excavator to split firewood

[treekiller]

Does anyone have any experience in splitting fire wood with an excavator. I have seen it done on an 40 inch dbh oak but that machine was a beast. My question is what is the smallest machine that can produce enogh force to split a log 40 inch dbh. This is the grapple they used, on some bigger pieces they had to bang it a couple times to split it.

Here a cool product but you need a $200,000 excavator to use it right, its name is Bodine Wood Splitter.

 

[drmiller100]

all about leverage.

if you can mount the wood right close to the stick, then my 3 ton digger can split wood.

or, use aux hydrualics to power a traditional splitter.

 

[arlen]

Does anyone have any experience in splitting fire wood with an excavator. I have seen it done on an 40 inch dbh oak but that machine was a beast. My question is what is the smallest machine that can produce enogh force to split a log 40 inch dbh. This is the grapple they used, on some bigger pieces they had to bang it a couple times to split it.

Here a cool product but you need a $200,000 excavator to use it right, its name is Bodine Wood Splitter.

I bought an attachment called " atomic splitter " It is a screw splitter it can split off of a hydraulic pto. I mounted it on my backhoe it worked ok. There are some screw splitters listed on e-bay. I have seen them set up for a skidd steer and an excavator. David