The very first Woodcracker® was a pair of “splitting pliers” for strong wood, which the founder of Westtech had originally built for his father. At that time, the machine went by a different name, and it was built for carrier vehicles with an operating weight of 11 tons. Today’s equivalent is the Woodcracker® W820 heavy-duty wood splitter, whose pliers open as wide as 32 inches and which delivers 28½ tons of splitting force.

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