Running costs of a log splitter

[Marc Lewis]

no such thing as red petrol, diesel all the way. I got a hydraulic powerpack to run the splitter and it just sips red:thumbup1:

 

How do you find the powerpack armchair, is it fast and powerful enough?

[armchairarborist]

How do you find the powerpack armchair, is it fast and powerful enough?

 

It's not fast but that's because I'm using a pretty big ram on the splitter, plenty powerful enough though. I'll grab some pics next time we use it.

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

My Balfor A11v log-splitter typically gets through 5 litres of petrol in a day (maybe more if its a long day).

 

+1. Mine is the 9hp Robin engine one; latest has 6hp?

[JimE]

FYI, on the Riko A11, the electric version has exactly the same splitting force on the ram.

The splitting time is a little faster, but the return time is a little slower.

Ideally it wants a 16A socket rather than a 13A 3 pin and wants to be on a short lead.

Electric motors are obviously much quieter than a petrol and have minimal service costs.

 

TCD, yes, 6HP now, but has a dual speed pump, so no load cycle time is faster but its a little slower on harder woods. On the plus side, slightly lower fuel consumption, but 5 litres a day is pretty low!

[predator]

FYI, on the Riko A11, the electric version has exactly the same splitting force on the ram.

The splitting time is a little faster, but the return time is a little slower.

Ideally it wants a 16A socket rather than a 13A 3 pin and wants to be on a short lead.

Electric motors are obviously much quieter than a petrol and have minimal service costs.

 

TCD, yes, 6HP now, but has a dual speed pump, so no load cycle time is faster but its a little slower on harder woods. On the plus side, slightly lower fuel consumption, but 5 litres a day is pretty low!

 

Ideally it wants a 16A socket rather than a 13A 3 pin >> why dont you just fit a neutral pin in where the live/fuse pin is out of an old plug lol thats if you have a breaker fitted etc old welders trick on single phase naughty but works well

[JimE]

Ideally it wants a 16A socket rather than a 13A 3 pin >> why dont you just fit a neutral pin in where the live/fuse pin is out of an old plug lol thats if you have a breaker fitted etc old welders trick on single phase naughty but works well

 

Its because people take dodgy shortcuts like this that HSE has to exist!

 

Its just as easy to get a 16A socket installed in your workshop and then you can use that for welder etc.

 

In my workshop at home I have 16A sockets installed then most things use them, they are much more robust than the 3 pin plugs! Also then can plug straight into a generator for site work.