3pt woodsplitter vs Gasoline powered

[grsthegreat]

Uuumm this may seem a little too obvious but, if you don't have a separate log splitter, what is the wife supposed to do when you are out running around on the tractor?

She's carrying the splits and stacking them with the golf cart

 

[KennyG]

She's carrying the splits and stacking them with the golf cart

When that happens at my house I know it's time to wake up, quit dreaming and get to work.

 

[N8ghz]

This year I joined the 3-pt splitter crowd. My property with the trees is several miles from my home. I spend alot of time there and hope to build a cabin there soon so I can stay there occassionaly. I have a home-made splitter in my basement, near the wood burner. It has twin cylinders (3.25" each) and is very slow. It runs off of my 24vdc battery bank which is solar panel charged. It has served me well and even though slow, I can keep up and it's nice and warm while doing so. I just got tired of multiple handling of cut logs from the woods to home. I have 2 identical tractors at the woods. One has a home-built 60" front-end loader along with a Woods 750 backhoe. I got tired of removing/installing the backhoe to use the brush-hog or other impliments, hence the second tractor. I usually loose several trees a year due to wind or lightning. This year it was 4. I usually clean all that up and bring the logs home usually in the spring or even summer. This year I bought the TSC 3-pt splitter, so I can bring split wood home. I started running the splitter off of the rear hydraulics, but soon added a PTO pump for it. I now use the tractor hydraulics for my hydraulic chainsaws (I hate gas saws & electric ones have plastic gears) . As for hour meters or fuel consumption, I don't care about hours and fuel on the diesel is neglidgable in exchange for a saw that runs when you want it to, don't break and is quiet, as is the tractor most of the time ( i can hear the radio while splitting) . I like this setup, as I can put the tractor where the fallen trees are and cut 'em up and split 'em where they lay. I then either gather the splits up in one of my trucks or the front-end loader if I want some wood there ( I do have a building there with a wood-burner). I still use the solar powered splitter to make kindling at home.

I scarfed-up a used TSC/Speeco 3-pt splitter also. I am currently in the process of modifying it. So far I have changed it to split on the beam-end instead of off the cylinder and added a hydraulic saw and hold-down/mover along with 4" hydraulic wedge adjuster (4-way). I hope to finish it during this winter as I am running out of good weather working outside on it. This one will go with a dump-trailer (also building) and a conveyor from the splitter to the trailer....if I live long enough?

 

[jake98]

This year I joined the 3-pt splitter crowd. My property with the trees is several miles from my home. I spend alot of time there and hope to build a cabin there soon so I can stay there occassionaly. I have a home-made splitter in my basement, near the wood burner. It has twin cylinders (3.25" each) and is very slow. It runs off of my 24vdc battery bank which is solar panel charged. It has served me well and even though slow, I can keep up and it's nice and warm while doing so. I just got tired of multiple handling of cut logs from the woods to home. I have 2 identical tractors at the woods. One has a home-built 60" front-end loader along with a Woods 750 backhoe. I got tired of removing/installing the backhoe to use the brush-hog or other impliments, hence the second tractor. I usually loose several trees a year due to wind or lightning. This year it was 4. I usually clean all that up and bring the logs home usually in the spring or even summer. This year I bought the TSC 3-pt splitter, so I can bring split wood home. I started running the splitter off of the rear hydraulics, but soon added a PTO pump for it. I now use the tractor hydraulics for my hydraulic chainsaws (I hate gas saws & electric ones have plastic gears) . As for hour meters or fuel consumption, I don't care about hours and fuel on the diesel is neglidgable in exchange for a saw that runs when you want it to, don't break and is quiet, as is the tractor most of the time ( i can hear the radio while splitting) . I like this setup, as I can put the tractor where the fallen trees are and cut 'em up and split 'em where they lay. I then either gather the splits up in one of my trucks or the front-end loader if I want some wood there ( I do have a building there with a wood-burner). I still use the solar powered splitter to make kindling at home.

I scarfed-up a used TSC/Speeco 3-pt splitter also. I am currently in the process of modifying it. So far I have changed it to split on the beam-end instead of off the cylinder and added a hydraulic saw and hold-down/mover along with 4" hydraulic wedge adjuster (4-way). I hope to finish it during this winter as I am running out of good weather working outside on it. This one will go with a dump-trailer (also building) and a conveyor from the splitter to the trailer....if I live long enough?

I think if you went with a gas powered splitter, and a solar powered tractor, you'd be warmer in the long run..

 

[N8ghz]

I think the best bet would be to sell everything and move to Aruba and drink Samual Adams. It'd be much warmer in the long run.

 

[Jeff Lary]

Well I bought a splitter today at TSC it is a used / returned Husky 28 ton w/Honda 190 horozontal engine. It sold for $1,700 new it seems to be still new to me looks good and runs good the govener seems to gallop a little but It only ran for 4-5 cycles so maybe it will come out of it if it warms up.I bought it for $1,250.00 No warrenty though,.. and I did not see an owners manual I guess I will probably have to buy one.Well go ahead let me have it ?
Anybody got one like it?

 

[easygo]

I think you did good. Did they give any reason why it was returned?

 

[Jeff Lary]

No they were very tight liped.I am in hopes that someone bought it with the sole purpose of using then returning it.I figure he went home split a few coards then told them it was no good and wanted his money back ? This sort of thing evedently goes on a lot up here in Maine,according to Home Depot and Lowes. Is there a place on the web that I can get an ownere manual for that model ya think ?

 

[greg_g]

Is there a place on the web that I can get an ownere manual for that model ya think ?

Right here

//greg//

 

[Jeff Lary]

Right here

//greg//

Thanks but mine is not 3pt hitch it is a 28 ton tow behind w/ Honda 190cc Horazontal engine.