Splitter Axles

[svk]

Does anyone know what axle size is commonly used on typical splitters in the 22-27 ton range?

I am now seriously looking at buying one but will immediately be swapping to high speed hubs and wheels as I think it's insane that these can't be pulled down the highway.

Thanks

 

[USMC615]

Or option B...see if ya can't find a decent shape, old 5x10, 6x12 trailer and haul it. Load it/unload it on/off the trailer with a come-a-long and chain if you have to. Then you can load the truck bed and a large part of the trailer with splits. Little food for thought...

 

[svk]

Or option B...see if ya can't find a decent shape, old 5x10, 6x12 trailer and haul it. Load it/unload it on/off the trailer with a come-a-long and chain if you have to. Then you can load the truck bed and a large part of the trailer with splits. Little food for thought...

That's too much farting around. My two places are 40 miles apart and I am not humping a 600# piece of steel on and off a trailer twice in a day.

 

[chucker]

mine is 1" replaced the bearings last spring after 20 years... tires are 470x8 4 ply and no problem pulling it all over and often more than 40 miles 1 way! instead of axle caps put bearing buddies on the axle! a little grease goes a long way!

 

[USMC615]

That's too much farting around. My two places are 40 miles apart and I am not humping a 600# piece of steel on and off a trailer twice in a day.

But it provides the 'all too necessary' excuse to the 'ol lady to end up with a trailer. Lol.

 

[svk]

But it provides the 'all too necessary' excuse to the 'ol lady to end up with a trailer. Lol.

Don't need excuses. I "want" a tandem dump trailer but personally cannot justify it for a hobby.

 

[svk]

mine is 1" replaced the bearings last spring after 20 years... tires are 470x8 4 ply and no problem pulling it all over and often more than 40 miles 1 way! instead of axle caps put bearing buddies on the axle! a little grease goes a long way!

I understand they are normally 1" axles. Would these be the 4" width probably?

 

[ChoppyChoppy]

If your going to that trouble put some leaf springs and 15" wheels.

I see many sled/ATV trailers around here with tiny maybe 12"-14" tall tires. Often seen on the roadside with missing wheel/hub or blown tires, all from those little things doing probably 2000 revs per mile, vs maybe 600 revs for a normal tire.
.. so equal to doing about 175mph.

 

[chucker]

I understand they are normally 1" axles. Would these be the 4" width probably?

yes steve! they are 43/4" at the widest on the face of the tires... you could go with a 5.70/80 inch on a 12" tire/rim.. plenty good to tow at 120 mile range one way! most splitters are not much heavier than a 12' boat/trailer with the same sized tires......

 

[Cody]

If you can't find a true axle, you can buy spindles and hubs from northern tool.

 

[svk]

If you can't find a true axle, you can buy spindles and hubs from northern tool.

Yes but that's getting quite expensive and intensive for what should be an easy upgrade.

 

[ChoppyChoppy]

Aside from the tires/axle, the fact that the things have no suspension also make they not very towable.

My Dad built a splitter with normal 15" wheels and car tires, but the axle is just welded to the frame. It's not too bad to tow around town or a few miles down the highway, but it sure bounces around on any bump in the road.

For something to regularly be towed 80 miles, I would either just put it on a cheap trailer, or put a normal trailer axle under it along with the leaf springs or torsion springs.

 

[blades]

2nd on the sprung axle- That is the biggest drawback to all most all of them. Bit of a rough road or one small bump at over 40mph - its airborne and trying swap positions with the tow vehicle.

 

[svk]

I have pulled rental splitters all over the place up here before I got into hand splitting without a problem. Of course they had 14" car wheels too which helped dampen the road bumps.

 

[chucker]

steve if you go to a "st195" trailer tire you can drop the tire pressure in them also to work at 25 pounds ! this will still give the tire face a level full road surface with the reduction of weight the tire was meant for! it only takes 20 pounds of tire air pressure to keep the tire set to the rim bead! that's all I run on my 8x16 wheel house and it weighs in at 2200 pounds without springs.... full tire pressure with a 600 pound will wear the center off the tire!!

 

[mga]

View attachment 471144 I built mine on a small boat trailer. never had any problems

 

[svk]

@mga that is awesome.

DHT confirmed theirs are 1"x4" axles. Only trouble is everywhere I checked by me DHT are sold out. Not that I am in a hurry to purchase though.

 

[NSMaple1]

Mine has spindles, welded to the tank. It has lights for towing also.

I don't think I would go too far too fast on a highway though - thing is so short & narrow I would be worried about it going upside down if I hit a pothole. Or unexpectedly going into a speed wobble. The guy I bought it from though said he towed it home from HD with no problem. That would have been a 3/4 hour trip on a divided 110km./hr highway. I'm not trying that though. Most I hit with it is about 35mph, behind the ATV, on a smooth streatch of our woods road.

It's a Surge Master (Wallenstein) 22 ton h/v. - the 26HVGC-L one on this page:

http://www.surgemaster.ca/splitters.php

Huh, I guess it's rated at 20T now - the sticker on mine says 22T.

 

[svk]

The other thing I am going to do is put a receiver hitch on the back of my trailer so I can run a "train" on the logging roads by my cabin. Then I don't even need to unhook the splitter, just drive up to the tree and throw the splits into the trailer.

 

[NSMaple1]

That's exactly what I do at times also, welded a hitch on the trailer the spring before last. Saves a lot of time. Puts quite a load on the ATV sometimes though if I try to haul a load out with the splitter hooked up too - those smaller tires seem to present some resistance over rough ground.