I want this spliter!

I think the one I linked makes too much chaff, or splitter bait due to one or 2 too many vertical cutters and what appears to be only 4 or so inches tall horizontal bar.
Those are two easily fixed things to make bigger splits and less chaff.

The other thing I like about this design of blade is that the remaining chunk can sit on the top horizontal blade.


I think when my buddy and I redo his old didier splitter we just might incorporate a few of these elements.

I buy hydraulics parts for my job, and he works for a fab shop.

I like some of this process to be manual. Having a processor that bucks and splits takes half the fun out of it.


Now I'm all for splitting and bucking, but I'll keep the lifting of heavy chunks to a minimum. Stacking is enough fun and work.

 

EXACTLY what I thought! Way to much trash coming out, looks like it is wasting 10% of the wood!

I like the looks of that bobcat attachment, is that a custom unit or is that sold somewhere??

 

If YOU get one, I'll let you move back to LI!

 

Yea, me too! Especially since I'm going to be out of a job shortly!

 

Long story but it's time for me to move on, just not happy there. Been at same company for over 20 years. I have very good offers elsewhere, but I'm going to take some time/summer off and figure it out later...

 

If you can weld and fab all of this yourself, maybe $3000 to$4000 if you buy quality parts and utilize tractor pto. Takes a bit of hp so verify your tractor has the azz first. If you need to sub out the fabrication I suspect you will be near $5000 to $6000.

 

Something like that will probably be in the $6000 range if you have a solid blueprint, and all you do is weld minimal cutting and beveling, assemble, paint and buy all your hoses pumps shafts rams nuts and bolts and everything else, that's if you have a couple pieces of equipment. To have that custom made by someone else, your probably close to $12,000-15,000.

 

Nice. The things we people can build. Eh

 

Horkn , Now this is the tempest that I remember.

Spose each have their own advantages....

 

I like that one too, but I just think that in my setup, I'd be picking half the splits off of the ground, and the other side would be loaded into my trailer.

Now if you have a two plus row Scotty overkill type setup, then yeah that would rock. Drive down the lane, stop, split away then pull forward and split more. Wash, rinse, repeat.

 

I could watch that all day.... SWEET

 

Here's the big daddy tempest sliver 5

 

I like the rollers on the table.

 

Groovey.

 

These fellas using the fancy wood splitting machines seem to be a little round in the middle.