Home made 4ft /5ft Diameter Tree trunk splitter ?

[cessna]

I would like to know, if any forum members, have built a tree trunk splitter for splitting 4/5ft diameter by 3ft long lengths of knotty beech,oak,chestnut, elm,etc . Obviously a serious piece of kit and not cheap to build,as some very high pressures ,forces needed from hydraulic ram ,and the splitting blade ideally a 4 WAY blade to split the trunk in to 4 pieces.

[treequip]

I made on a while back

[renewablejohn]

Had an attachment fabricated to fit on my excavator using a large RSJ. Splits into billets rather than just into quarters.

[Bald Ed]

I would like to know, if any forum members, have built a tree trunk splitter for splitting 4/5ft diameter by 3ft long lengths of knotty beech,oak,chestnut, elm,etc . Obviously a serious piece of kit and not cheap to build,as some very high pressures ,forces needed from hydraulic ram ,and the splitting blade ideally a 4 WAY blade to split the trunk in to 4 pieces.

 

Can I point you to the Binderberger 40 tonne splitter in the classified section, might not be what you are looking for but you never know:thumbup1:

[Steve Bullman]

Better off with a 2 way in my experience, you'll need far less pressure for the ram

 

 

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[hiluxstihl]

id build an upside down horizontal splitter to mount on 3 pt linkage or better a loader or skidsteer, youtube skidsteer splitters for inspiration!