Hello from the Scottish Highlands.
I've been lurking on here for a few days picking up all the info on splitters and now it's time to show mine I think.
It uses a JCB ram driven by a JCB hydraulic pump off the PTO of my old paraffin Ferguson and if necessary I just lower it to the ground to put a heavy log on then lift it up again.
I find this a very easy way to work and I'm now looking at building a trailer version.
There isn't a great choice of splitters in the UK, I could buy a 30t PowerTek for $3900 or a 20t Ramsplitter (using cheaper components) for $2650. The big problem I see with commercial units, and it has been mentioned by others , is the limited space for working when the unit is horizontal, then bending down struggling with heavy rounds in the vertical position.
I reckon I could build a good heavy trailed version model of the one I have using a Honda GX270 9hp motor, barnes 16gpm pump, new hyd.oil tank, etc for just over $2000, I already have steel, wheels (750x16), .75 tonne suspension units and a few more bits.
Like others on here I just quarter really big rounds with the saw.
In the end there is never going to be a universal "best" splitter as every man has a different opinion and different ways of working.
I've been lurking on here for a few days picking up all the info on splitters and now it's time to show mine I think.
It uses a JCB ram driven by a JCB hydraulic pump off the PTO of my old paraffin Ferguson and if necessary I just lower it to the ground to put a heavy log on then lift it up again.
I find this a very easy way to work and I'm now looking at building a trailer version.
There isn't a great choice of splitters in the UK, I could buy a 30t PowerTek for $3900 or a 20t Ramsplitter (using cheaper components) for $2650. The big problem I see with commercial units, and it has been mentioned by others , is the limited space for working when the unit is horizontal, then bending down struggling with heavy rounds in the vertical position.
I reckon I could build a good heavy trailed version model of the one I have using a Honda GX270 9hp motor, barnes 16gpm pump, new hyd.oil tank, etc for just over $2000, I already have steel, wheels (750x16), .75 tonne suspension units and a few more bits.
Like others on here I just quarter really big rounds with the saw.
In the end there is never going to be a universal "best" splitter as every man has a different opinion and different ways of working.
