PowerKing 34-Ton 6.5HP Kohler Horizontal Kinetic Log Splitter

Received the Power King in an enclosed wooden crate yesterday. Opening the crate was a challenge due to the metal locking tabs and the freight company had rammed a fork in the lower corner but no damage was done. Be forewarned this brute is heavy in the crate so plan on 3+people to load and unload it. Now about the splitter, assembly was semi-easy and the and the china man tapered the landing foot on the wrong side so I needed to chamfer the opposite side in order to extend the leg all the way down. After assembly was finished and oil and gas was added starting was easy and the Kohler engine was not extremely loud and ran smoothly.

Now for the performance: This machine is a BEAST it slams the ram forward with tremendous force and slaughtered every twisted hickory log I put on the ram. It took me a few logs to get use to the ram lever because you just slam it forward as you release it but if you hold your hand on the lever past the forward movement you will get an extreme hand shake. All in all I love this splitter it is super fast and very heavy duty. The towing tongue was the perfect height for my Honda Rubicon ATV and the tires are good quality. Towing stability seems good even though the flywheels are on top the motor is set low. I highly recommend this log splitter. Its fun to use but so fast you don't have much time to enjoy its power.

Received the Power King in an enclosed wooden crate yesterday. Opening the crate was a challenge due to the metal locking tabs and the freight company had rammed a fork in the lower corner but no damage was done. Be forewarned this brute is heavy in the crate so plan on 3+people to load and unload it. Now about the splitter, assembly was semi-easy and the and the china man tapered the landing foot on the wrong side so I needed to chamfer the opposite side in order to extend the leg all the way... more

This is a great log splitter and it's really fast! Like 1 second per split fast. Instructions are worthless. Shipping crate took as long to open as the assembly! You literally are on your own to figure out what to assemble 1st since the instructions suck that bad. The fold down leg will have to be modified to be folded properly. You would think for the money that the importer of this obviously chinese made log splitter would spend a few minutes making sure the assembly instructions are coherent and that the parts actually fit together. I saw another review before I purchased saying the leg stand had to be modified and I was thinking "must have been a defect on their unit". Nope, same thing on mine. I literally had to cut the metal leg back on the opposite side (just like the previous reviewer said) in order for the folding leg to function. 2 bolts were stripped so I have to buy new ones. I hope it lasts but so far it does as promised. I put gas and oil in the engine and 1 pull it was running (gotta love Kohler). Definitely not road towable. I wish that the front hitch was a fold away like I've seen on other models (although it is removable).

This is a great log splitter and it's really fast! Like 1 second per split fast. Instructions are worthless. Shipping crate took as long to open as the assembly! You literally are on your own to figure out what to assemble 1st since the instructions suck that bad. The fold down leg will have to be modified to be folded properly. You would think for the money that the importer of this obviously chinese made log splitter would spend a few minutes making sure the assembly instructions are coherent... more