Thread: Advice on towable log splitter

Originally Posted by XR500

You mention you have access to a big gum tree. That immediately puts you in the "I need more power' category. If you let it dry out instead of drop/ring/split in quick succession, it'll gobble up power as it can be a bastard to split if each ring is dry.

I have a double ender horozontal splitter run on the 3 point linkage of my 110hp tractor. It does a cube in 15-20 minutes. But it does not have a ring lifter, which I will now admit is a mistake.

"Double ender"... You're just boasting now.

Some of that gum is an utter mongrel, wet or dry. A screw splitter is one answer, half each round with the screw and it seems that it's much easier after that (lets the tension holding it in one piece off I guess). Screw splitters take a lot less power than a wedge type, but a lot messier and ragged.