I have a very clean and low hour Husky hydraulic log splitter. Its a big one, I think its something like 34 or 35 ton, can't remember. But I've been considering selling it and buying a kinetic log splitter. The objective is to get the work done faster, and not have hydraulic rams, hoses, pumps, filters, tanks, fluids, etc. to maintain or replace.
Questions:
1) BBR has a video of his Gripo brand kinetic splitter, in which he states that if a nasty knot is encountered, the belt will slip and burn until you hit the button to release the ram. Yet other brands have a safeguard of sorts that automatically releases the ram before the machine beats itself up. So the question is, which brands have this safeguard feature to protect the machine from tearing itself up?
2) Who makes kinetic splitters? ( I know of: Super Splitter, DR, Oregon, Gripo, Generac, Power King, DK.) Am I missing any names?
3) Will kinetic units, if they are big enough, handle knots and tougher stuff similar to the performance of a hydraulic unit?
4) The kinetic units seem to have fewer high dollar components, why are they so expensive? Is it just a matter of supply and demand, and what people are willing to pay?
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Questions:
1) BBR has a video of his Gripo brand kinetic splitter, in which he states that if a nasty knot is encountered, the belt will slip and burn until you hit the button to release the ram. Yet other brands have a safeguard of sorts that automatically releases the ram before the machine beats itself up. So the question is, which brands have this safeguard feature to protect the machine from tearing itself up?
2) Who makes kinetic splitters? ( I know of: Super Splitter, DR, Oregon, Gripo, Generac, Power King, DK.) Am I missing any names?
3) Will kinetic units, if they are big enough, handle knots and tougher stuff similar to the performance of a hydraulic unit?
4) The kinetic units seem to have fewer high dollar components, why are they so expensive? Is it just a matter of supply and demand, and what people are willing to pay?
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