Why get stuck outside in the blistering cold chopping firewood for hours, laboring over the biggest tree you can find when you can have a Gas or Electric Log Splitter do all of the hard work for you? Before splitting be sure to consider whether your wood is green, freshly cut and still moist, or seasoned and dryer. A log splitter with 6 - 10 tons of splitting power will split seasoned logs of about 12 - 14 inches in diameter, or green logs of about 5 - 6 inches diameter. Log splitters with 31 - 35 tons of splitting power will split seasoned logs up to about 36 inches in diameter and green logs of about 24 - 28 inches.