Cool Log Splitter...

hobbyfarm · Oct 11, 2004

Just Don't tell the Lawyers.
 The Stickler /forums/images/graemlins/ooo.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Too bad there's no TPH or stationary model. I usually need my truck to have all its wheels on the ground.
phil

PineRidge · Oct 11, 2004

That thing looks like an accident looking for a place to happen.....

hobbyfarm · Oct 11, 2004

Yeah, that's why I'd like to see someone else operate it.

beenthere · Oct 11, 2004

They used to have them for a 3pt mount, driven by the PTO. They look more dangerous than they really are. If not careful, one could get the point started in the wrong place, and it becomes a 'propeller' with maiming possibilities. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

On the other hand, the hyd. ram splitter pushing against a wedge could also have grave consequences. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

But you can pick which you would prefer. I prefer the splitter with the wedge and ram. The screw is too slow, IMO.

hobbyfarm · Oct 11, 2004

These guys have a neat splitter or two:

Posch Leibnitz

EricL · Oct 12, 2004

I agree with PineRidge here, an accident waiting to happen.

Also aren't gloves near a rotating object a no no..... /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

Youare · Oct 12, 2004

I was given a Stickler splitter over 25 years ago by my parents. We used it for several years and split a lot of wood. It worked well on four foot wood but the shorter stove length pieces were a challenge.

As long as one end of the piece you are splitting was in solid contact with the ground all was well. A couple of times I tried to split a piece that was too short and the rear axle of the truck became an unbalanced propeller. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

I didn't find the splitter dangerous as long as you followed the rules, same as any other splitter. The only issue I had was if I split my wood in 3 or 4 foot lengths I then had 3 or 4 times as many split pieces to cut with the chainsaw. For me it meant handeling the wood a couple more times so I stopped using it. It sat in the shed for more than 15 years.

I think is was last year that I offered it to anyone who wanted it as long as they paid for the shipping. Someone took me up on the offer and the last I heard the splitter was once again doing it's thing. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

It is an inexpensive splitter with an expensive power unit.

Randy

pekabu · Oct 12, 2004

There was an ealier discusion on this type of splitter. Most felt it was good wood splitter, but dangerous to use.

RockyMnt1 · Oct 12, 2004

I have the splitter that Youare offered and it works just great.
I have split around 8-10 cords of pine so far. Some of the wood that I split is 18 inches across. I have it attached to the rear axle of an old Bronco. I just start it up and run it at idle in 2WD, so the movement is slow. If I want to work faster, I can just increase the engine RPMs.

While all machinery is dangerous, I would rather work around this thing than a PHD or bush hog. I also don't have another engine or hydraulics to maintain. It really does work well for me, but I don't have anybody but me around it while operating it.

Dargo · Oct 12, 2004

Uh, I only have three words..."not for me". /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

rambler · Oct 12, 2004

( They used to have them for a 3pt mount, driven by the PTO. They look more dangerous than they really are. If not careful, one could get the point started in the wrong place, and it becomes a 'propeller' with maiming possibilities. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

On the other hand, the hyd. ram splitter pushing against a wedge could also have grave consequences. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

But you can pick which you would prefer. I prefer the splitter with the wedge and ram. The screw is too slow, IMO. )

I've got a 3pt model, BarqBuster or something like that. I believe the 3pt models didn't have any safety features.

I find a chainsaw at least as dangerous. Here on the farm I work around a lot of dangerous stuff if you don't know what you are doing. The cattle are more dangerous....

Anyhow, the 3pt models have a pipe you lean the 'far' end of the wood on, and you want to be sure your wood stays on that pipe. Too short wood is the biggest problem, it becomes a propeller as someone said.

A screw splitter is _much_ faster than a hydraulic splitter. I've run both, and must disagree with your last comment.

--->Paul

JerryG · Oct 12, 2004

Here is a three point version that someone posted some time ago.

chucko · Oct 12, 2004

man if that thing could turn 90 deg down it would do a number in a stump. (or suck your tractor right to the ground)

stephan · Oct 13, 2004

Nice looking piece of kit but not for me. I reckon they look far too dangerous. I managed to rip my thumb off on a lathe imagine what I could do with that....

Scozz · Oct 13, 2004

I own a stickler. Used it for 2 seasons to split wood for my fireplace. Probably split about 12-15 cords of wood with it.
It worked great for me. Was perfect to get me by until I could swing buying a hydraulic splitter. I turned the idle up rather high on my old Chevy to get it spinning pretty fast ... sped up the process! As far a unsafe ... only as unsafe as the user. I'm one to throw caution to the wind in effort to get the job done and still had no problem with it! Now that I'm reminded just might throw that baby on Ebay! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

stephan · Oct 16, 2004

Randy,

Just a couple of comments in return. You mentioned the lack of a chain brake on older chainsaws and how dangerous it was before, also how dangerous a PTO is. Both of these things have had a lot of accidents and their design has been changed extensivly to promote safety, addition of the change brake and shields for the PTO's. These (PTO and chainsaw) cannot really be replaced with a safer option, other then getting someone else to do it, but this splitter can be. There are loads of different designs in splitters that don't involve a spinning screw that may well start the log spinning.

I agree that anything can be dangerous without proper safety precautions and vigilance during use (your friends palm) but why would you expose yourself to this danger when there is an alternative? I also agree about the PHD that's why I don't leave the seat of my tractor when using it.

Yes many things look dangerous and some just are.

Stephan.

Steve_Miller · Oct 16, 2004

Know of an incident where loose clothing got caught and ripped a guy's arm clean off, he was using a PTO driven screw on the back of a tractor. Running it alone and couldn't reach to shut anything off.

Steve