Ifor Williams Log Splitter

[htb]

11 hours ago, Mark Bolam said:

That looks ideal for fatties who are trying to get their steps up.

Not very pc Mark, but very true

[openspaceman]

21 hours ago, scbk said:

but doesn't look very ergonomic to use.

I agree

[daveatdave]

23 hours ago, scbk said:

 

Looks quite heavy duty, but doesn't look very ergonomic to use.

 

I saw one in use, they had 1 lad operating the controls, and another lad loading logs and putting his hands in by the wedge!

waiting for him to bang his head on the handle when it was in the vertical position 

[Oldfeller]

I'll stick with my Venom 22t towable. even my missus can use it proficiently.

I did notice these the other day too, splits logs over a meter in length, for those with a big log burner.

Forest Master FM22VPT 22-Ton Petrol Log Splitter – 1.1m Logs, Dual-Speed Ramstop | eBay UK

WWW.EBAY.CO.UK

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The Forest Master FM22VPT 22-Ton Petrol Log Splitter is the ultimate heavy-duty...

 

[Whoppa Choppa]

On 30/11/2025 at 10:02, Tree monkey 1682 said:

All small log splitters will leek or weep oil- often they dont have a big enough hydraulic oil tank or no hydraulic oil cooler,  problem with them getting over worked, 

Im dubious about ifor trailers due to a local dealership now saying they've been brought out by the chinese and them not stocking ifor because of this.

So in essence what im saying is you might be replacing it with more over priced chinese junk.

I dont know who id recommend in the way of machines seens the are alot stopped by eu legislation or brexit importing to the UK .

I think that's just BS; the sold to Chinese Co bit.

[Tree monkey 1682]

3 hours ago, Whoppa Choppa said:

I think that's just BS; the sold to Chinese Co bit.

Welcome to.think what you'd like , but why do you think it doesn't happen then? After oil gets squeezed and compressed it gets hot , with no way to cool down, same happens in diggers .

Would you drive a car for a 100 miles without coolant or a radiator?

[openspaceman]

1 hour ago, Tree monkey 1682 said:

After oil gets squeezed and compressed it gets hot

That is true of a compressible fluid like a gas but oil is not very compressible which is why it is good for transmitting power in a hydraulic circuit. It's the friction in the pipes and squeezing through all the gaps in pumps and motors that make it hot.

[Tree monkey 1682]

1 hour ago, openspaceman said:

That is true of a compressible fluid like a gas but oil is not very compressible which is why it is good for transmitting power in a hydraulic circuit. It's the friction in the pipes and squeezing through all the gaps in pumps and motors that make it hot.

We had two crapuchi diggers that cooked rams, two log splitter that weeped oil-using it to much . The only think thats ever survived  continually being used is machines fitted with a hydraulic oil cooler , stops rams, valve blocks and o rings from weeping