thor or ballario log splitter?

[shillo]

sorry guys this old chest nut again! which log splitter?

 

ive narrowed it down to the thor mignon prof and the ballario forrestello (?) a11, both petrol engined, both with waist high table,

 

the thor is 10.5 t

a11 is 11 t

 

the thor is nearly 500 quid dearer, i know its got the system leader foot pedal thing but is it worth another 500?? i want to order it in the next day or two to avoid the extra vat

 

any thoughts

[Dean Lofthouse]

I can only speak for thor as I have the 20t PTO model and it's been faultless

[Chris Sheppard]

Have owned and and used thors a fair bit (Dean's got my old one) and was always happy with them. Haven't had a lot of a go with the system leader but I would say it's more useful on a big vertical than on a table splitter IMO as it's more as a hands free holding device for tall thin logs than anything else.

 

I do also now work for the UK importer of Ballario so do have a fair bit of experience with them too - the A11 is a popular model for dealing with arbwaste and there are a couple of guys on here already have them and should be able to give some input. There is a new version of the A11 just been launched (first one got delivered to the customer Tuesday) - price is a touch more but not hugely depending on model.

 

There may be 1 or 2 current model ones left at special prices

[slack ma girdle]

I can only speak for thor as I have the 20t PTO model and it's been faultless

 

So has my thor, and it was easy to convert to one handed use for splitting long cord lenghts

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

A vote for the BalFor A11 here (A11 VTR SB). Been utterly impressed with mine which I bought this year. Very little unsplittable with it!

[shillo]

thanks for the input guys, i can see the thor is a good machine but i find it hard to justify the extra 500 quid

[Theocus]

Ive got the A12 road towable, and its build quality is great, very powerful and powered by subaru!!!!!