Log splitter advice

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

I love the RIKO A11. Mate has the titan - pro it's ok for the £ but the riko / woodline stuff is up a league.

 

Budget?

 

There's a few A11 threads on here inc one from me - been faultless for 4 years now.

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

I love the RIKO A11. Mate has the titan - pro it's ok for the £ but the riko / woodline stuff is up a league.

 

Budget?

 

There's a few A11 threads on here inc one from me - been faultless for 4 years now.

[New Forest Firewood Co]

I'm in the same position. Want a petrol splitter to deal with 120t per yr of hardwood.

 

Looked at woodline multiplayer and bgu hs80 b at apf both looked like good machines. I like the idea of something that'll split big rings and then also will split longer (1m) smaller diameter lengths into billets that I can cut in a saw horse.

 

Will petrol driven splitters work all day or are there limitations due to overheating etc?

 

Anyone experienced the bgu splitter?

[philg]

I just bought the Riko A9 vario which was on demo at the APF and i'm very pleased with it and they really did me a good offer.

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

Will petrol driven splitters work all day or are there limitations due to overheating etc?

 

Anyone experienced the bgu splitter?

 

My A11 runs all day every day, never overheats but I do use high end oil and do oil changes on time etc.

 

Thor good too aren't they?

[Mortimer Firewood]

Had a thor 13t petrol for 4 years change the oil clean the air filter out once a week and it all run perfect no over heating issues. Have found a couple of bits it would not split but once cut with a chainsaw it all break them up.

[New Forest Firewood Co]

What's the cost of a riko a11...? With petrol engine.

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

What's the cost of a riko a11...? With petrol engine.

 

Somewhere between £1500 and £2000 I think; but RIKO had better confirm that

[difflock]

I found the Thor petrol engined trailer mounted unit rated at 13tonne, that I hired for a few years, deadly slow, it was not that it could not split the timber, just slow, especially on the return stroke where one had to hold both levers for seemingly forever.

Possibly not such a problem if owned as one would not be so anxious to maximize productivity during the hire period.

Then if held a fraction too long it fractured the roll pin that held the splitting wedge att to the ram:blushing: I got quare an slick at changing them mind:lol:

The 17 tonne Krpan PTO driven unit is in a different league altogether.

As I presume would any of this catorogy/class of tractor mount/PTO driven splitter would be.

[BigNick]

I have just been looking at the Rock Machinery 22 ton splitter it looks good has anybody used one just thinking of getting one