Splitting headache!

[Newblue]

You might try Timberwolf splitters. They have two 3PT. models, one with an optional hydraulic log lift. They are pricey though. I bought a stand alone model (TW-5) with the log lift for $6500. The log lift option itself is around $500. The website is timberwolfcorp.com.

 

[hbaird]

Can someone give me an estimate of how big a log I can split with the TSC splitter? My tractor has 5 GPM 2000 PSI hydraulics rating. I have a small, 4 ton DR spitter that will handle up to 12 inches. I have some 36 to 40 inch diameter 20 inch long trunk sections I would like to power spilt.
Harold

 

[greg_g]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( What ever happened to customer service? )</font>

Agreed, I've never found that to be high on the TSC priority list. It always seems to me like their stores are grossly undermanned.

But your problem seems to be centered on one store manager. Both TSC stores here - and the TSC web page - have that Huskee TPH splitter marked $645. There is a corporate delivery truck that makes regular rounds of the stores. When one store asks another for some merchandise, it's simply put on that truck for routine route delivery. Only time freight's ever been mentioned to me is in the case of special order merchandise.

You might want to consider dealing with store #2 instead

//greg//

 

[millsnhills]

I hate to come in late with questions but here goes.

I have been looking at the 3Pt splitter as a lower cost alternative to the pull/tow behinds.

What is involved in getting the rear Hydraulics to work off of my JD4110.

What RPM must your tractor be running at to operate it properly.

Is it good or bad to run your tractor sitting still for long periods?

Thanks in advance.

 

[MarkV]

“In my old age, I don't see myself continuing this self-induced carnage” /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

I know exactly what you mean! After using horizontal and vertical splitters this is what I do now and like the best. I have a BushHog splitter that is 3pt horizontal only and found it too hard on my back while hooked to the tractor. Now I have set it up on a stand at waist height and bring the rounds to be split to it with the loader. With the loader bucket half full of rounds I roll them out of the loader onto the splitter and stack the split pieces in the other half of the loader bucket. After that I drive to my stack piles and unload. With two tractors one stays as a power source hooked to the splitter and the other as the transporter. Even when I was doing it with one tractor it worked fine but you had to stop the tractor to hook and unhook the long hydraulic lines I had on the splitter. Very little bending and lifting this way and my back appreciates it.

MarkV

 

[greg_g]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I hate to come in late with questions but here goes. )</font>

Yeah, it never hurts to start your own thread in cases like this. But the answer is short. Unless your 4110 is fitted with remote rear hydraulic couplers, you won't be able to use a TPH splitter. If yes, then maybe you can repost the other questions in your own thread.

//greg//

 

[dsutt]

This thread made me register so I could post my $0.02 about splitting wood. Yup, it's a pain alright. Like many others I started with a maul, then a rented splitter and finally my own. Recently I upgraded to a tow-behind with a 4-way head on it. It's made by American MSR and is much better built than the TSC brands - but of course cost 3x as much too. I welded 4 more wedges on to make an 8 way and it's awsome how with one stroke, a 12" log becomes 8 and you are on to the next.
I solved the lifting problem by buying a wagon running gear for $150, building a bed on it with sides and filling it with rounds using the loader. I then tow the spliiter to one end, and (with the assistance of a leaf rake), roll the rounds right onto the splitter beam. My splitter has two "arms" that bolt onto the beam to help keep the log centered. While the ram is returning, I'm chucking pieces into the split pile. No more back pain! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[Cliff_Johns]

Welcome to TBN. Glad you decided to post. It's always informative and useful to hear how others do it. Sounds like you did some applied process engineering and came up with a good, fast procedure.

Cliff

 

[BigDogues]

I saw a fellow a few seasons ago that had a really neat rig. He had a small dump truck with high sides that was fed by a small rubber belted conveyor that went right down to his tow behind splitter. He would load the logs, (Had a loader if I remember correctly), split them and then his helper would toss them onto the conveyor. A very efficient operation.

 

[Highbeam]

I found this photo of a splitter on the cheap. It has a little catch that hangs on the top of the bucket. So you can split em right there in the bucket and also all angles and postions. Just another redneck splitter.