Thoughts on 3pt log splitters?

[m5guy]

I have a splitter I made for the bobcat, it runs great on the 25gpm the bobcat makes, I run it off the 3rd function on my tractor, hope you brought coffee, it's slow, but it breaks the nastiest pieces but it's slow.
I have a 40 year old speeco, my dad bought from farm and fleet. I finally had to put a hf 6.5 after the Briggs 5hp died. I use the standalone 98% of the time. Seems faster.
As cheap as the hf motors are, I can't see buying filters and oil for my tractor more often. Especially if you buy the warranty on the hf motor, just get a new one every year.

 

[dodge man]

My Yardmax has a Briggs and Stratton on it and it’s been good, not a clone. I actually have three of their small engines and they’ve all been good. I have had some negative connotations on them in the past, hence the term Briggs and Scrap Iron.

 

[newkiotiguy]

I have a 3 point splitter and will NEVER go back to a standalone splitter.

SR

Sounds like something a guy with multiple tractors would say. The wife splits most of the wood here so that would mean I couldn't use my tractor while she was working. Can't have that.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Getting a splitter with a log lift seems to add a lot to the price.

I could have had it on my splitter, but I decided I didn't need it. I cut over a wagon or trailer and then roll those bigger rounds right onto the beam of my splitter, and push them right through the 4-way wedge, easy peasy.

It works great and is basically FREE.

SR

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Sounds like something a guy with multiple tractors would say. The wife splits most of the wood here so that would mean I couldn't use my tractor while she was working. Can't have that.

And you sound like a guy that "needs" multiple tractors! lol

SR

 

[90cummins]

OK, then you be rolling along. LOL I use my Kubota to drag logs up to where I split and pile logs. Then I use my old Powerking to move splitter around. My biggest hang up is keeping the splits out of the way once they come off the splitter tray. In less than 15 minutes I will have to either move the Powerking forward or throw the splits out of the way by hand. Sometimes if I want to keep the split wood in a pile in a small area, I will place my Kubota bucket at the end of the table and let the wood fall into the bucket then pile it up, but I have to move the tractor every 5 minutes. To me it's faster to just throw it out of the way by hand. no matter how you go about it cutting and splitting wood is work
I keep saying I'm going to build another conveyor which would speed things up a lot because keeping splits out of the way is the most time-consuming task in my operation. I say I keep thinking about it, but I have to ask myself how much longer I will be able to do this. The one I had got burned up when my shop burned down and just can't see taking the time and money to build another one.

That’s the nice thing about being able to move my splitter with my 3pt hitch. I can split until the splitter is surrounded with wood then just pick it up & reposition it.