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Things have moved on… I’m very taken with the Ryetec CV16 and is not massively out of budget at £4700. But I’ve been thrown a curve ball, there’s a Balfour pro22 for sale locally. I’ve always fancied one of these, are they any good for short logs or only any good for billets?

I’ve emailed these for a price today 😅 not sure if they offer a PTO option but it’s definitely a great idea and looks well made from the videos.

We used to have a BarkBuster cone splitter. It did the job well but the idea of employing someone to use that death trap would keep me awake at night! 😂

There’s very little wrong with it to be fair. at the moment we run it off the tractor, so I want a PTO version to be able to use our smaller tractor which is waaay too slow on it’s own hydraulics. we fabricated a big table for it and that was a massive improvement. the biggest complaint I’ve got is the tiny axe head they have can only ever split one log at a time, and the fillets that strengthen the table makes getting big logs close enough to split quite difficult sometimes. there’s also a stupid gap between the axe and the splitter body that is prone to getting bits wedged in. I’d also like a more powerful ram without sacrificing speed, which means having a well designed hydraulic system. Don’t get me wrong, I love the Oxdale and would have another one in a heartbeat, but a bigger wedge that goes right back and a stronger ram would make all the difference to me. If money was no object I’d buy an Eastonmade Axis because I like their setup, although I don’t see the need to buy an expensive to buy and expensive to run petrol engine when I could use an 80hp tractor for no cost. what I’m really looking for is a splitter as well thought out as the Axis, but tractor mounted with a PTO pump.

Evening all. I’ve got an Oxdale splitter that has served me faithfully for the last ten years, but I think I might have welded it up for the last time. i can fill an IBC with split logs in 40 mins if I’m going for it, but consistently my labourer manages 6 in a working day. what’s out there that’s faster? the Eastonmades and Fuelwood Splittas of the world look amazing, but my budget doesn’t stretch that far. can anyone recommend anything other than a new Oxdale?

The torque issue is what I was wondering about. We produce all our logs from arb waste, so anything big gets ringed and split, just looking for a way to break down big rings into something sensible to lift by hand without spending too much time or money on it. maybe a big horizontal splitter I can load with the grab would be a better setup.

Hi all, I have an intermacato grab with a rotator on my 6 ton doosan digger. im wondering if rather than buying a cone splitter as a separate attachment, could I either buy or build one that I could hold with the grab and use the grab’s rotator to turn it? has anyone seen one or can think of any problems with this idea?

Hi All, long time since I’ve Posted! Anyway, has anyone seen a splitter like this for sale in the uk? https://youtu.be/ruvu6j5S3hA I split quite a bit of oversize stuff and wonder if this would be any quicker, using an oxdale 10t tractor mounted splitter at the moment. All thoughts welcome. TIA

I've seen somebody post on a local for sale Facebook page wanting logs. Immediately six people jumped on the advert, some of whom offering 'a tonne of seasoned hardwood logs for £45' They mean a builders bag I guess, I'm not trying to start the weights and measures thread again. I sell 0.73 m.cube bags at £65 and sell all I can produce to regular customers who like my service and quality etc. What are your experiences of Facebook sales? The 'have a go Harry' brigade are starting to upset me a little, my next door neighbour told me last week that I'm way too expensive because they could buy wet softwood logs for £30 a cube and I'm more than twice that price. Wow!

Not a bad idea that! Any idea what it would cost to haul them all that way?

Shame you're not closer to me, that's a good price!

Dry 26m3 for down to 20% for £100? Sounds good to me Murray!

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I've had an oxdale tractor mounted splitter for four years. We see 150m3 a year. It has only failed once - a spring in the spool valve - they sent one out free of charge. Very quick to use when you get good at it, I can do three cube of loose logs an hour. Highly recommend the splitters and the company.

Last year I ran out just at the end of the season. I told two customers that we'd got nothing dry and that they'd be better trying someone else. One was a new customer: I never heard from them again. The other was a regular - maybe 10m3 a year, she went somewhere else but sure enough was on the phone to me this September complaining about the rubbish she had from the other bloke.