pto splitter

tlak · Dec 22, 2010

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Zachary Hoyt · Dec 22, 2010

Well, I like the background music in the unicorn video, it sounds to me like Flatt and Scruggs doing Jimmy Brown The Newsboy. That PTO splitter is a sad sight in my opinion. The log he is splitting is so straight grained that I could split it up with a maul in less time than that machine takes. To each their own, though.
Zach

David - Alabama · Dec 22, 2010

Looks like a good thing to me. However, I assume the thing has a pilot tip on it to pull the wood in and just imagine what would happen if a shirt sleeve or glove were to get hung on it.

plow hand · Dec 22, 2010

Safety first!!! What would happen with a piece of green elm?

CharlieNJ · Dec 22, 2010

What does that yellow sticker say? Remove necktie before operating...

Gun guru · Dec 22, 2010

Very cool. I have never seen a screw bit splitting logs before.

I would think it is less dangerous then a hydraulic ram splitter.

paul · Dec 22, 2010

The spinning bit, the possiblity of the wood slipping off the support & spinning, makes them more dangerous.

Fastest way to split wood tho, and on the scale of danger, it's not at the top on my list.

Heck just working with the cattle is far more dangerous, less control of a situation.

I have a Bark Buster I think brand, more of a pipe frame, the wood can start rotating around real suddenly if it slips off my pipe, that gets your attention.

I run it at idle, if it gets in tough wood just stalls out the 37hp tractor it;s on, keep things slow & steady.

-->Paul

John S-B · Dec 22, 2010

While I imagine it's good for straight grained wood, I don't think it would handle a crotch or large knot very well. And if something bad happened, you can't shut it off quick. And even if you could, that PTO will spin for a few seconds. I'd prefer the more common hyd. splitter.

tlak · Dec 22, 2010

No fast get a way. This is kinda funny, but why didn't they...........
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tjdub · Dec 22, 2010

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eugC6YXK9fQ">Here's a similar design</a> mounted on a skidloader. Safer, but it sure seems slow and tedious to use. Not to mention the fuel costs compared to little service motor most hydraulic splitters use.

GVSII · Dec 22, 2010

(quoted from post at 13:19:49 12/22/10) Well, I like the background music in the unicorn video, it sounds to me like Flatt and Scruggs doing Jimmy Brown The Newsboy. That PTO splitter is a sad sight in my opinion. The log he is splitting is so straight grained that I could split it up with a maul in less time than that machine takes. To each their own, though.
Zach

ach.I could split it pretty quick with a maul too but not for 4 or 5 hours straight. As far as safety is concerned,that is in the hands mind of the user.

tlak · Dec 22, 2010

Saw that one, looks like you would be chasing wood all over the place.

buickanddeere · Dec 22, 2010

Run, run away. Some fool is trying to cripple or kill you.
If the wood is straight grained. It's easier to use an axe rather than a splitter.

Anonymous-0 · Dec 22, 2010

Seems to me that this skidloader splitter ought to be used on about an 8-10 foot long log, that way you handle it a lot less!

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OliverGuy · Dec 22, 2010

oh my

Goose · Dec 22, 2010

A buddy of mine told me the other day he'd seen a screw splitter where you jacked up one rear wheel of a pickup, removed the wheel, and the screw bolted on in place of the wheel.

You then started the pickup and put it in gear. I don't even want to think about that.

RayP(MI) · Dec 22, 2010

That looks dangerous. How do you reverse it to back it out if it gets stuck?

just another old geezer · Dec 22, 2010

knew someone who had one of those "cone on a car wheel " splitters. He had to chain the other wheel to the frame to keep the car from driving away on him every time he got into a tough chunk of wood!!!!

PJH · Dec 22, 2010

I remember those Goose, and I saw one in operation once. A local guy had it and he was really proud of it. It had a heavy string tied to a kill switch in case of mishap. He had it on a sharp looking little stepside Chevy. It worked pretty slick.

A few weeks later I saw his pickup and the left rear fender was all beat up. Seems that each piece dug a little deeper hole until one finally made a complete rotation. It was then that he discovered that if you yank the string too hard, in addition to breaking the string, you destroyed the kill switch. By the time he got the engine shut off it had beat a new radius on his wheel well opening.

He got rid of it without ever using it again. Up until that point I had thought about getting one because they were cheap and, well, I was too.

If I remember right, the PTO model turned the opposite direction from the wheel mounted one.

Paul

Adirondack case guy · Dec 22, 2010

Scary to say the least. No way to disconect the power in case of an emergency!!. The principle of splitting the block with the screw is practical, BUT the drive system of all, have no safty control system other than the one on the skidsteer, which is a $20,000.00 power unit, and control system that is slow at best.

wolfman · Dec 22, 2010

I've split a lot of wood with one similar to that. It is a splitting fool, knotty stuff, whatever, it'll split it. But definitely dangerous. I try never to have long sleeves or a loose shirt, etc.

tlak · Dec 22, 2010

That's what the other video is label unicorn

paul · Dec 22, 2010

Yup, the neighbors of my 1st cousin had one of that type, think they welded it out of an old steel tractor rim. They were 80+ year old batchlors, split a lot of wood with their wheel.

1st cousin said it gave him the shivers just watching them.....

--->Paul

teddy52food · Dec 22, 2010

B&D ' I have to agree with you on that one. Nice straight grain & short blocks will split faster with an ax than that rig. No gas fumes either.

2x4 · Dec 22, 2010

Had that happen too. Had to chain the pickup to my tractor. Otherwise, keep the wife behind the wheel & she stops it when it takes off, which is very rare but she can shut the key off if I slip up because of something else. But it does work great.

JMS/.MN · Dec 22, 2010

Just another reason for you to not send your resume, when I am in the market for a safety guru. Actually, my common sense overrules any need.

2x4 · Dec 22, 2010

looks like English Walnut. Wouldn't be a real test for any machine with that straight grain.

Rick Kr · Dec 23, 2010

As others said, not for me. Forgot to add in my other post on the unicorn video.

When I was 13 I stuck an axe in my leg just below my knee chopping wood. My cousin kinda "helped" that accident my moving the other end of the log while I was chopping. So the axe is not without injury either.

olgentdc · Dec 23, 2010

Me Neither ,, 1st one I saw was at N-Farm machinery show 1972, mounted on a hub of a new FORD Truck ,, Dad told the fella runnin it "It looked to be a good way to GET SCREWED ,. 10 yrs later i was helping to get a bid started at auction , bought a 3pt hitch design nearly like new for $25,,. Dad asked me "if it was painted Red or was that Just Blood ?" ,,,.. WE never splitted alone ,AND , Rarely did it seem Dangerous , BUT THE POTENTIAL WAS ALWAYS THERE . and you ONLY NEED ONE EVENT TO RUIN OR END YOUR LIFE ... Sold it the Next season and made 150 bucks.... ,, I got Lucky ... The Big Wheel Idea COULD BE SOUND ,IF A Table MECHANIM WAS CREATED to SWING in Mechanically, Keeping Hands and limbes VERY FAR AWAY ,, youGuys couldCome up with Better economical Ideas that are not complicated for safety of the wheel splitter if you needed to ... ,,, Last year someone posted a BALER FLYWHEEL SPLITTER that Seemed EQUALLY dangerous ... Hope the guy is ABLE enuf and healthy to be ... able to post his machine

randallinMo · Dec 23, 2010

I"ve split wood for years with hydraulic splitters....they are dangerous enough. That thing is a DEATH TRAP.

W.A.S. · Dec 23, 2010

I have one, have broke it, fixed it, broke it. I must say the best damm splitter I have run. I do understand that the "DANGER" level is high running this machine but have help close by use Common scence and life will be good.

Anonymous-0 · Dec 23, 2010

I gotcha beat there, I bought one for $5 bucks at an auction, I started it at $5, and musta scared everybody else away!

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