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White Outdoor 190cc Briggs & Stratton Logsplitter (Non-CARB Compliant) #24BF570L090
Studio : White Outdoors
by White Outdoors
Brand : White Outdoors
Model : 24BF570L090
Publisher : White Outdoors
Availability : This Item is currently Not Available
EAN : 0043033541706
UPC : 043033541706
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 2 reviews)
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Logsplitter with a 190cc Briggs & Stratton engine
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27 ton ram pressure
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19 second cycle time
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25" log capacity
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This item is not for sale in California/Non CARB compliant
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Product Description |
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White Outdoor, Log Splitter, 190CC Briggs & Stratton 675 Series Engine, 6.75 Ft.-Lbs. Gross Torque Rating, 27 Ton Ram Force, 25" Log Capacity/Splitting Length, Two-Stage Pump, Standard Automatic Cylinder Return With 19 Second Cycle Time, Cast-Iron Splitting Wedge, 3 Gallon Hydraulic Oil Reservoir, Standard Log Cradle, 1-7/8" Locking Ball Hitch & Jack Stand, Heavy Duty Coil-Wrapped Hydraulic Pressure Hose, Tail Light Kit, Pre-Assembled, 1.5 QT Fuel Tank, Horizontal/Vertical Operation, Oil Filter, Compact Design, Tapered Roller Bearings, 2 Year Limited Warranty, 1 Year Limited Warranty On Pump, Cylinder & Valve, Not Available For Sale In California. |
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A Great Machine---------------BUT! |
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I was tempted to give this product one star. This is a very well made and extremely functional piece of equipment. It only required minimal assembly and the instructions are for the most part quite clear. How does it function as a firewood splitter? OH MAMMA!!! I have used other splitters and this one is very, very capable. It even split some extremely knarly, and twisted 32" diameter maple that was so heavy that I had to use a peevee to move it under the ram. NOW FOR A WORD OF CAUTION!!! If you intend to move this splitter on the highway, in most states, that will require that it be licensed. Also, in most states that require a license plate you will also need a Certificate of Origin to get the license plate. It took me 6 weeks and over 30 hours of my time being batted back and forth from White Outdoor Equipment (the distributor) to MTD (the manufacturer) before I was able to secure the required documentation. As the retailer of the log splitter it should actually have been the responsability of Marketadvisory.com to supply said documentation, but they completely blew me off and absolutely refused to be of any assistance what-so-ever. By now I am totally frustrated and want to return the item, but repackaging and return frieght would have cost me almost half of the purchase price. SO BEWARE IF YOU INTEND TO LICENSE THIS SPLITTER FOR HIGHWAY TRAVEL. Hopefully someone at Marketadvisory will read this and make some corrections that will allow the purchaser to secure the paperwork necessary to get a plate for this otherwise wonderful piece of equipment. |
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Darn near perfect! |
It is still on the books, in Colorado, that you can hang a man for stealing your firewood.
There was good reason for this law a century or more ago. People in the San Juan mountains were living and heating their cabins only with iron stoves. I have friends here who were born in two room cabins in the 1940s by oil lamp and iron stove - no electricity - no running water - and, the only source of heat was the iron stove.
I've been using this machine for a couple of days. It took me only about three and a half hours to split up two 50 foot cottonwood trees (after first bucking them up with a chainsaw into about 20" sections).
Cottonwoods (especially dead and fallen cottonwoods) are an almost infinitely renewable energy resource in the San Juan Mountains. After over 40 years of splitting cottonwoods for fuel, by hand (sledge and wedge) I can honestly say that this is one of the best machines I've encountered for wilderness living. (Too bad Thoreau didn't have one. He might have written more, for us to share, about his epiphanies on Walden Pond).
Cottonwood is, perhaps, the toughest wood in the world to split. It isn't that dense, but, it is moist, tough, sinewy and gnarled. This machine handled even 30-36" sections of cottonwood with ease.
Ocasionally, with some of the bigger sections, the ram will pause for a second or two while hydraulic pressure builds up. However, the ram has an abundance of power to split even large trunk sections.
Whoever designed this machine really knew what they were doing. I understand it is built by MTD. White Outdoors put its name on it. That was enough for me. White Outdoors puts out really quality equipment packages. When they put their name on something, it works as you expect it to work.
I became convinced of this a few years ago when I bought one of their 10 hp snow throwers. If I can't keep my road clean out to the highway in the winter (with some weekend snows being over 4 feet) I don't get mail, delivery, or, anything else until June when the snow melts. The White snow thrower has steadily, and consistently, with little maintenance, kept my road clear through some mighty tough winters.
SOME DO'S: Do wear safety glasses. DO wear gloves with rubber palms and fingertips. DO wear a safety helmet (I use an aluminum forester's helmet (which you have to buy used 'cause they don't make 'em anymore)) - you tend to bang your head when leaning over to place logs on the stand during the vertical ram operations. DO lubricate the beam each use. I use a pressure sprayer to clean it after use. When it dries, I spray the slide beam with WD-40. It can also help to lubricate the point and sides of the wedge if it gets stuck in the wood (although the wood remover on the wedge works well also)). DO buy a cover for storing it outdoors. I bought a deluxe lawn tractor cover and it fits it, functionally, almost perfectly.
SOME DON'Ts: Don't buy a special hitch for it. When I got mine it had a 2" hitch instead of the 1 7/8ths in. hitch the specs relate. I use a "Rapid Hitch" on my Range Rover and it towed home just fine about 25 miles, and, it tows nicely around the woods.
This is a high quality machine. It is made in China, but, whomever manufactured it had excellent supervision. The welds are nice and tight and clean (VERY STRONG), and, the manufacturer used high quality shear pins and aviation bolts throughout its construction.
There are few improvements I could suggest for this machine. One would be a larger gas tank. The one that's on it (about 1.5 litres) is great for puttering around the yard, but, it's an annoyance when I am out in the woods and have to drag around a ten gallon gas can so as not to interrupt the therapy of my work outdoors.
The wedge is mounted with a shear pin, and, the pin is loosely mounted. This provides necessary flexibility for the wedge for stress releif when the ram applies maximum hydraulic pressure. However, it makes a rattling sound that is louder than the (well-mufflered) engine. Perhaps spring loading the shear pin on the wedge might reduce the rattling, and, still provide the necessary flexibility.
Another improvement would be a larger lock and pin hole on the hitch. You can only fit a small lock through the pin hole (there is enough material to drill it out for a larger hole (1/2" or 5/8")) - a larger lock would be more appropriate in the uncivilized region where I live - locks, like fences, make good neighbors, and, like the Old Man and the Sea, there is no point in providing needless temptation for others. |
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