Hycrack Screw Log Splitter

[garcia]

Hycrack Screw Log Splitter | eBay

 

just seen this on ebay was wondering if anyone knows if they are any good or not

[treequip]

They work OK as long as you keep the tip sharp but it will bight your fingers sooner or later, you cant fit an emergency stop so if it grabs you proper, you will just have to watch it do its stuff till its finished.

 

I don't like them much, saw one wind its way into a blokes boot once after he tried kicking a stubborn bit on, he squealed a bit.......

[richardwale]

We have one. Slow, but gets through any wood. Working all day you might get 6 cube if lucky. But be warned, very warned, they will have you the second you take your eye off the ball. Fast as you like they can flip, really be careful and if you have a bloke working for you, make sure they have their own insurance!!!

[Goaty]

Has been covered in many threads. Effective and potentially dangerous. You should fit a cord to safety rail to stop the engine by pull strangler on older tractors and the manual tells you to acquire and fit a kill switch on key stop tractors, but as treequip says there is a few pto revolutions before it really stops and they are quick when you dont expect it.

In a commercial situation I'd steer clear. Especially employees.

[richardwale]

Doesn't look like a hycrack....maybe it's a very old one

[richardwale]

Put it this way, mine lives in the garage.

[Ropechucka]

Doesn't look like a hycrack....maybe it's a very old one

 

Yeah that is a hycrack and quite old as you say

[baz]

Screw splitters are not as scarey as some tend to suggest. You know which way the screw spins so you know which way if a log snags it is going to kick. Therefore, feed in with your left hand and guide onto the screw with the right and then if the log spins on the screw it isn't going to have you joining in.

 

I use my hycrack screw splitter in tandam with my processor. Anything too large for the processor gets ringed and then srew split. Screws work better the more seasoned the wood. If its green wood it tends to go stringy which can be a real pain. Seasoned logs crack open and split easily. So, you can guess, its best to ring and come back a year or so later to split.

 

A screw is invaulable if dealing with really old wood. A processor ram will baulk at splitting seasoned wood so a screw goes places a ram can't touch.

 

Screw splitting is slower work than with a processor. We can get 14m3 of mixed size and shape hardwood through the processor compared to 8m3 through the screw splitter in a day.

[Goaty]

Screw splitters are not as scarey as some tend to suggest. You know which way the screw spins so you know which way if a log snags it is going to kick. Therefore, feed in with your left hand and guide onto the screw with the right and then if the log spins on the screw it isn't going to have you joining in.

 

I use my hycrack screw splitter in tandam with my processor. Anything too large for the processor gets ringed and then srew split. Screws work better the more seasoned the wood. If its green wood it tends to go stringy which can be a real pain. Seasoned logs crack open and split easily. So, you can guess, its best to ring and come back a year or so later to split.

 

A screw is invaulable if dealing with really old wood. A processor ram will baulk at splitting seasoned wood so a screw goes places a ram can't touch.

 

Screw splitting is slower work than with a processor. We can get 14m3 of mixed size and shape hardwood through the processor compared to 8m3 through the screw splitter in a day.

 

I was never scared of ours and would use one again without fear, but seeing what one did does make you think.

[Cosmiccrofter]

The Hycrack is the best splitter on the market, and I have owned a hydraulic as well in the past.

 

At the end of a full days splitting, I know which type will tire you out. And it's not a Hycrack.