screw type log splitters

[Dryar123]

Attached photo of screw splitter I bodged together last yr. Cone, shaft and gearing together with 15hp Kohler rotator engine all sourced from E bay. I calculated max rpm is about 550-600. All driven by one V belt. I had to do a little engineering to sort drive out but it wasn't too hard.

 

I found all components from Poland to be of a great quality for the price. I have split many tons of wood with this and still have my fingers but you have to be very careful with it as it definitely has the potential to bite. The engine is in truth underpowered for anything either over about 8 inches in diameter or very knotty. At full tilt you can easily split bags of the right wood at a very productive rate. Much quicker than my hydraulic powered set up which I use for larger rounds.

 

Hope this helps.

 

Cheers

[Dryar123]

Photo

[logmanfuels]

Can anyone recommend a suitable screw splitter to attach to a Bobcat skidsteer

[Stubby]

Photo

 

Hee is mine .....

[LoadhandlerUK]

Can anyone recommend a suitable screw splitter to attach to a Bobcat skidsteer

 

Try Andrew Harker at

Exac-One Ltd - Timber Splitters

 

But - you'd better have a fat cheque book..... (and somewhere to keep it out of harm's way when you've finished using it)

[logmanfuels]

thanks I will give a call....

[Acg128]

Hee is mine .....

 

Selling it yet?

[Big J]

Here's a short video of me and my screw splitter on Scots Pine. It's very quick on softwood - about 20 minutes a cube is you've got someone loading the table with rounds.

 

[pete23]

sorry to hijack this ere thread, im planning on making a screw type splitter, I managed to get a cone from this country, so not sure what type it is.

 

I was going to go electric motor with a reduction box, lecy restricts places to use it.

 

but ive just got me hands on a PETTER, BA2 diesel ingine, does anyone know the hp of these ingines.

 

thanks.

[RealEstate]

ive just got me hands on a PETTER, BA2 diesel ingine, does anyone know the hp of these ingines.

20hp ?

Petter BA2 question - SmokStak