Log splitter advice

[Mountain man]

Ok log boys here's the question.

I'm a tree surgeon who has piles and piles of cedar, pine, yew etc in the corner of my field. I burn a lot of my own hardwood and any excess can be given away no problem. It's the softwood that's becoming an issue.

Burning these large sections will be problematic so I thought maybe I could split it and sell it, mixed loads/softwood is the future of firewood I'm told.

I hate lifting and splitting so I want one of those jobbys with an arm that swings out and lifts it onto the splitting bed and a conveyor to minimize handling.

I would prefer a self powered unit as I don't want to put the hours on my compact tractor.

What do the experts think would suit my purpose?

[Mortimer Firewood]

Ok log boys here's the question.

I'm a tree surgeon who has piles and piles of cedar, pine, yew etc in the corner of my field. I burn a lot of my own hardwood and any excess can be given away no problem. It's the softwood that's becoming an issue.

Burning these large sections will be problematic so I thought maybe I could split it and sell it, mixed loads/softwood is the future of firewood I'm told.

I hate lifting and splitting so I want one of those jobbys with an arm that swings out and lifts it onto the splitting bed and a conveyor to minimize handling.

I would prefer a self powered unit as I don't want to put the hours on my compact tractor.

What do the experts think would suit my purpose?

 

Most importantly what's your budget

[Mountain man]

Around 5 grand

[Mortimer Firewood]

There's a guy down in Wales advertising on ebay that will build a machine to your spec for that sort of money.

[Mountain man]

I'll have a look now, thanks

[Mortimer Firewood]

If you can't find him I'll back shortly and look up his name for you

[briquette_seller]

Just hire a chipper in, and chip the lot.

 

Farmers round here pay £100 a tonne for wood chip for there boilers.

Getting it chipped will cost you less than £10 a tonne

 

 

Bosh, job done

[Mountain man]

Some of its 3ft diameter.

[Mortimer Firewood]

Unless there's 100s of tonnes most chipping contractors are not interested plus you need the infrastructure to store tele to load hard standing.

 

Mountain man if I was you I'd buy a good quality vertical bad some cheep labour

Or your man in Wales or put another 5 k to your budget and buy a farmi wp36 with petrol engine when your not using it it could be hired out with an operator for £225/300 a day

[Mountain man]

I've got a compact tractor and log splitter, I just don't fancy that stuff, I hate even splitting my own firewood, maybe my original plan of getting a farmer to push it all up into a big pile and put a match to it will happen.