Fast log splitter

[Stubby]

9 hours ago, Billhook said:

Think you are onto something there Stubby.  Start a training camp for Olympic athletes.

Big pile of logs and  2 week intense course for muscle build up, ideal for javelin, discus, weight lifting.  I would choose the X27.  You could charge for the training!

Yep . Timber sports training ground . Your right I did mean an X27 . Got one somewhere.

[Billhook]

3 hours ago, Stubby said:

Yep . Timber sports training ground . Your right I did mean an X27 . Got one somewhere.

Got one somewhere?  Got one somewhere?!!  You mean you have not used it for so long that you have forgotten where you left it!  Shame on you, just the thing to be swinging in this lovely heat wave!

[Vedhoggar]

On 18/07/2021 at 10:08, Gav Green Man said:

In the market for a new splitter, dont quite do enough to warrant a processor, plus the 6k or less machines seem slow and flimsy,also I have a reasonable amount of large timber which would be too big for a processor. 

I have always prodded on with my Wallenstien but now it's old and needing replaced so I'm wanting something similar but better.

Anyone know of any splitter with a fast cycle, as the return on most is painfully slow, I'd rather not go kinetic for longevity. 

The Eastern made spliters look good if a bit pricey, but cant find any in the uk.

 

Thanks.

Not all 6k or less machines are slow and flimsy but many are. Posch log splitters are well made, the SpaltAxt models mentioned have a fast return speed (26-46 cm/s depending on model) but slow downward speed and just one speed (5-8 cm/s depending on model) and having a reasonable amount of large timber to split if too big for a processor as you state it might be too big for a SpaltAxt although you could always cut logs down to size with a chainsaw.  What machine you go for will of course depend on the process i.e. if cutting 20cm - 33cm logs or 1m billets to pre-season before cutting down into small logs, if the later then the VMR 12ESS DP is a very well made fast 12T vertical splitter with a double pump and comes also with log lift for bigger dia lm lengths of wood (Speed 1 (cm/s) 14, Speed 2 (cm/s) 25 , Return speed (cm/s) 22 (22cm/s is a fast enough return speed), the machine can also be adjusted to cut any length of log. Thor log splitters are also well made and some might meet your requirement. There is no perfect splitter it is always going to be a compromise related to what is required/what you intend to do mostly with it, cost and backup should something go wrong/parts required. Posch and AMR have a good dealership backup behind them in the UK but not sure about Thor as don't have one now.

Edited July 22, 2021 by Vedhoggar

[MattyF]

AMR are good but posche is in a different league , my big AMR splitter will not last as long as our old spaltaxe I'm pretty sure, bits are already falling off it after a few years...

[Vedhoggar]

17 hours ago, MattyF said:

AMR are good but posche is in a different league , my big AMR splitter will not last as long as our old spaltaxe I'm pretty sure, bits are already falling off it after a few years...

Yeh, Posch 'bomb proof' built machines, more expensive but should have a good useful life expectancy, maybe 12 years or more if looked after.

Edited July 23, 2021 by Vedhoggar

[MattyF]

Yeh, Posch 'bomb proof' built machines, more expensive but should have a good useful life expectancy, maybe 12 years or more if looked after.

I've got one doing 20 years now and has cut thousand of tons .... just had to have some pipes and pins replaced in its first real major overhaul but like you say "bomb proof"!