Thor magik 13t dp petrol

[Woodworks]

I know when we were planning to get a log splitter a few members recommended these Riko*UK*::*11 ton A11V

We ended up with a Krpan pto joby but I did look at the Bafour machines at Riko and they did look good also good firm to deal with IMO

[New Forest Firewood Co]

Nobody got one, got any video of one ( except the ball squashing video)

[rowan lee]

Did you have any luck on M Larges web page? I know they have recently revamped it, and there may now be additional video's. If not, you could contact them personally and see if any of the staff there have any private videos of her in action (which may not have been uploaded publically anywhere yet), in fact they might even make one for you if they have time. They are a very accommodating bunch of people.

[Dean Lofthouse]

I've got the 18t, not had any bother with it at all

[New Forest Firewood Co]

Anyone got any experience of the pto version of the 13t?

[rowan lee]

Yep, awesome machine, I run it with an old 35x at just over tick over. Its really fast, and safe. The leader controls make it really easy for centering 1.2m lengths for billets. I bought a 4 way head for it as well, but don't use it much as you end up running the slower stroke speed a lot of the time especially on gnarly bits, but the single blade is awesome, a great wedge on fast speed, and like a knife through butter on slow speed. It will easily shear 6inch timber across the grain and there isn't a knotty piece of elm or beech it hasn't cut through yet.

[New Forest Firewood Co]

Rowan

 

How does the ram retract after the log is split? You pull both levers down to get the wedge to come down and then the log cracks, when you let go of the handles does the wedge auto return whilst you pick up another log or do you have to push the levers up to retract the cylinder/ wedge?

 

The guy from joe turner equipment said "all the (Thor) splitters have "auto return" in that you operate the levers to take the ram back up"

 

I thought the ram went back up as soon as you took your hands off the levers perhaps?

[Dean Lofthouse]

Ram goes back on its own

[New Forest Firewood Co]

Cheers dean. Thought so.

[rowan lee]

There is also the possibility of setting the return stroke height as well (thats if you are using a table for splitting rings and do not require the ram to fully retract), by means of simply clipping a chain onto the side of the wedge housing. Really handy and simple.