2 way splitters

[Wood Cutter]

Anybody have any reviews and different brands of 2 way splitters??? How you like them??? How they holding up??

 

[Dan_IN_MN]

I have a friend who has one. He likes it. One of the drawbacks I saw when he was running it was that you had to bring the wood to the other side of the wedge to split again. You tell me if that's a bad thing.

 

[blades]

Still got to hang on to both halfs or go pick up the 1/2 that got away and stack it. So might spend a bit less time at the splitter but not much of a savings of your time . From a fuel perspective possible savings there as not wasting return stroke. Generally the return stroke is going to have less power than the forward stroke not really a problem though. A unit that a time /motion eng. would love.

 

[Homelite410]

Still got to hang on to both halfs or go pick up the 1/2 that got away and stack it. So might spend a bit less time at the splitter but not much of a savings of your time . From a fuel perspective possible savings there as not wasting return stroke. Generally the return stroke is going to have less power than the forward stroke not really a problem though. A unit that a time /motion eng. would love.

Why do you feel the return stroke has "less power"? The two way that I ran lacked one important thing.... A TABLE!

 

[Oliver1655]

There is less tonnage due to the space the rod takes up.

Example: Using a 4" bore with a 1.75" rod at 2,500 psi
- Extension/push stroke = 15.7 ton (31,416 lbs)
- Return/pull stroke = 12.7 ton (25,401 lbs)

http://www.calculatoredge.com/mech/pushpull hydraulic cylinder.htm

 

[blades]

Thanks Oliver1655, never can remember the formulas with out digging them back up.