3-Point Hitch 3Pt Hitch Log Splitter

[dlearyfun]

This is a stab in the dark but I am hoping someone out there might have experience with using a hydraulic log splitter on a Mahindra. I am hoping maybe on a model 4110. Any experience, good or bad would be helpful. There are many brands and prices seem to range over a sizable area. I expect I will be felling, cutting and splitting 7 or 8 cords or more a year. I have done some research already and opinion seems about even on using tractor hydraulics versus buying a splitter with its own motor. One of my original justifications for buying my tractor was the ability of using the tractor to do many jobs instead of buying a bunch of seperate machines. For this reason, I am leaning heavily on the side of 3 pt hitch splitter.

 

[SPYDERLK]

You will pay as much or more for a decent 3ph splitter as you would for an equal capacity standalone. The standalone will have a speed advantage because they use 2 stage pumps that sense pressure and shift to a lower GPH delivery when you encounter a tuf log, but delivery hi gpm otherwise. They work very well and they dont tie up your tractor. The only disadvantage is youve got another engine to look after - stabilized gas should be used just before letting it sit idle over the summer to prevent the carburetor from gumming up.
larry

 

[Worthington]

I use one quite often, its about as fast as the standalone ones. We sell them for around 900 at my store.

 

[Slacker]

I've got a Northern Fool 3 pt model. It's worked fine so far. My tractor hydraulics power it fine. I like being able to adjust how high up I want it.
It does lower my turning radius by a good margin, but no more than the backhoe does. I like mine, glad I didn't get the standalone. Takes up too much space, tires to go flat, another small engine to maintain etc.


BTW, I grew up in Embden, ME, not far from Monson. Is there still a big rock quarry in Monson?

 

[ToadHill]

I like the stand alone type, I've had both but with the stand alone I can roll the chunks into the tractor bucket , lift the bucket to a hight that allows me to just swing the piece onto the splitter and toss the split pieces into the other end of the bucket. Then dump the split pieces into my truck for transport.

It saves a lot of morning back problems for these old bones.

 

[dlearyfun]

Just wanted to thank all of you who offered advice. Much appreciated. I have learned to depend on this forum as my dealer is worthless and Mahindra could offer no help the one time I contacted them. I remember the old saw "Ask the man who owns one" It works.
Slacker, if slate is rock and I believe it is, then the answer to your question is YES. There is a slate quarry here in Monson. Used to be a dozen of them. Slate is very prevalent in the area. You see it along the roads near town. My kitchen sink is made of slate. My barn is filled with slate. Slate everywhere.

 

[Mustangous]

I use one quite often, its about as fast as the standalone ones. We sell them for around 900 at my store.

any more details?

 

[WilliamBos]

any more details?

You can get a WX 310 for just under $900. We have one, but have yet to use it. Will soon tho'.

WX300 Series Wood Splitters - Wallenstein

Will

 

[Mustangous]

You can get a WX 310 for just under $900. We have one, but have yet to use it. Will soon tho'.

WX300 Series Wood Splitters - Wallenstein

Will

wow... wouldnt that(a 3pt)be the same price for a stand alone unit with a pump and a gasoline motor?

 

[WilliamBos]

no, the ones I have seen are almost double that. And we also want to try and eliminate our older gas stuff as it wears out, so this worked out great.

Will