Splitter & Saw?

[goldenhoof]

Hi, new to forum. Tired of using chain saw and fiskars axe , need to split and cut all sized farm wood . Any recommendations?

HP eagle

Balfor

riko

Corkscrew splitter

Your thoughts welcome

Cheers

[bilke_user]

Size of wood? Budget?

[goldenhoof]

All sizes of wood, large ash trees blown down in winds this year, would have to be quite versatile maybe cut to 1m lengths then split then cut.

 

maybe that irregular size crosses off the hp eagle off the list?

 

Couple of grand budget or second hand. Open to ideas

[bilke_user]

Couple of grand gets you a decent size chainsaw (70cc+) and a tractor mounted log splitter.

 

 

John

[Chris Sheppard]

We use a HP eagle and an 18t Thor vertical splitter and find it works well on pretty much anything, from parkland butts to first thinnings.

 

For the budget that you have, I'd be looking for a decent PTO powered vertical splitter with something like 15-20T of force.

 

It'll be a big improvement to using and axe and then look at saving for a sawbench later. Going for a sawbench first might be good on some stuff but you'll still have to do anything oversize by hand.

 

I really like the HP Eagle, its not perfect (mainly because of how it drops the logs) but the screw splitter is really handy for either chunkier billets or branchwood.

[goldenhoof]

Thanks for your replies, food for thought. I first thought of saw bench first, but it, seems a splitter could be a better starting point then Hp eagle? Or maybe creeper Rico ?

 

Thanks.

[Logged On]

Do you have a tractor in the first place??

 

That will open options for a mounted splitter, or it may have to be a 'power pack' powered splitter??

[goldenhoof]

Have 4 tractors from 40 to 130hp 2 with loaders on. Pto splitter not really needed it could run on the hydraulics.

[njtimber]

I've got a 3 point linkage sawbench with a splitter mounted on it for sale (splitter runs off tractor hydraulics) .The good thing about it I that you can hook up one bit of kit and do both jobs

[Wendelspanswick]

Sounds like a good idea, got any pictures?