Splitting Big Timber

[County 764]

Got some large timber to breakdown for firewood which is a bit on the large size to disc and split. Has anybody on here had any experience of Woodcrackers or Lasco cone splitters? Cheers

[Alycidon]

Friend of mine has a Lasco and a Posch 30 ton splitter.

 

He finds the Lasco easier and faster to use, he attaches it to the end of a 3 ton excavator and breaks timber down to processor size. Especially handy for pop that looses it bark easily, the barks then stays on site.

 

A

[aspenarb]

GDC have a bigger version of the one below on a 20 ton excavator. it would romp through that pile in a morning. It would be the logistics that kill using it on a small amount of timber. The good thing about the pincer type cracker is it doubles up as a grab making light work of splitting and restacking. It makes the screw type splitters look painfully slow.

 

Bob

 

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Edited September 9, 2013 by aspenarb

[peatff]

When we were camping near Swadlincotes I was watching a woodyard splitting and stacking with a grab and some of the trunks and butts they were cracking were big stuff like 4 feet across. Entertainment at it's best

[County 764]

Thanks for the replies, think I'll look into the woodcracker type splitters. Have access to a 14t digger and taken in a few more loads of large stuff so need to speed up the whole process from log to split firewood.