I have 2 splitters, both are about 20 tons, one is electric and the other is gas vert/horiz. I use the gas vertical to bust them down and then the electric with 4way to make firewood. Works great, especially when I can use the bobcat to move the heavies. I thought about making a splitter for the bobcat, but that would require a lot of slewing which would tear up the ground. I like to keep the torn up ground to a minimum and this bobcat is pretty easy on the yard.
I actually just got a load of stone to put down where I process to keep the mud to a minimum, the tree services that use my chainsaw shop are always looking to get rid of the big wood so having the skid splitter works well for me to pre split I can bust them up and stack the last split then I bring the other splitter and elevator down and put the wood right in to 1/3 cord bags so the ugly splits are not a problem for me because I do not stack anymore I will get you a picture of the whole thing set up next time JB
if you look at the pan under the grate it has a pretty good pile of slivers it usually does not matter to me I burn everything every bag has about a gallon bucket of slivers in it the bags also sit outside so they always get leaves and twigs in them from the trees I do need to modify the tray loading the bags is at a lower angle than loading into a truck so I need to trim it to let it hang lower JB