Thread: Advice on towable log splitter

Originally Posted by 6x47

Well I'm 66 and not heavily built. I'm def not afraid of hard work but the last thing I want is shagging my back lifting big rings. Sure I can hack them up with the big saw but it's an extra step I'd like to avoid.

I been a fencer all my life so naturally got strong back weak mind.
To be fair if you got amassive ring on the splitter once its in I half it's two big halves.
It's really quick to rip them with good clearing saws and a bit of super chipper chain.
Pretty much the same result time wise.
In saying that if the knife going in and out your making money.
Takes a bit of time lifting and positioning those big fucking rings.
Some times my 56 inch bar on gum isn't long enough so I have to do a heap of ripping anyway.

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Originally Posted by tac a1

Yeah good. Does it dry good in the pods?? Do you modify them to accept the firewood??

Yep. Just whip off the two retaining straps on top of the pod, remove the plastic inner and Voila! a light, strong, ventilated pod that holds a fortnight's worth of firewood.

Originally Posted by McNotty

@XR500 are you talking about the standard splitter or the Mahoe processor?

The Pierce splitter is cheaper than the Levin Sawmakers and I’d say the same cost as the Daytech splitter.

The one for twelve and a half grand.

My Splitfire was only 3.5 grand a few years ago. I see they are now 5.5K. Then again I already have the 110hp tractor to run it off.

Just have to put it together

I aqppreciate we are getting to the end of winter but i am seriously looking at all these models that are out on the market and its confusing. Has any one got any experience of the Easy Quip ones sold on the interwebby thing or the yellow site?. Seems his pipes run in curves and not right angles which makes sense in in not toturing the flow of oil unnecessarily. Everyone seems to say 20 t 35 t 45 t 50 t and there appears to be little difference however whats the experience out there from you guys? My worst wood would be knotty Macrocarpa, willow and good ol pine (albeit knotty too). Again its an expense that I am prepared to go to but I want to do the right purchase. And yes a log lifter is on the spec sheet. Got too many back injuries to not that advantage of hydralic power LOL

I hire one of these they are awesome splitter ripps through big oldman pine easy as.
4.5 cube in 2.5 hours.
When we had a big splitter made a few years back the engineer told me this 10T, 20T ram is a load of crap it's all to do with the pump and flow, so I was told.

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Correct me if I'm wrong but most hydraulic pumps run at approx 3000psi.
So then the variables are gpm and how big your cylinder is that the oil is pushing against.
So mine is a 22gpm pump that runs at that volume until it hits resistance and drops the flow back but uses all the 3000psi available.
The ram is a specific wood splitting ram so has a large spear that makes it retract faster as needs less oil volume to return it.
2 people can do 5 cube per 1 1/4 hours consistently if all the ringing done.
I have a chainsaw and firewood fetish and have done alot of commercial in the past.
Mine is a horizontal with out a lifter as still reckon faster ripping big blocks down so the Mrs can lift them!

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Originally Posted by andyanimal31

Correct me if I'm wrong but most hydraulic pumps run at approx 3000psi.
So then the variables are gpm and how big your cylinder is that the oil is pushing against.
So mine is a 22gpm pump that runs at that volume until it hits resistance and drops the flow back but uses all the 3000psi available.
The ram is a specific wood splitting ram so has a large spear that makes it retract faster as needs less oil volume to return it.
2 people can do 5 cube per 1 1/4 hours consistently if all the ringing done.
I have a chainsaw and firewood fetish and have done alot of commercial in the past.
Mine is a horizontal with out a lifter as still reckon faster ripping big blocks down so the Mrs can lift them!

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Going to need a photo now big boy

Will see what I can find!

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Tonnage is a theoretical calc based on surface area of the piston inside the ram against pressure (at max load the flow into the piston is virtually nil if the system's relief circuit is set correctly). GPM is a good thing for moving the piston in and out quickly, but it's the surface area for the oil to push against at max pressure that does the work for you.

Somewhere on Dr Google is a spec sheet and calculator thingy that will give you the piston force in tonnage for a set pressure. As someone up there noted, the actual tonnage rating of the ram is kind of indifferent as it is only one factor amongst many that make up a good splitter machine.