Hi Norm
I have had a ROYOBI five ton electric machine for the last 3 years and split dry Jarrah with it. I have found that there are very few logs that it wont split and need chainsaw cut to help (Like one in a trailer load) I have split wood for myself and family members and would estimate that the total of wood split to by the machine to be in excess of 15 ton and it is still going fine. I have made a steel push piece to speedup the process as the ram moves slow and takes time to get to the log. From memory I paid $248.00 for it at Bunnings and I saw the same looking one with a different brand name in it there for about the same money last week. For an old fella like me it makes the job easy and even the kids who thought that I had bought a toy now borrow it to cut their wood.
A Seven tonne machine would be that much better I would think
