3pt splitter

[PhysAssist]

Lovejoys are cheap and considered a wear Item on hydraulics. Just like belts, or chains and sprockets, etc. IF you check them every once in awhile, before the rubber is totally gone, you can get by just replacing the $2 spider...

What made you decide on the troybuilt over a speeco huskee from TSC???

I know they are real similar in price and specs, but havent followed them in awhile to know what makes them different.

As to the rest of the thread, my preference is a stand alone. I use the tractor and trailer with the wood in it, would be hard to do with the splitter on the back. But that isnt the main reason. Speed is. It takes a good sized tractor to be able to have the hydraulics that a small stand alone has. The OP talking about a MX5100 would only be about equal in speed to a stand alone. But a stand alone runs a small $100 motor that sips fuel.

Only way I would even consider a 3PH would be one with a stand alone pump and/or a regen valve. And by the time you add a PTO pump, the cost of the splitter is now as much as a stand alone model.

But its all preferance. If you dont want to maintain another small engine, and dont worry about going slow, then save a few bucks and get a 3PH.

For us, the 0% financing for a year was a balance shifter, because otherwise they ARE very similar, though not identical. Now that it's a couple of years later, I don't recall what the other factors were that made us go to Lowes.

Thomas

 

[crazyal]

Lovejoys are cheap and considered a wear Item on hydraulics. Just like belts, or chains and sprockets, etc. IF you check them every once in awhile, before the rubber is totally gone, you can get by just replacing the $2 spider...



What made you decide on the troybuilt over a speeco huskee from TSC???

I know they are real similar in price and specs, but havent followed them in awhile to know what makes them different.

As to the rest of the thread, my preference is a stand alone. I use the tractor and trailer with the wood in it, would be hard to do with the splitter on the back. But that isnt the main reason. Speed is. It takes a good sized tractor to be able to have the hydraulics that a small stand alone has. The OP talking about a MX5100 would only be about equal in speed to a stand alone. But a stand alone runs a small $100 motor that sips fuel.

Only way I would even consider a 3PH would be one with a stand alone pump and/or a regen valve. And by the time you add a PTO pump, the cost of the splitter is now as much as a stand alone model.

But its all preferance. If you dont want to maintain another small engine, and dont worry about going slow, then save a few bucks and get a 3PH.

I really only have myself to blame. The dampening insert had worn out and the metal legs of the coupler were hammering on each other. I thought that I could just split the last couple of pieces. Nope.

 

[EddieWalker]

What made you decide on the troybuilt over a speeco huskee from TSC???

I know they are real similar in price and specs, but havent followed them in awhile to know what makes them different.

The troybilt splitter has the Honda engine, and the others have Briggs or something worse. The most important thing for me when buying something with a small engine is how easy it is to start. Honda is always at the top of that list and in my opinion, one of the best small engine makers out there by a large margin.

Eddie

 

[LD1]

I thought some of the current huskee's were using hondas??

I dont have any issues with the briggs motors though. At least the experience I have had with them, they seem to be pretty good. But you certainly cant go wrong with the honda either.

 

[TomSeller]

The troybilt splitter has the Honda engine, and the others have Briggs or something worse. The most important thing for me when buying something with a small engine is how easy it is to start. Honda is always at the top of that list and in my opinion, one of the best small engine makers out there by a large margin.

Eddie

GX series?