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Buy a quality european model. Or buy the splitter and mount it on a cheap trailer. I have found a contact for bell housing a hyd pump on to honda engines. I cant remember ever buying a chinese product I was happy with ( apart from the paper umbrella you put in a cocktail they are good at those )

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managed to find a suitable splitter for my needs - a Thor 37MVS10PD, 13 ton, road towable, B&S petrol engine, perfect for splitting big timber into billets

 

This looks like the tool you need especially if you need to do longish timber into billets.

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One of the best splitters i have seen for splitting large logs was at the Elmia show this year. It was basically a screw splitter mounted on a 360 digger. You can see one on the cbi website (continental biomass industries) i think there's a link on to a youtube video. Very simple idea but not sure how much they are.

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How much of your hard earned cash does it take to own a thor tow behind.

Im very tempted by the flood of cheap chinese copies on ebay and elsewhere but in abit doubtful on their reliability and backup.

 

Look at paying around £3500 plus VAT

We have been splitting 1 metre long logs up to 22" diameter, slices through any knots, twin speed for quick splitting of easy timber, great machine

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hi, just joined the site, so if i make a mess of things, someone let me know.

just setting myself up, as i've just been made redundant from a large utility tree firm. spent all my hard earned on the van n chipper but i'm getting swamped with logs. cut the easy ones with a splitting maul but struggling with the gnarly ones. just spotted a splitting cone on ebay for £60, just needs a motor attaching and a table making. i know a tame fitter who can make me a table for nowt, but does anyone know what sort of speed the cone needs to turn.

been on hycracks website and your looking at about £1300 for a 240v table model.

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Hi New To The Site, We Have A Ballerio Road Towable 13 Tonne Portable Log Splitter Owned For Nearly 3 Years Has Robin (Subaru) Engine Gets Used At Least 3-4 Days Per Week For At Least 3hrs A Time All We Do Is Change Engine Oil Regularly, Very Good On Fuel, Has 2 Speed System And Can Cut Billets, Not Used Other Models Mentioned But Can Recommend This One. Have The Cone Type That Runs On PTO This Is Good Until You Hit A Knotty Piece Of Wood Then Jams And Is A Pain To Unblock.

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