Kubota Woodsplitter/widowmaker

skent · May 23, 2001

Bird,

My Uncle had one of those too. He used it on the back of a 1951 Willies Pick up. I remember it well. My cousin holding his foot on the gas, my uncle feeding the logs, and me picking up the pieces(wood that is). Between using that thing and the 2 foot dia. saw blade/tile table that was powered off the tractor side pulley, It's truly a miracle no one ever got killed let alone lose a limb. Tilt saw is still sitting up in the hog pen, and there its gunna stay!

Steve

fishman · May 23, 2001

My brother-in-law uses one of those on the back of his Allis Chalmers WD-45. Gives me the absolute willies. Four kids and one more on the way . . . you just gotta question some folks' judgement.

Knight9 · May 23, 2001

Ok...at the risk of being mobbed here /w3tcompact/icons/blush.gif...I just saw an almost identical unit being demo'd at our local Farm show here. I'm having problems seeing the danger in them. The PTO was turning sooooooo slowly and the conical bit was doing all the work....gradually pulling the wood onto the bit and splitting it. I actually thought it looked pretty good. The only things I didn't like were (1) that the wood does not split as cleanly as a splitter does it and won't stack as neatly and (2) it seemed sooooo slow!!! I know they look kind of dangerous...but if you operate them at a VERY low speed as the salesman was....In fact he indicated and it was even in their brochure that they are safer than splitters as you don't have that quick split/flyout issue to deal with. Am I missing something???

Kevin

scotd1 · May 23, 2001

"you just gotta question some folks' judgement." Are you talking about using the woodsplitter, having more kids or, I would assume, both?

fishman · May 23, 2001

Scotd1,

Funny! /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif Your assumption is correct.

Knight9,

Very slow operation might be all right, but even at low motor rpm, say 1000, the rear pto would still be turning at about 200 rpm. My arm can't rotate 360 degrees three times a second without damage. Ouch!

Knight9 · May 23, 2001

Maybe the model I saw had some sort of reducing gear in it. Honestly you could pick a spot on the screw head and follow it easily as it turned around. It was VERY slow. Did I mention it was extremely slow!!! Too slow for me to think about doing much wood with it so I moved on. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

Kevin

HR_Mutt · May 31, 2001

treeboone
It's been 9 days since we heard from you.Time to shut down that awsome L4610 and give us an update/w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif
regards
Mutt

Anonymous Poster · May 31, 2001

Hi All,
re: the screw type wood splitter. I have five acers in Massachusetts. In the seventies and eighties
I was on a strictly wood economy; for both heat and hot water in the house. ( two stoves,15-20 cords
a winter). I had one of the screw type splitters on my one-ton International Harvester pick-up.
I've got hundreds of hours using "the screw"!!! IMHO, it was without a doubt the BEST splitter
I.ve ever used. Reasons: 1, It did indeed relolve very slowly, nothing happened quickly!!, safe.
There was never a time that things were filpping around. 2, there is a 'kill switch' near your hand
or foot at all times. 3, power!!, knots, root balls, tree jounts, were no problem at all. The power-
torque comes from the design, ie: the Screw not the driving device. 4, ease of operation: since
the 'screw' was only 12-15 inches off the ground lifting was kept to a minimum. I just rolled or held
the log ( 2" to 2' ) up to the the screw and when to grabbed; just step back and watch. Yes, it was
sometimes necessary to use a mawl to knock a log loose, but only one in a hundred.................
5, One man operation, quick, quiet..........
Well then, a few years back I got my 2710 and have been looking ever since for a screw splitter
to fit my PTO. By all means, if one is just going to hang on the wall for a decoration, CALL ME.

Phil B

treeboone · May 31, 2001

Phil, if you want to post your email, I will contact you.

Mutt, Has it been 9 days??? seems longer to me since I am still waiting. The backhoe is still not forthcoming. The dealer volunteered to deliver for the holiday weekend, then would take it back to town when the hoe arrived for the hoe install. As much as I wanted to play, I declined, knowing the inconvience to the dealer, and I would rather have an 'I owe you one" saved for later. I have since told them if the hoe doesn't arrive by the 31st (today) that I would take them up on the offer. We shall see. Ill keep you all posted. Regards

HR_Mutt · May 31, 2001

treeboone
yes, that was very considerate of you/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif.If it helps at all... you'll be verrry happy with that rig!
regards
Mutt
p.s. sounds like you've found a great dealer also!