suppose, but I love to swing a maul most of the time, and the wood on this video looks perfect for that.

That thing is a beast! In your opinion, would you stay with the 6 way, since you can lower the 2 knives out of the way for the small stuff?

That's one awesome machine. I was wondering if you regret not buying Tony's ? I know it's all about timing and cash flow but sometimes you gotta bite the bullet for something that will probably happen anyway down the road. Thanks for the vidjas really enjoyed it.

I'll bet you loved running that 12-22 Chris. Question is - when are you getting yours? :)) Cheers!

Looks like your making toothpicks 😎🤪

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I want that splitter 👌

I like splitting that smaller rounds it makes good sizes

That set up would work perfectly with 3 guys and a oscillating 20-40 foot conveyor.

Just curious if you know the moisture content on that cherry. lot of pretty small stuff.

Thats a nice spilter hows pa doing these days

It looks like either side of splitter is user friendly what side you like best

Even just getting the 6 way for your machine .

So now Chris are you going to put a auto return valve and a Load table on your ultra?

I've paused it at 6:45 and noticed, just as others noticed in first 12-22 vid that there appears to be a lot of small pieces of wood being created. Is this created because the steel is so thick because of it's heave durable design? It appears a smaller piece of wood would traditionally be split in half is actually split into 3 pieces ( 2 normal size pieces and a trash piece). NVMD, I now see after 2 min later it appears to cause a lot of splintering when the 6-way is used on smaller wood. Makes sense.

I think you need one. Time is money therefore you could increase your throughput. Its a no brainer.

What's your opinion on the box wedge for the real big rounds?

Hi Chris, boy oh boy that 12-22 sure looks fast. However, looks to me like that 6-way, in 3-way configuration, is producing a lot of kindling. As the wedge is set down low, you seem to be getting a lot of over-ride too! Am sure a man of your calibre could fine-tune the wedge position so that you could get better firewood. I know you are happy with your current splitter, but is this the first sign of a possible upgrade? If it were me, I would want the Honda engine though. Bo is back tomorrow ah! Don’t put him on that splitter 😱 not unless you are prepared to collapse with exhaustion 🥵🥵🥵. He has to earn that $35/hour…..and he really is the ‘machine.’ Len (Devon 🇬🇧).

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It looks strange to me because I use a boiler and most of the beginning splits I’d just halve. But I know every one has their own specs. Nice machine tho. Stay warm. No frost bite!

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If you raise the wedge all the way up and only use the bottom part, would that make bigger pc's? (nice machine)

hey chris look up locknlube attachments for you grease gun makes lubbn a one handed operation

So. Now that you have some seat time. Ultra or 12-22?

A little more practice and you will get a hang of using the six way wedge with your blocks. Not sure if you alone can keep up to it though. Nice day for splitting firewood.

Man that put out a crap load of wood. The biggest limitation seems to be how quickly you can clear the splits away from the base of the machine so that you have working room.

That splitter pushes the pile vs your other splitter where the pile moves it back