KCM ,
The company Hydrocut make the ' Hycrack ' splitter, a version much the same that runs directly off the pto on small tractors . Looks terribly dangerous but isn't really . One advantage is that you can use the lift to adjust the working height to suit your back .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPWcaqANpL4
This post was edited by Charles in Aus. on 08/19/2023 at 03:27 pm.

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kcm.MN

08-18-2023 06:20:54

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Re: splitting wood in reply to Geo-TH,In, 08-13-2023 14:48:50

Here's mine. Got this at an auction way too many years ago. I think we paid $1. Got it just for the heck of it. The base has 3 holes in it, so not any standard wheel pattern.

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shaun wallace

08-14-2023 18:52:03

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Re: splitting wood in reply to Geo-TH,In, 08-13-2023 14:48:50

Have seen on that went on tractor pto. Went on lift arms and had some type of arms to keep down. Think it had a Kubota sticker on it.

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quefan

08-13-2023 21:33:55

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Re: splitting wood in reply to Geo-TH,In, 08-13-2023 14:48:50

More of a handy way to make kindling from previously split wood.
Need a drill with enough power to make it through , the threaded in adapter mandrels equals no reverse to get out of trouble.

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Mule Meat

08-13-2023 20:11:16

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Re: splitting wood in reply to Geo-TH,In, 08-13-2023 14:48:50

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Stickler was a brand of spiral log splitters sold in the 70's. I remember them coming with mounting plates that fit a lot of different lug stud spacings. Can't say if they are still being sold for they never really caught on.

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Russ from MN

08-13-2023 16:47:26

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Re: splitting wood in reply to Geo-TH,In, 08-13-2023 14:48:50

That deign has been around for years, but a much larger version. The wood they are using for the demonstration looks very easy to split, if you used it on some elm there would be tremendous torque on the drill motor. We have mostly black ash, it splits so easy with a maul we don't bother with a power splitter. The crotches go in a pile with the elm, which is very hard to split by hand, and I get out the hydraulic splitter for that.

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TimV

08-13-2023 18:00:30

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Re: splitting wood in reply to Russ from MN, 08-13-2023 16:47:26

Agreed--a neighbor had a splitter very similar to the one in the short video below back in the 70's, and even that was just a small-engine powered version of earlier ones that you could put on the wheel of, for instance, a Ford Model A or one of the many doodlebugs made from them. We learned in a hurry that the neighbor's machine was an excellent way to get a bruised (or worse) leg when pieces went flying or the whole log started spinning around if it wasn't put on the screw perfectly or it broke during splitting. The wood it produced was also often twisted and irregularly-split, making it difficult to pile and use. This was especially true with the longer (36 or so) wood they used for their wood-fired maple syrup evaporator. They still have it, but it's long been replaced in use by more conventional wedge-type units.

Larger units on the same principle are also commonly used on skid-steers and excavators for stump splitting and similar chores.

cone screw wood splitter

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Geo-TH,In

08-13-2023 18:22:07

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Re: splitting wood in reply to TimV, 08-13-2023 18:00:30

I've seen a version that is attached to one rear wheel of a truck with a stick shift. Jack the wheel off the ground and put the truck in granny gear. Make a kill switch just in case.

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TimV

08-13-2023 18:42:10

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Re: splitting wood in reply to Geo-TH,In, 08-13-2023 18:22:07

Or a '92 Honda Civic! Over 4 million views, and he says it works great, though it looks like an accident waiting to happen.

92 civic wood splitter

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