Get a look at this splitter...Opinions?

[Redbug]

Have you guys ever seen one of these?

I bet you could adapt something like that to run on an old Briggs and Stratton engine mounted on a heavy frame...or on a tractor PTO.

LiveLeak.com - Poor Man's Log Splitter

 

[Rio_Grande]

I have run one Of thode on a post hole digger.even in that configuration it scared the heck out of me

 

[JimmyT]

Redbug, that big screw splitter reminds me of the stickler that came out in the mid seventies. I have a friend that bought one at a county fair about 1975. They split very well in straight grained wood like red oak and are extremely fast. Unicorn and Barkbuster made 3 pt. hitch pto powered models but were taken off the market because of too many lawsuits. I like them but you have to be extremely careful with them. They have had several elderly men killed by them because they they slipped and fell into them plus I remember of one guy lost his arm when the screw wrapped up in some loose clothing.One operation tip is that you need to keep a oil can handy and squirt the tip of the screw to cool it and help keep it sharp.You definitely need a kill switch on the power supply.
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[camr]

I've seen that before. It was either on an episode of "The Red Green Show" or maybe it was the chariot race scene from "Ben Hur".

 

[atvguns]

several vids of them on you tube

 

[A.S.Woodchucker]

not quite sure why but I have heard them called "the logsplitter of Death"!!!!!!!

 

[JimmyT]

not quite sure why but I have heard them called "the logsplitter of Death"!!!!!!!

Woodchucker, if they ever get a hold of you they ain't letting go. Kinda reminds of the old pto shafts before they started putting the protective plastic covers on them.

 

[moose5180]

I would stay far away from those.
I too have heard of people getting pulled into them, not worth it.

 

[TreePointer]

Too dangerous for me.

 

[jhoff310]

the man who runs the local small engine repair shop is missing half of his them due to one of them. He was demonstrating one at a local fair years ago and a split second mistake was all it took. He promptly canceled his future order and sent back his current inventory. He said he couldn't sell something like that with a clear conscious knowing it could cause more severe injury than what he suffered.


Jeff

 

[Redbug]

Take at look at this one on a post hole digger. I have a post hole digger and if I could find one of those splitters, I would try it. Seems safe enough if you stay on the tractor...

 

[JIMMYTreeWizard]

Those thing are awesome on an excavator. Wouldn't go near that car wheel mounted one though...

 

[bowtechmadman]

I have one that I need to get a picture of...haven't used it in a few years. Picked it up for like 20 bucks at a garage sale. Works of the PTO on back of tractor, box mounts on 3pt w/ spikes you drive into the ground to keep it solid. Crank up the PTO and go to work...definately an element of danger and by all means I had someone on the tractor minding the PTO.