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I have a Super Split , fly wheels with rack and pinion running the pushplate.
Cycle time is 2 sec, down and back. Real fast, very strong and well built. Highly recommend .
Hope this helps,
Bill
Farmer,farmer11 said:
I have a Super Split , fly wheels with rack and pinion running the pushplate.
Cycle time is 2 sec, down and back. Real fast, very strong and well built. Highly recommend .
Hope this helps,
Bill
I have one and love it. It is worth every penny. The production tables for them are also great.
I have modified mine quite a bit to make it even better.
I have modified mine quite a bit to make it even better.
SmokinDodge
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CUCV could you elaborate as to how the system works? I'm interested in the rack engage/disengagement, there is very little info on any of this.
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Here's a lenghty AS thread were a member built one: http://165.234.175.12/photos/splitter.jpg
Here's the manufacturer's website: http://www2.primushost.com/~logsplit/
Really neat concept. I don't want any where near one of those things, a two second cycle time!? That would work a man to death.
Here's the manufacturer's website: http://www2.primushost.com/~logsplit/
Really neat concept. I don't want any where near one of those things, a two second cycle time!? That would work a man to death.
SmokinDodge said:
Well lets see... There is a carriage at the front of the ram as any splitter. The rack acts as the cylinder to push the carriage forward. The rack is mounted on the ram on a pivot with a die spring under it to keep the rack off the drive pinion in the idle position. The operator lever when pulled through a three or four bar linkage presses a cam follower down onto the rack thus engaging the rack and pinion moving the ram forward. The cam follower goes into an overtoggle position thus the operator does not need to hold onto the lever any more. The forward cycle from there is auto cycle. When the ram gets to the end of cycle the cam follower is at the end of the rack and automatically releases and the rack is lifted off the pinion with the die spring. The carriage returns by spring force from a long spring attached to the carriage and the motor end of the splitter.
The "2 second" cycle is not as violent as it may seem, it is more like 1.8 seconds out and .2 seconds back. I took a quick video tonight when I split a cord for a bit of exercise after work. It looked to me like I was splitting pretty consistently at sub 3 second splits. Granted this is not always the case for large logs.
My best time to split a cord of 16" wood was 35 min. I have split 8 cord in a 8-9 hour day on several outings.
Well this was just a brain dump let me know if you want more info.
sedanman
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Sometimes my hydraulic splitter will hit a chunk it just won't split. How does the SuperSplit deal with anything it can't handle with one blow? I have split 30" rounds on my hydraulic splitter. I like the concept of the SuperSplit but it would have handle large rounds for me to get one...............will it?
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CUCV said:
That is an excellent write up, thank you.
Just a big arbor press with a spring return if I have interpreted the info correctly.
sedanman said:
It difficult wood the Supersplit is a bit like using an axe. The ram pushes forward and if the wood is difficult the flywheels loose speed thus a reduction of force. At this point the belts start to slip and you disengage the rack. Then you hit it maybe a few more time.
One might say, you would burn out the belts quick. I have 600+ cord on the unit I have now and it has the same belts on it too.
In general knotty wood is not very difficult for for the supersplit, it tends to pop open the wood instead of laboring though. The most difficult is the combination of stingy and knotty wood.
The limiting factor for the diameter of wood I can split is my back not the splitter. I have loaded my splitter many a time with my bobcat when I could not lift the log with two people.
I was at a woodsman show and saw them stall out a 35 ton splitter, after a bunch of beating they got the log off that splitter rolled the log over to a supersplitter with a 3.5hp briggs and split it with 3 hits.
I have not been disappointed by the performance of our Super Split in any wood thrown at it. Ours has the Robin 6.5 hp engine and the larger flywheels. The only thing in our operation that will beat it as far as production is our Multitek 2040 xp90 processor. One other thing you would appreciate is the ease of starting in the cold weather. There is no hydraulic pump to turn or thick oil try to push around. It really is a " 5 star " machine and worth every penny.sedanman said:
bottlefed89
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I have 4 supersplitters, 2 are older than I am. We use them commercially everyday, and they are worth every penny. I got a brand new one at the begining of November, it has the Robin engine, and I am sure it now has over 200 hours of use on it, no problems what so ever. When using them commercially you do have to keep a keen eye on maintenance, but trained help should be able to do this. I have an electric unit that has a 3/4hp electric motor that has been running day and night for the last few weeks, probably gets used 18 hours a lot of days, with the proper maintenance, and a decent operator, we don't have problems. We try not to run very rough wood through ours, I don't really think that is what they are designed for, though they will do it. Any time I've had to replace the rack it has bent when splitting very rough wood, though this has been rare. If you have the money, defenitely get the big wheels, the extra weights really helps. Only bad thing about the units is when you do break something, you pay pretty dearly for the parts. My only problems and complaints are probably due to a lack of educated help.
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I agree with Bottlefed as far as the intended use of the Super Split. A steady diet of nasty, knurly, knotted pieces would wreck any splitter out there. To take full advantage of the speed and production capabilities of the Super Split ,straight wood is the key.
We use ours to resplit the large chunks that come off the Multitek processor. We buy in processor type logs and make a lot of firewood without slowing up production with crap logs . Big chunks get pulled off the processor and resplit on the SS. Our customers like the consistent size we offer.
I agree with Bottlefed as far as the intended use of the Super Split. A steady diet of nasty, knurly, knotted pieces would wreck any splitter out there. To take full advantage of the speed and production capabilities of the Super Split ,straight wood is the key.
We use ours to resplit the large chunks that come off the Multitek processor. We buy in processor type logs and make a lot of firewood without slowing up production with crap logs . Big chunks get pulled off the processor and resplit on the SS. Our customers like the consistent size we offer.
Big Jim
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We have a super split that was purchased in 1993 .Replaced the brass wear plate a couple of times and a couple of motors.I now use it for resplits and splitting down kindling .No doubt about it is cycle time is blistering fast compared to our timberwolf.I feel a lot less tired the end of the day using the timberwolf than the supersplit.
You want a rice rocket or a road king is the comparison.
We have a super split that was purchased in 1993 .Replaced the brass wear plate a couple of times and a couple of motors.I now use it for resplits and splitting down kindling .No doubt about it is cycle time is blistering fast compared to our timberwolf.I feel a lot less tired the end of the day using the timberwolf than the supersplit.
You want a rice rocket or a road king is the comparison.
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