Features:

  • For logs up to 18 in. long x 8 in. wide
  • Powerful hydraulic ram builds up to 10 tons of driving force
  • Log cradle prevents split wood from falling. Wheel size (inch): 2.48
  • Durable steel construction. Other features: wheels for easy portability
  • Full 2-year warranty
  • No gas, oil or cords
If an Old Lady can split wood, so can YOU !

I bought this for an elderly woman, who has a very small woodstove and needs log pieces to be thicker than kindling but thinner than the pieces she gets from her wood guy. We put it INSIDE her house, on a big piece of cardboard. She splits the large pieces easily, breaking them into two or three smaller sections. I have played with it, and have handled some very big, stringy pieces of wood, and it works great. My little old lady, (all of 5 feet tall, with Parkinsons shaky hands), gets immense satisfaction from hearing the CRACK, when the initial split happens. The pumping action takes very little strength, until the split is about to happen. All it takes is one or two good pushes - you can lean into the push, using body weight instead of arm strength - and then CRACK, the hard work is done and the pumping gets effortless again. This is a really great piece of equipment. THANK YOU, whoever designed this thing!

Better than expected, a little work-horse of a splitter and easy to use, for any size or age

BEST PURCHASE EVER! I was faced with 3+ cords of wood to split by hand, on a gigantic tree we took down, turns out it was white oak, and it was KILLING me. Bought this 4 weeks ago for my little self (5-2") and already have split about 2 cords. No assembly needed. Heavy as heck, the tiny wheels don't do much for that, so use it on a flat surface where it is easy to move around, or plan to have a dolly to move it over rough terrain. Pros: cracks almost anything, easy and safe to use (hydraulic, so you control it), does not require much strength to operate (but moving pieces in and out gives you the work-out you might like, and some pieces need finishing with a maul), takes up little space (I easily pull it to a corner of the deck and cover with a tarp). Cons: If you do more than about 6 pumps with the low power and nothing happens, STOP and reposition the wood. You can bend or break this, so start slow and find its limits. Also, limited to 18 inches or less, and if shorter than 14 inches, it does not help much. So, some pieces just don't work, but out of 120 I have placed on there, about 12 did not fit. Consider buying a Kindling Cracker for splitting into smaller pieces, that also came in very handy. For the cost of renting a gas spliiter for a weekend, you have your very own. Wish I had bought this years ago!!

Excellent value!

talk about ease of splitting. just went through a half cord with zero issues. Handles could be a little longer to alleviate back strain, other than that, this thing gets it done. Excellent value!

Sun Joe is a fine machine, capable of easily handling the hardest woods

I don't use wood as a primary heat source like many others. I have a fireplace that I use occasionally, and a fire pit that I use more often. I had a large cord of wood dropped off and stacked recently from a new supplier. It was the hardest, most solid wood I've ever handled, and cut in very thick chunks. My axe and hatchet just bounced off the wood, and I just didn't want to rely on a maul. I researched various and wide ranging options. I couldn't justify purchasing a gasoline powered splitter for the few times a year it would be used. I looked at many electric log splitters, but the reviews were far too spotty, depending on they type of wood being split. Manual Hydraulic splitters seemed to offer a good mix low price, low maintenance, and reliability when faced with extremely hard wood and knots. The packaged arrived quickly, but the box was in rough shape with large holes punched through - and no wonder as this is a heavy beast. I unpacked the Sun Joe, and except for one of the cradle arms being bent significantly, the machine was was in tact. There was virtually no assembly save for the handles. I picked a chunky log from the pile, positioned it in the machine, and started pumping the handles. Once the face of the jack hit the wood, the left handle (faster speed) stopped dead. I gave a few pumps with the right lever (higher pressure), and the wood popped and cracked loudly as it was forced apart. I split about three armfuls of kindling and rightly sized fireplace logs in about 15 minutes or so without being winded or breaking a sweat.

No motor, no problem. Really fun and useful splitter.

Love this. Just did a big job and cut down 6 nearly dead 40 year old alder trees. They’re in between hardwood and softwood and we’re pretty dry. However I was able to easily exceed size limits and split some huge logs with it. It’s fun and works very well. One trick I realized was when I cut logs too short for piston to extend, I would just lay down a sledgehammer head to extend the reach and then split it. Love that my kids could help split big logs safely and love that it’s not another motor to maintain.

BUY THIS NOW

.... no seriously, if you are looking for a log splitting solution that the whole family can participate in, this is it! I bought one of those expensive Leveraxe's because they made splitting wood look easy but the 150 year old white oak I have didn't cooperate. We looked into renting a hydraulic splitter for an afternoon just to get it all done but then my boyfriend started looking at the price of buying one. The gas powered ones were still a little pricey but this one was perfect and I had some Amazon gift cards from Christmas burning a hole in my pocket. We took this out of the box and tried it out right away. There's no assembly required other than loosely inserting the handles into it which is no biggie. My boyfriend and I took turns cracking these oak logs and in about 40 minutes we had the pictured pile done. Anyone in your house should be able to split wood with this thing and much more safely than swinging an axe hoping that the wood doesn't damage anything or anyone as it flies off the stump.

Works well, much easier than hand splitting

My hubby loves this and I do too! He doesn't mind keeping a fire going more often and longer now that he's not splitting wood by hand any more. From what I hear when he tells friends about it, I'm sure he's probably sold a few more for the company that makes them

My husband is very pleased with his new "toy"!

I bought this for my husband, and he has been very pleased with his log splitter. It is light weight compared to big electric splitters. It does NOT need electricity. It can be folded up and stored in a small space. It is easy to move to wherever he is working. He says I did "good" choosing this new toy for him to play with!

Try it, it does work.

Go to YouTube, watch the videos, get a good laugh, I certainly did. It is the most ridiculous looking thing I ever saw. Reminded me of one of those crazy exercise things where you swing your arms. But I decided, what the heck, I'll give it a try, And I'll be darned if it doesn't work like a champ. I have been splitting an elm tree I had aging for about a year. It has not met a log (provided it fit) it could not split. Some over 14" in diameter. And yea, it is a workout for your arms so the exercise part was not too far off base. My wife even drags it out and uses it by herself. I think it works best with 2 people, one manning the levers and one wrangling the logs. The videos have good tips (don't let the jack go back farther than necessary, don't let the log get caught on the supports, etc). It is not fast. But it beats swinging an ax and is less scary than the gas powered ones.

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