With more homeowners heating with wood than ever before, it seems only natural that a large number of them would decide to save money and cut and split their own wood.
This means they need the right tools to get the job done.
While chainsaws are most often used to fell trees and cut them into log sections these large logs then need to be split in order to fit and burn properly in a fireplace.
This means that the person splitting the wood either needs to do this task by hand using an axe or by using a gas or electric wood splitter.
Most homeowners who cut their own wood find electric wood splitters to be the perfect choice to meet their needs.
Why choose an electric wood splitter over a gas wood splitter? There are many reasons for this and here are a few of the benefits that electric wood splitters have over their gas counter parts.
Lighter.
In most cases, an electric wood splitter is lighter than gas splitters.
This makes them easier to move about and causes less stress and strain on the person moving them.
Quieter.
Just compare the amount of noise pollution caused by a gas chainsaw when compared to an electric one or a gas lawn mower when compared to an electric mower and you will have some idea to the difference in noise levels between a gas and electric splitter.
Cost Less To Use.
Gas is by no means cheap these days and gas wood splitters are not exactly fuel-efficient, which means that you are going to pay a bundle in fuel costs by the time you split enough wood to get through a long hard winter.
Electric splitters on the other hand really don't take them much power to run and best, of all you are not going to have to stop what you are doing to run and get more fuel.
No Harmful Exhaust.
Electric wood splitters also don't have any harmful exhaust unlike gas splitters that spew exhaust fumes the whole time they are running which means that you are adding a lot of pollution to the environment when using a gas splitter.
In addition, electric log splitters are easy to use and come in a variety of different sizes.
They do have one disadvantage however, and that is that electric splitters can't be run unless they are near an outlet, which limits where these types of splitters can be used.
When you consider that many homeowners are turning to wood heat and choosing to cut and split that wood themselves in order to save money on the cost of heating then it only makes sense that you would want a splitter that was economical to run while cutting the time spent in splitting wood drastically.
An electric log splitter is economical, easy to use, and saves time as well as money.
Is it any wonder that most homeowners prefer them over gas wood splitters?