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Look at the size of this bad boy. You think I want to be carrying these things around all day
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Forget about it. When I've got a lot of wood to split in a small amount of time, my weapon of
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choice is a gas-powered hydraulic log splitter. This is a massive hydraulic log splitter. It's
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It's got 27 tons of power and of course it can handle logs about 24 inches long and up
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to 24, even 30 inches in diameter. It's a massive log splitter
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You know, before you get started using one of these hydraulic log splitters, and really
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this is true with any tool, just stop and get out the owner's manual and read the safety instructions
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The more complicated the tool, the more things that can go wrong and the more seriously you
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you can probably get injured. The first thing we gotta do is turn the engine on because that's what gives the power to the hydraulic pump
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Now we gotta come and pick up a log. Lift the log up, put it against the stop
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and then turn the hydraulic jack on Tell me that isn sweet Remember what I said earlier about having to lift
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these big things and carrying them over and setting them on the log splitter? That's crazy
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Too much hard work. With this particular hydraulic log splitter, guess what? You can tilt it up
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Oh, check that out. And now instead of the piston going sideways, it goes up and down
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You just roll one of your logs over into position, put it here, turn that engine on, hit the
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valve and away you go. I'm Tim Carter for AskTheBuilder.com. If you want to discover more home improvement tips, go to AskTheBuilder.com