Log splitter

[grainboy]

Nothing wrong with Screw type, but you have to understand wood, or it will bite you. !!

 

[Homesy]

https://www.fiskars.eu/products/gardening/axes/splitting-axe-xxl-x27-1015644

I find it faster than any mechanical splitter. By the time I have got the splitter set up, I have cut a barrow full and stacked them in the log shed with a good axe. If I have a spare few minutes I just pick up the axe and away to go.

 

[Gong Farmer]

https://www.fiskars.eu/products/gardening/axes/splitting-axe-xxl-x27-1015644

I find it faster than any mechanical splitter. By the time I have got the splitter set up, I have cut a barrow full and stacked them in the log shed with a good axe. If I have a spare few minutes I just pick up the axe and away to go.

Indeed, that's fine for a few minutes at a time. I have a small electric/hydraulic splitter and reckon it's no quicker than splitting with an axe but you don't need so many breaks. Sometimes I've done a two-hour stint without stopping, couldn't do that swinging an axe.

 

[caveman]

 

[devonbrion1998]

Tried most over the years, been in the firewood job for nearly 40yrs and my latest hydraulic auto-return machine knocks spots off of anything I have used or ever seen
Its a OMA Italian machine, fastest cycle ever and glides through anything on tick over, makes an equivalent Oxdale look like a child's Toy

 

[Pushdyke]

Has anyone used a kinetic type splitter are they any good.

 

[Av Gorritt]

Have to say that the screw type looks dangerous , and many people say they are , but , are there any actual figures for accidents - life threatening or otherwise ? Curious to know .

 

[mo!]

Have to say that the screw type looks dangerous , and many people say they are , but , are there any actual figures for accidents - life threatening or otherwise ? Curious to know .

We borrowed a home built ram type before we bought the screw type. No guarding, no oil pipe protection and single lever control.

I'll stick with a conical screw.

 

[Grassman]

Have to say that the screw type looks dangerous , and many people say they are , but , are there any actual figures for accidents - life threatening or otherwise ? Curious to know .

I am sure with common sense the screw type is safe. But for untrained and inexperienced a hydraulic ram type where both hands have to be used to operate the lever must be safer.

 

[carpenter1]

Tried most over the years, been in the firewood job for nearly 40yrs and my latest hydraulic auto-return machine knocks spots off of anything I have used or ever seen
Its a OMA Italian machine, fastest cycle ever and glides through anything on tick over, makes an equivalent Oxdale look like a child's Toy

I would be interested to know more about your splitter and video of it working?

 

[Tomr10]

I like doing it by had,however also got a home made splitter that used a leg of a jcb must be nearly 30 years old.

 

[devonbrion1998]

I would be interested to know more about your splitter and video of it working?

No Problem,I will get a vid for you soon and send to your phone if you like,

 

[Mr Mackay]

Well done Dad

 

[Wizzer]

Still contemplating all options.
Maybe I should be a politician.

 

[br jones]

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Still contemplating all options.
Maybe I should be a politician.
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So you dont want one really ,do you ?

 

[fermec860]

Have this available View attachment 831763View attachment 831764View attachment 831765View attachment 831766View attachment 831767

Have you still got this pm me if so

 

[Henery]

Bought a 22 tonne Rock machinery trailed splitter with its own petrol engine,, 12 months ago, works vertically or horizontal , excellent tool, highly recommended.

 

[Pond digger]

No Problem,I will get a vid for you soon and send to your phone if you like,

Could you put a video on here? Please.

 

[devonbrion1998]

Could you put a video on here? Please.

yep! let me try ad do that today...

 

[Scribus]

We borrowed a home built ram type before we bought the screw type. No guarding, no oil pipe protection and single lever control.

I'll stick with a conical screw.

They are not as easy to make properly and safely as many might think.