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Nice little setup, beats my little 35 and link box What's in the little caged area directly below the spool block on the trailer - power pack?

Regarding the H vs V discussion - pro's and con's for both. I deal mostly with sub 12" sized material most would describe as arb waste (I produce 1m billets). 50% of the timber I deal with is not straight in shape, and often contains very twisted grain structure - Thus it had to be a vertical splitter for me. When your dealing with alot of bendy material you need the flexibility of the vertical to allow more accurate centering i.e. regardless of how twisted the wood is it will always sit on a level surface - the cut end of the log being split. This can not be achieved on a horizontal splitter for obvious reasons, resulting in a poorer finished product. Draw backs for V are the fact that you have to do a bit more manual work, and you are always limited to a 4 way split maxand no more unlike the big H which can split 4,6,8 ways etc in one pass. If I was dealing with big straight timber all day It would have to be a horizontal set up - but bear in mind there are two types of horizontal splitters, the most effective being the type that pushes a log through a set of knifes. You have seen the video's logs that need re-splitting are simply dragged back to the chamber with a small chant hook or sappie. less manual handling required, and they usually have an optional log lift for getting the piece's up.

Well Jakey, that sounds like an interesting splitter design. Is that an old 3cx rear dipper arm you are referring to? Pictures would be great

This old french boy has it down with ingenuity and an old scrapped renault. I have often pondered the idea of using one of my old man's berlingo van's to do just this and power a pto hydraulic pump on my Thor. Not the safest setup it has to be said, but the old fella looks quite content.

I think they're about 6.5/7k + vat mate.

I use pto, its the fastest system regarding ram speeds. I use a small massey 35 to move it about, I can move around a field or down the woods with ease taking the splitter to the wood rather then the other way around. Only down side is its not particularly mobile for any far away jobs. With regards the petrol machines, there are road tow verions and also versions with their own little wheels. Apparently the latter are a bugger to move about, think they weight in at over 300kg, and can be unstable in transit, Thus I would steer towards a road tow mobile in this instance. Tractor wise an old international/david brown is a good bet, very common 2wd front loader combo's, power steering, cabs, and cheap.

I had a similar problem with an axe I ordered from a company through amazon. I received all the initial emails, regarding order number, despatch number etc, a month later the axe still hadn't arrived. Turns out there was nobody at home when the courier arrived, I wasn't contacted by the courier, and essentially the axe was sent back to the company. Now you would have assumed given my initial correspondence was via email that this issue would have been relayed back to me again via email - however it was only when I logged back into my account on amazon that I realised they had contacted me via message exchange on there instead?? to relay the problem. Got it sorted in the end, but took a bit of arsing. Not sure if there is a message function to ones account on ebay but it may be worth checking out.

It looks nice and light, wonder if its much lighter then an x27? It looks as though it is designed specifically for small diameter/straight grained Scandinavian softwood and birch timber. I bet on that kind of timber it is a lot faster then a conventional axe as there is no blade sticking resistance on the back draw, and the lightness of the axe combined with the reduced fiction makes the whole physical effort more efficient. The likes of an x27 for example with deal with both the rough and easy. It is a good cross over splitting device. A 3kg maul will take on the ugliest elm and mature beech rings and eventually win, but you wont swing that all day long with nice Scandinavian timber.

Took a while to hit the deck that top did in clip A. Cool Clip mate.

I'm not sure how your table clamps itself onto the main beam of the splitter, but if this is adjustable you could add an extension (large dimension box steel) to the base of the table beam and adjust accordingly) Alternatively if your clamping system needs a fixed point, you could simply have the table top removed and a box steel extension added to the top, welded and table top replaced.

Just wondering two things (Domestic setting btw) Will an fs130 (38-40cc) have the berries for this attachment Does anyone who runs a shredder, run it with the universal guard? Thanks.

Can't beat a winter bonfire. Should be a big one.

Nifty, looking forward to seeing a vid of her in action some day. Most diy horizontals keep the main rsj flat whereas yours is inclined at 45°, just realised this cleverly provides one side of a V-notch for logs to fit snuggly into.

Callum, looks like a 6 way (lhs) and 4 way (rhs). Does the spool have a diverter to switch between the two rams, or have you rigged it in such a way that as one is pushing the other is pulling and vice versa? Pity about the battle scar, always worries me when Im using my own splitter, can happen in a heart beat.

Turns out it was an Orec, the 16hp 2wd one. never used a bit of kit like this before, absolutely amazing what it could mow through. totally made my strimmer redundant for the weekend. Fields i mowed hadnt been touched for 8 years. was going through about 1.5-2 ltrs of petrol per hour, which i thought was quite good considering the work being achieved.

Nice shots in the Maccy. Awesome autumn work weather hey.

Bit of clearing up along the main drive after the diligent farmer swept through with his digger Rhodie bashing. He is a messy fecker but I got some nice lengths of laurel and ash out of it for billets. Over the last few weekends I moved back up to the NE end of the estate woodland, where some older trials are being re-opened after many years of neglect. First order was to remove the upper crowns of these windblown sycamores, that have been down for some time. New growth close to the root plate seems to be establishing itself well, and will be interesting to see what becomes of these in years to come. Got some nice wood from these, also for firewood, and woodturning. welded up a simple device for lifting logs upright in the splitter.

Nice looking result, well done.

Yes Beau, Modify your old one, make it wider, shorter and open at both ends for ease of hand balling material. Like yours, I also alleviated the bending issue by attaching rack to a pallet so it could be raised and lowered on a set of forks on tractor.

Haven't used a saw bench before, but surely its faster to load a rack with billets and cross cut with a decent chainsaw? I have a rack that holds 0.3m3, It takes about 15mins to fill an ibc crate. For each log you cut, you have to physically slide the log on to make the next cut. Far too much work imo.

Like that idea RJ. Would love a rotor system on my pallet toes. John Logan - Didn't realise you were pushing out such volumes. Your obviously in the game for the long haul then. billets are more fun then a processor, but im speaking from a domestic prospective, I do about 20 tons a year.

MS 261 - pulled the starter rope yesterday, and didn't turn the engine over. Took apart and the spring clip that holds the plastic pawls is broken. can one buy just the new spring clip and pawls or do you have to buy the entire pull rope housing etc? Thanks.

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Thought you might have mate in an ideal world...haha.