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4-way splitting heads for logsplitter

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Fawteen

03-25-2006 11:47:10




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Anybody have or use one of those slip-on 4-way adapters for a hydraulic splitter?

If so, what's your opinion of them?




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Fred Martin

03-27-2006 09:48:35




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 Re: 4-way splitting heads for logsplitter in reply to Fawteen, 03-25-2006 11:47:10  
I have found that if you put the blade on the end of the I beam and stick an old gnarly piece...you can throw a chain around the plate and the wood and pull it back off. If you put the plate on the cylinder...you can also use the splitter as a hydraulic press to straighten metal or whatever if you can design a flat plate for the other end. Just thought I"d throw that in if you haven"t thought of it earlier. I put a hyd. gage on mine and most wood split at around 700 lbs. pressure. If you design the system so that the blade goes close to the plate fully extended, you can pinch off the small stuff (3") that gets in your way...it"ll burn too. The splitter is a five horse Briggs with a 2 stage John Barnes 11 gpm pump....about 14 seconds cycle time...couldn"t ask for anything more.....built out of junkyard stuff except for pump, motor, valve and hoses...and the operator. Come to think of it...when I was a little feller I asked my Mom where I come from and she told me she found me in the fender of an old Ford in a junkyard. Fred OH

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Jerry F

03-25-2006 18:37:32




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 Re: 4-way splitting heads for logsplitter in reply to Fawteen, 03-25-2006 11:47:10  
I didnt have an adapter style but a 4 way replacement wedge from Northern (I think) It didnt last a day. Broke both of the side wing wedges off. I think it would have a better chance of working if the 4 way wedge was fixed on the end of the beam and the ram pushed the log through it. If the wedge is on the ram (as im my case) there is no where for the bottom pieces to expand into so they bind between the beam and the side wing wedges

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Ken Crisman

03-25-2006 12:15:52




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 Re: 4-way splitting heads for logsplitter in reply to Fawteen, 03-25-2006 11:47:10  
I bought one for my new splitter in 1984 when they first came out . They do work nice if your splitter has enough guts to push your wood through it . Keep it sharp though . Mine seems to dull quickly . The only problem I have is that you have to cut your chunks about 3" shorter to allow for the space it takes up . Oh yea , I forgot to mention that hopefully they devised a way to keep the 4 way from pushing back against your main wedge & mushrooming its edge severely . Everytime I used mine without the 4 way , I had to resharpen my main wedge because of that issue . Be very careful of pieces blasting out of the splitter & hitting your shins . My Dad almost lost part of his leg because of that . He ended up with an indent in his leg after it healed . Good luck & God Bless . Ken

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Fawteen

03-25-2006 12:26:21




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 Re: 4-way splitting heads for logsplitter in reply to Ken Crisman , 03-25-2006 12:15:52  
My splitter is a 3PH model with it's own PTO pump. Hooked to my John Deere 750, I ain't run into anything that'd stop it yet.

I fabbed up a prototype and tried it out, I know what ya mean about things kicking out.

My initial impression is that it's more trouble than it's worth. Works great as long as the wood is JUST the right size. Too small and it jams under the horizontal wedges. Too big and you get a lot of kindling by the time you get everything split up.

I'm mostly wondering if that's common or if my initial design is faulty.

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Related

03-25-2006 19:43:26




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 Re: 4-way splitting heads for logsplitter in reply to Fawteen, 03-25-2006 12:26:21  
to what you're saying, I was interested a while back when I went to a sawmill in our area to get mulch that they grind, that they also have a set-up for doing firewood. It was obvious they were processing (hardwood) logs that weren't suitable for lumber in a separate building. With a large 4 wheel drive loader with tongs they load a rack with logs. The rack has conveyor chains that advance the logs (probably about a dozen on a full rack) to a cross conveyor, there a hydraulic motor powered chain saw bar sections the log one piece at a time. The section drops to a splitter table. The operator (sitting in a closed cabin) hydraulically adjusted a 6 way wedge up and down according to the size of the log. Without hesitation the section was shoved through the 6 way wedge, and the split pieces dropped to another conveyor that took them outside and into a large truck. It worked well for the time I watched, firewood cut and split untouched by human hands. The hydraulic pump was electric powered so was also quiet.

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jeffcat

03-26-2006 09:13:36




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 Re: 4-way splitting heads for logsplitter in reply to Related, 03-25-2006 19:43:26  
I have seen one of those babys. The problems all of you have discribed were fixed on that biggie. If you look you will see that the blades are staggered and they make the log split upward at first.Also the blade does not move. The log is pushed with a very large ram into the blade set. This allows the log to spit without the bind. That is a very powerfuil machine and is real neeeet! Jeffcat



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03-26-2006 03:08:04




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 Re: 4-way splitting heads for logsplitter in reply to Related, 03-25-2006 19:43:26  
I like the "untouched by human hands" part.



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