Wood splitter powered by tractor hydraulics vs small engine powered

[Diggin It]

I thought about the electric, until I saw it and found out it was a toy or novelty. Might be OK for limited use on already split wood to make smaller pieces, but I would never consider it for real work now that I've seen it in person.

One neighbor complains about the small engine version. Says it's hard to start in cold weather since the hydraulics are tied in direct and he can't get the engine to turn over fast enough to start. He disconnected the hoses and hooked it up to his tractor. Anybody else have that problem?

 

[art]

Sold many different makes and styles as well as heated with wood for a few years. I would only have a self contained one! Gas engine powered and not on the tractor. To have a thirty horsepower engine running vs a 5 to 10 horsepower just makes good sense. To have it on the tractor also ties it up or at least makes an inconvenience when you might need to use the tractor and loader. The wood splitter being self contained is also cheaper to fix then the tractor.

 

[atsah]

Sold many different makes and styles as well as heated with wood for a few years. I would only have a self contained one! Gas engine powered and not on the tractor. To have a thirty horsepower engine running vs a 5 to 10 horsepower just makes good sense. To have it on the tractor also ties it up or at least makes an inconvenience when you might need to use the tractor and loader. The wood splitter being self contained is also cheaper to fix then the tractor.

Bingo..

As far as starting it in winter, a ten year old could start mine at 10F..

 

[dodge man]

When I looked at adding a 3 pt splitter to my BX I found out it was cheaper to buy a self contained one. Maybe if I had rear remotes that wouldn't be the case. It would also be slow on a BX sized tractor. I also split the wood and throw it right in the loader bucket, which wouldn't work as good with a 3 point.

 

[FTG-05]

Sold many different makes and styles as well as heated with wood for a few years. I would only have a self contained one! Gas engine powered and not on the tractor. To have a thirty horsepower engine running vs a 5 to 10 horsepower just makes good sense. To have it on the tractor also ties it up or at least makes an inconvenience when you might need to use the tractor and loader. The wood splitter being self contained is also cheaper to fix then the tractor.

Eggxactly. Like when you want to use the loader to, oh I don't know, maybe lift all the rounds off the ground so you don't have to bend over and lift them to split them!

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Eggxactly. Like when you want to use the loader to, oh I don't know, maybe lift all the rounds off the ground so you don't have to bend over and lift them to split them!

Have all of your rounds up on a trailer or ? before you start and you won't have to lift them by hand...

Works for me!

SR

 

[FTG-05]

Have all of your rounds up on a trailer or ? before you start and you won't have to lift them by hand...

Works for me!

SR

Putting them in the bucket at the ground level means you don't have to lift them at all; just roll them in. Trailer heights aren't adjustable, bucket loaders are, further reducing lifting.

 

[Rich B1]

I use a Speeco 3 pt. log splitter that was a Craigslist find. Yea, it is a touch slow on the back of my NH TC21D, but i have a routine that works. And I don稚 have a loader.

I position the wood and tractor so I can split and stack the splits into my wood pile. This routine matches the hydraulic speed and works for me.

The other thing I like about the Speeco splitter......the height of the beam puts the wood about waist high which saves my back.

 

[wngsprd]

I agree with some of the others that my tractor is an integral part of the wood hauling, lifting and splitting business. I use the FEL and the carry all to haul the rounds and lift them to the TSC gas powered splitter, and to lift and move the pallets once full of splits. The TSC splitter (on sale) was only a bit more than a 3 pt splitter I looked at.

Good luck with your decision.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Putting them in the bucket at the ground level means you don't have to lift them at all; just roll them in. Trailer heights aren't adjustable, bucket loaders are, further reducing lifting.

Roll them in the bucket and put them on a trailer, then roll them onto the beam of the splitter...NO lifting at all... You can roll them on a board to the splitters beam, like I said, NO lifting at all!

BETTER yet, cut them over a trailer in the first place, so you don't have to deal with putting them on a trailer or platform! That's what I do and it makes the work go much faster/easier,

BTW, I LOVE my 3 point splitter, even my wife calls it a "best buy"!

SR