Landyrich Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 This will be used in my garage to fire up the heater maintain my Landy, so therefore is Landy related ? Anyhow - I'm looking to purchase a powered log splitter for home use Anyone got any tips or "don't go near " comments please ? I have a splitting maul axe which is quite good with me behind it, but I'm looking for somthing on an occasional basis to sort out the more stubborn bits Many thanks in advance for your replies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CwazyWabbit Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Are you thinking electric or petrol powered. Having used both types I find the petrol powered ones far less likely to send the split wood into orbit, I assume it's down to the torque characteristics of the motor. That said the petrol ones are a bit antisocial in a residential environment..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landyrich Posted January 21, 2014 Author Share Posted January 21, 2014 Probably electric, as I also have some neighbours not too far away , although I have just been reading about a Sealey foot operated one which gets good reviews ? Will probally only get used a handful of days a year depending on when and what wood comes my way , I did look at hiring one , but it's £100 a day !!! So if I buy one I have it for the long term and 2-3 hires will pay pretty much towards the cost, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Countax Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 i had one of the 'Handy' horizontal electric ones where the hydraulic pump is on the end of the motor. After just a year or so's use i found the shock of the wood cracking sent a shock wave through the hydraulics and started to break the casting on the electric motor. When i enquired about spares to repair it the shop said it was a common problem and that spares were no longer available. My neighbour rented a petrol driven one and it was really effective. if i were in the market for one, i would go for a vertical petrol driven model. Nigel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Smith Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Was talking to the importers of DR equipment a while back. It's a pity that the stupid EU health and safety police won't let them import these. http://www.youtu.be/usk0cV0nD1g Why cant I paste a proper link had to type it in ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CwazyWabbit Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 I do wonder how well that type works on a gnarly piece of oak though.... It's annoying how all log splitters sold in this country require two hands to operate leaving you to support the wood precariously or hope it doesn't move. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Smith Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 The rep reckoned that with the heavy flywheel it can cope with pretty much anything you can put in it. But of course they use nice soft straight grained stuff in the video, so unless someone's going to the states to try one we'll never know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CwazyWabbit Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 My preference is for vertical log splitters, mine means I can sit down at while splitting and it reduces lifting required for large pieces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookie64 Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 i tryed one of these the other year at our local chainsaw festival and thought it was fantastic, easy to use and not too much energy used up http://www.logmatic.co.uk/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookie64 Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 at the show they had an old car tyre on its side filled with logs end on, this meant that you could just go crazy and split away without pieces flying off or falling over, it also means you can keep splitting smaller and smaller everytime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CwazyWabbit Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 Did they have any stubborn pieces cookie64? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landyrich Posted January 22, 2014 Author Share Posted January 22, 2014 I did you tube these also, but it seemed they were splitting dry crispy wood with um, which is fine if your lucky enough to have a pile of that, But I'm interested on wet knarly stuff ready to be seasoned for next year really I have looked at a Sealey type, which is basicly a 8 tonne foot operated bottle jack with a wedge on the top, there cheap, and simple but just wondering how effective they were ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CwazyWabbit Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 I found the generic cheap electric ones to be surprisingly good for what they are (if you ignore the near death experiences from flying wood). They will cope with quite difficult bits but you will get bored with the speed of them and also be tempted to overload them, important spares seem to cost as much as a new splitter. The petrol one I have will split quicker than the electric and bigger lumps without seeming to be over loaded. Most of the parts are generic hydraulic parts so can be easily replaced if they fail, however even though mine claims to be towable don't trust towing it anywhere more than the length of your garden. The bigger your splitter the more free wood you will get! Nobody wants the big gnarly pieces because they cant split them, the big petrol splitters will either split them or splinter them into kindling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookie64 Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 http://youtu.be/-E4GmFX3Puo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookie64 Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 it was just a general assortment of logs they had but i wouldnt say they were oozing wet or fully seasoned probably mid way there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffR Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 This is HFH's version: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CwazyWabbit Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 or if you want to go full redneck ..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickeyw Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 Jeez! The one Cookie64 linked to looks fookin lethal! In fact I am surprised that spinning so fast it didn't self destruct. The second one looks rather steam age, but more controlled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CwazyWabbit Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Do you think that arm sticking up at 45 degrees with something on the end is a guard on the first one? I wonder how often the axe heads come off these spinning wheels? There are quite a few different examples of these splitters on youtube, strangely all of the users still seem to have two hands Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluespanner Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 We built something like the last year http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SbYp0bVn4pI It's great until you hit a knot on one side, then it twists and busts the pusher bar off the rams. We used two opposed legs off a crane wagon and a gx390 to power it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 That's cool I wonder how the wearing blade for a digger bucket would work as the splitting blade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluespanner Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 That's what we wanted but couldn't find any cheap enough. So used 4x3/4 and ground the chamfers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Come to think of it, a tooth for a twenty tonne or larger machines bucket would do as the axe/maul/wedge part. Cheap and easily replaceable too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve b Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 That's a really good idea Lewis , I might look into that as I'm about to build a splitter cheers Steveb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 I was thinking one of the cast tip rock teeth, rather than a GP or clay tip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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