New Forum Member in North Essex - LOG SPLITTER ADVICE

[lwc]

Hi folks - I am new to the forum but hope to become a regular here.

 

I make garden furniture by trade and have a log yard in North East Essex. I have around 10t oak cordwood, 20 t softwood sawlogs, and a further 10t arb waste which I want to process into log nets.

 

The yard has no electricity and is 2 miles from my warehouse. I would like to process the wood into nets and take it to the warehouse for storage and selling. I have a decent diesel powered table saw, makita chainsaw but am looking for a reasonable splitter that will handle some of that knotty arb waste and the oak - some of which will be hard as rocks by now.

 

I am trying to buy one under a 1000 quid (excl vat). I would like to avoid anything rubbishy but at the same time I dont want to spend a fortune on something that is not related to my core business. I was wondering if anyone had any experience with the brand 'Crossfer' as this splitter seems to be a good German quality and 10t is pretty substantial? See here:

 

Woodman product Crossfer Log Splitter 10ton , petrol

 

If not then I wonder if anyone in north essex would consider renting me theirs and/or contract processing the wood for me. Alternatively, reccomendations for an entirely different splitter would be useful.

 

KR

Dave

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[Daniel Jiggins]

Hi Dave;

 

I own a small petrol splitter like the one your looking at as wells as a tractor powered and a road towable splitter and to be honest compared to the tractor powered splitter or the riko a11 its pretty poor on knotty or twisted timber.

 

I would consider something like the A11 road towable, a bigger woodline machine or something similar.

 

If you have access to a tractor you can get a good hydraulic splitter for your 1k budget.

[lwc]

Hi Daniel - can you provide a link to the woodline or A11 you refer to?

 

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[LoadhandlerUK]

Hi Dave;

 

I own a small petrol splitter like the one your looking at as wells as a tractor powered and a road towable splitter and to be honest compared to the tractor powered splitter or the riko a11 its pretty poor on knotty or twisted timber.

 

I would consider something like the A11 road towable, a bigger woodline machine or something similar.

 

If you have access to a tractor you can get a good hydraulic splitter for your 1k budget.

 

Or a Hycrack HC1X - tractor splitter £825 + vat Hycrack (Hy-Crack) the screw type log splitter - The Safe, Fast & Efficient way to split logs

Edited September 30, 2012 by LoadhandlerUK

[Daniel Jiggins]

The road tow i have is the A12 Riko UK ::  Commercial

 

Log splitters and wood splitters

[aspen]

I bought a 10 ton vertical from this german company.

dilego.de - Mein Internetkaufhaus

Delivered for approx £700

8 hp, great machine but a bit awkward to manoeuvre if not on even ground.

Weighs just shy of 200kg

[Paul Smith]

The cone splitter on our processor spins logs and I hate using it!

[Daniel Jiggins]

The cone splitter on our processor spins logs and I hate using it!

 

I second that, And when it jams its a right pain!

[Dave Martin]

I second that, And when it jams its a right pain!

 

Hakki Pilke Eagle by any chance?

[Paul Smith]

Hakki Pilke Eagle by any chance?

 

Yes, think its the eagle.