great big log splitter on ebay

[Alycidon]

My brother is pretty handy with a welder, he spent most of last winter trying to build a splitter that worked. What was happening was the force the ram was generating was bending the ram mounting brackets, he gave up in the end when I bought an elderly small one.

 

For the money you might as well have a unit that has been profesionally designed and built to do the job.

 

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[gensetsteve]

My brother is pretty handy with a welder, he spent most of last winter trying to build a splitter that worked. What was happening was the force the ram was generating was bending the ram mounting brackets, he gave up in the end when I bought an elderly small one.

 

For the money you might as well have a unit that has been profesionally designed and built to do the job.

 

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I would agree with this. We have a sheppach ox 3 cost about 2k new now 5 years old still like new. I would not bother spending the time modifying and improving something that keeps bending and falling to bits.

[timberluver]

If you want a splitter to handle long lenghts. Take a look at this

 

Rabaud - Horizontal log and post splitters Post and log splitter POLYCOMPACT

 

I have seen this in action and it really does work.

Obviously not the job for a 48" Oak butt, however if you have 18" soft wood and a 10/12" processor then it starts to make sense.