Full log splitting claw type thingy at APF show??

[PaulD]

Hi all.

 

For those who went the APF show, I'm after a bit of help locating who was selling a strange bit a bit of kit im interested in.

 

I think was near the Marshall Agricultural and Riko stands but im not sure and its not on any of their websites.

 

It was for splitting large diameter timber down (as it comes off the lorry) to a size so it can go straignt through a processor without having to keep chucking big bits back through the splitting chamber.

 

It sat on the ground so you could load it with a skid steer (or similar) and had one fixed claw shaped blade and a similar one that was powered hydraulically that spilt the wood along its length in a pincer type fashion. IIRC it was painted orange. Any help in locating who makes/sells it would be great as i think it would be just the thing to cure the bottle neck im suffering when i come to a big bit of timber.

 

Cheers Chaps.

[mikey10]

I did not go to the show but there is a machine called a wood cracker that does rhis job, not sure if thats the one you saw, Mike

[liamjordan]

this what your on about?

 

 

didnt see it at the apf but its in this months forestry journal, on an advert for Marshall Agricultural Engineering, they are a dealer for westtech

[ecolojim]

think there was a wood cracker on a machine with a tilt rotator by dymax's stand too

[PaulD]

this what your on about?

 

 

didnt see it at the apf but its in this months forestry journal, on an advert for Marshall Agricultural Engineering, they are a dealer for westtech

 

Thats it, cheers.

 

I thought it was marshalls but its not on their website.

 

I feel a new toy approaching!

 

Anyone out there ever used anything like it?

Edited November 16, 2010 by PaulD

[liamjordan]

no problem, i can see it being usefull if you dont have anything big enough to mount a woodcracker on, as they seem to work bet on large 360's

[old hand]

The thinggy in question is the Westtech L700.You can go to the Westtech website WESTTECH Maschinenbau GmbH - Forsttechnik | Fertigungstechnik for more info or contact

Marshalls on 01892770788 for a brochure or dvd:thumbup1: