Log Splitter Wanted - Electric -

Ky Abu

Hi all

Just looking to get a Log splitter, preferably Vertical but Horizontal would do too. Something good but nothing crazy in price. My budget would be €500 Max really. I would be cutting mostly Softwoods with lots of knots.

Any advice, good offers out there??

Im in Tralee. I saw 4 splitters so far. 2 Hortizontal splitters in Shanahan's Honda for €289, O'Neills for €325, and 2 Vertical splitters in O'Neills for €590 and a 5.5 Tonne Vertical for €399 in Heiton Buckleys. Not sure out of them what to look for....

Thanks

locky76

I bought a 9 tonne off this crowd:
http://www.hartnett-products.ie/h-splitters/product/7-heavy-duty-max-axe-9-ton-vertical-electric-hydraulic-log-splitter.html
Great machine although you need all the 9 tonnes as the softwoods are riddled with knots.
Another tip is to split after cutting as soon as you can as softwoods turn to granite as they dry out...

Ky Abu wrote: »

Hi all
Just looking to get a Log splitter, preferably Vertical but Horizontal would do too. Something good but nothing crazy in price. My budget would be €500 Max really. I would be cutting mostly Softwoods with lots of knots.

Any advice, good offers out there??

Im in Tralee. I saw 4 splitters so far. 2 Hortizontal splitters in Shanahan's Honda for €289, O'Neills for €325, and 2 Vertical splitters in O'Neills for €590 and a 5.5 Tonne Vertical for €399 in Heiton Buckleys. Not sure out of them what to look for....

Thanks

Ky Abu

locky76 wrote: »

I bought a 9 tonne off this crowd:
http://www.hartnett-products.ie/h-splitters/product/7-heavy-duty-max-axe-9-ton-vertical-electric-hydraulic-log-splitter.html
Great machine although you need all the 9 tonnes as the softwoods are riddled with knots.

Are their particular things I should look out for other than the points below??

• Motor wattage --- Higher the wattage the more electricity but better able to do heavy work?
• Vertical or Horizontal --- Any major advantage of one over the other?
• What Tonne is force --- The higher the Tonne the stronger for splitting??
• What Length of Log it can take
• What Diameter of Log it can take
• Ram Diameter

Their all the things I seem to see listed when splitters are being advertised

Sam Kade

What about an axe and some elbow grease

vinne

Sam Kade wrote: »

What about an axe and some elbow grease

No, there a new European law banning elbow grease

Ky Abu

Sam Kade wrote: »

What about an axe and some elbow grease

The softwood logs I seem to have are nasty to split. Extremely difficult to split, and thats coming from someone who likes splitting them the hands on way! :)

onyerbikepat

If you cut your own timber, after a while you get the knack of cutting logs so as to keep them easy to split. Keep the knots near the cut and keep the logs short. The sooner you split them after cutting the better too.

49801

Why electric?

Have not heard great things about the running costs for them.
That said we have a handy little electric like this http://atkins.ie/gardenmachinery/product_info.php?cPath=246_326&products_id=1240

I hired a contractor with a tractor splitter only last week and we split got through a hell of an amount. It was a mate rate though but guess €250/day? would not be far wrong. Well worth it IMO!

Vertical seems to be the way to go to me.

Ky Abu

49801 wrote: »

Why electric?

Have not heard great things about the running costs for them.
That said we have a handy little electric like this http://atkins.ie/gardenmachinery/product_info.php?cPath=246_326&products_id=1240

Vertical seems to be the way to go to me.

Vertical seems to be the most recommended. Approx 300 euro seems to be the typical price for a 5--6 tonne Horizontal. Nearly double that for a good Vertical. Is the tonne and motor wattage the most important aspects for being able to split?

onyerbikepat

Tonnage is a measure of the force the ram generates. Its basically the hydraulic pressure acting over the area of the ram of the cylinder. A 3 tonne splitter for example would generate a force equivalent to 3,000 kgs.

Wattage is a measure of the power requirements in Kw.

Tonnage and Wattage are different but are linked by the speed at which the splitter operates. For example if two splitters were both rated at 3 tonne but one had a Wattage of 1.5 Kw and the other was 3.0 Kw, you would expect the 3kw one to work at approx twice the speed.

On Safety - make sure the splitter is CE Marked. It should be safe to use then. It should also have 'Two Hand operation', so both hands are required to operate. You wont take the fingers off yerself then.

locky76

Vertical, 3kW, 9 tonner.
Electric is a great job in that you can set it up in a shed and tip away whenever you get a chance
Spruce and other softwoods are impossible to split with an axe, you've to put a value on your back, wrists, shoulders etc...
I challenged a few mates who were sceptical and all were surpirsed at how difficult it is.
I've split 50m3 over the past year with mine and no issues at all.
Not really feasible to get some one in on hire, it takes the savings out of the wood.
Another great job is the x head on the log splitter, it splits it into 4...

Ky Abu wrote: »

Vertical seems to be the most recommended. Approx 300 euro seems to be the typical price for a 5--6 tonne Horizontal. Nearly double that for a good Vertical. Is the tonne and motor wattage the most important aspects for being able to split?

Ky Abu

locky76 wrote: »

Vertical, 3kW, 9 tonner.
Electric is a great job in that you can set it up in a shed and tip away whenever you get a chance
Spruce and other softwoods are impossible to split with an axe, you've to put a value on your back, wrists, shoulders etc...
I challenged a few mates who were sceptical and all were surpirsed at how difficult it is.
I've split 50m3 over the past year with mine and no issues at all.
Not really feasible to get some one in on hire, it takes the savings out of the wood.
Another great job is the x head on the log splitter, it splits it into 4...

Have you a particular model in mind??

monkeynuz

I know someone who says electric logsplitters are a waste of time and also "you get what you pay for" meaning that unless you are willing/able to spend €1500+ you won't be getting much in the terms of time saving or back saving.

Surely you must have a local farmer neighbour with a tractor splitter?

Whereabouts in Kerry are you?

enricoh

oul lad got one off a crowd called gwaza - horizontal e350. was skeptical using it but breezed through rings that i'd given up on years ago with the hatchet!

manjou

locky76 wrote: »

I bought a 9 tonne off this crowd:
http://www.hartnett-products.ie/h-splitters/product/7-heavy-duty-max-axe-9-ton-vertical-electric-hydraulic-log-splitter.html
Great machine although you need all the 9 tonnes as the softwoods are riddled with knots.
Another tip is to split after cutting as soon as you can as softwoods turn to granite as they dry out...

Have one of these too have set up in shed so can split away any weather.Father is nearly 70 and keeps 3 houses going with timber using this and splits softwood and hardwood knots and all.Only problem is keeping timber in front of him.

Muckit

Anyone ever make one that uses a hydraulic Toplink to split? Could slot the Toplink in and take out when finished. Have table adjustable. Would there be enough stroke in it?

Ky Abu

monkeynuz wrote: »

I know someone who says electric logsplitters are a waste of time and also "you get what you pay for" meaning that unless you are willing/able to spend €1500+ you won't be getting much in the terms of time saving or back saving.

Surely you must have a local farmer neighbour with a tractor splitter?

Whereabouts in Kerry are you?

In Tralee, but the most of the wood would be in Waterville. Would like to have the piece of equipment myself, rather than hiring a splitter €600 euro tops I would pay for one.

st1979

Muckit wrote: »

Anyone ever make one that uses a hydraulic Toplink to split? Could slot the Toplink in and take out when finished. Have table adjustable. Would there be enough stroke in it?

Good idea. Easy enough done

monkeynuz

Ky Abu wrote: »

In Tralee, but the most of the wood would be in Waterville. Would like to have the piece of equipment myself, rather than hiring a splitter €600 euro tops I would pay for one.

Is it even worth your time and effort travelling from Tralee to Waterville, messing around harvesting and splitting then transporting back, for that expense you would be better off buying kiln dried almost.

Ky Abu

monkeynuz wrote: »

Is it even worth your time and effort travelling from Tralee to Waterville, messing around harvesting and splitting then transporting back, for that expense you would be better off buying kiln dried almost.

Its for the Father at home I would be buying

monkeynuz

Oh right, fair enough.

Ky Abu

Anyone have a particularly good value model? A link or where I could get ???

vinne

Ky Abu wrote: »

Anyone have a particularly good value model? A link or where I could get ???

lawnflite duel E475 O Neill Milltown I have one and believe me it will split anything

Ky Abu

vinne wrote: »

lawnflite duel E475 O Neill Milltown I have one and believe me it will split anything

What Model, type of splitter is this?? Vertical or Horiontal?v is it €475 euro??

Is it this model?

vinne

Ky Abu wrote: »

What Model, type of splitter is this?? Vertical or Horiontal?v is it €475 euro??

Is it this model?

That's the one splits both ways 475 euro a mighty machine, I had big logs that were there 6 years split them no problem.

locky76

http://www.hartnett-products.ie/h-sp...-splitter.html

Ky Abu wrote: »

Anyone have a particularly good value model? A link or where I could get ???

manjou

locky76 wrote: »

http://www.hartnett-products.ie/h-sp...-splitter.html

Thats the one we have great job splits anything

Ky Abu

locky76 wrote: »

http://www.hartnett-products.ie/h-sp...-splitter.html

Linky no worky!

49801

Ky Abu wrote: »

Linky no worky!

Link works fine for me?

Ky Abu

Motor power v tonnage seems to be the way of understanding how strong the motor is for splitting




Think this is it

Thats the Max Axe one?

lucillel

My partner got a great one in Shanahans Tralee, it was €289 said he finds it great.

Ky Abu

Hi

Bought a Vertical Lawnflite in O'Neills in Milltown in the end, ccost close to €500 euro but is absolutely a dream machine. Very user friendly, no real bending ovver and extremely quick

Hugh 2

locky76 wrote: »

I bought a 9 tonne off this crowd:
http://www.hartnett-products.ie/h-splitters/product/7-heavy-duty-max-axe-9-ton-vertical-electric-hydraulic-log-splitter.html
Great machine although you need all the 9 tonnes as the softwoods are riddled with knots.
Another tip is to split after cutting as soon as you can as softwoods turn to granite as they dry out...

I am looking at getting one of these also. (Did a search for Hartnett and found this post)

How did you decide on the 9 Ton
The 8 ton looks quite capable as well.
then there is the 10 ton...is that overkill
The videos look well

I am all for electric the tractor always seems to be on something else pushing a button seems a lot easier than robbing the tractor off of another job
http://www.hartnett-products.ie/collections/log-splitters
Hartnett give the impression of giving good backup .