3pt Log splitter recommendations.

JohnDeereJimOhio · Dec 19, 2013

I'm looking for a log splitter to put behind my JD 4010. I think the one I am going to go with is from northern tool does anyone have any experience with these or any better recommendation. Looking at $870 delivered. Plus the cost of hoses.
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Chip812 · Dec 19, 2013

Looks nice. I think, for myself, I would prefer something that ran off the PTO... But I've got a small, old tractor with weak hydraulics...

Anonymous-0 · Dec 19, 2013

4010 is a good sized tractor and shold have sufficent GPM in the hydraulic system to run this spliter

Mike M · Dec 19, 2013

4010 rc or compact ?

Either way running a 13hp engine with a 2 stage pump is about the best setup for a log splitter for power and fuel savings.

JayinNY · Dec 19, 2013

I've got an older speeco from farm and family center I think was called in the 80s, I like that I can run it horizontaly or vertically. I like vertical for the bigger logs, I sit on a log next to and split away. Either way that one should work for you.

JohnDeereJimOhio · Dec 19, 2013

Would be on 4010 row crop or 730 diesel

ss55 · Dec 19, 2013

Dito on what Mike M said. Go with a small engine driven splitter or hire someone else to split it for you.

JohnDeereJimOhio · Dec 19, 2013

No renting and paying someone is out, we just built are new house it's heated strictly by wood and I'm 25 it will be worth the investment.. My dad runs one on his 730 an it's very efficient. I have enough motors to keep running I do t want another definitely going 3 point

hd6gtom · Dec 19, 2013

local welding shop built me 1 out of left over steel from a large building project. Its Slow $400.00. If I have plenty of help, I'll rent the gas powered 1 from the local Tru Value store, can split and pile 2 or 3 times the amount in the same time I can with the 3 point.

PJH · Dec 19, 2013

I like the two way split idea.

You mentioned using it on a 730 - if it's a gas JD730 you'll need to keep an eye on the hydraulic pump idler shaft. They're not pressure lubed, and the splitter will get them hot. It's pretty easy to run a lube line to that shaft. I don't know how the diesel pump is configured.

I have a ho-made vertical splitter that I've ran off of a 630JD for 35 years. I sometimes wonder how many hundred loads of wood it's busted for me. I built it when I was about your age. I hope you get long use out of your new splitter.

Mike M · Dec 19, 2013

Did you put a pressure lube to idler changeover on your 630 ?

Mike M · Dec 19, 2013

The 730D won't have that idler gear oiling issue.

But you will have issue with one is an open center (730) and the other closed center (4010)so they will take 2 different control valves or a valve conversion proceedure every time you switch tractors.Make sure you get a convertible hyd. valve.

JohnDeereJimOhio · Dec 19, 2013

That is good info thank you.
Jimmy

farmerwithmutt · Dec 19, 2013

just got speeco 3pt used 550 very little use but get a table never would use a splitter without it i have set it vertical and laid log in and pulled it horizantal .i wonder if gas savings on a small motor versus cost of maintaing 2nd motor

onefarmer · Dec 19, 2013

I have a home made splitter I used with tractor hydraulics. I didn't like the speed nor fuel it was using. Massey 265 or JD4320. I bought a 10hp diesel and hydraulic pump off ebay, an auto return splitter valve from Surplus Center, and the oil tank from TSC. I like it much better. Instead of gallons (10+) of fuel, used less than one gallon of diesel.

thurlow · Dec 19, 2013

Have you considered digging through your scrap iron pile and building your own?

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Weldon K · Dec 19, 2013

Here is one I built 25 or so years ago. It is vertical position only, stand or sit to operate it. It is on a 756. Have used it on a 504 but the 504 is not operative at this time.

PJH · Dec 19, 2013

Yeah, I did, Mike, after ruining one shaft and then the shaft AND the gear a second time. I'm a slow learner, I guess. It'll get so hot you can't touch it (the exposed end of the shaft). The idler shaft already has an oil "gallery", but no provision to get oil to the shaft. I wondered if mine was an odd one, but others have told me that they're all like that.

Traditional Farmer · Dec 19, 2013

I used a tractor powered 3pt splitter for awhile not very handy and have to run the tractor just to split wood.Got a 35 ton splitter on wheels with its own pump works great and easy to move anywhere I want it with a garden tractor.Plus its faster and more power.

JDemaris · Dec 19, 2013

I guess it depends what you want the splitter to do. I've got several self-powered splitters on wheels. I also have an American three-point hitch vertical splitter. Not horizontal like you're talking about.
I love the 3-point splitter. Main reason is - I can take it into the woods anywhere I've cut a huge tree and split it right there instead of killing myself trying to move red oak that's 5-6 feet in circumference. Another plus with the vertical over the horizontal is the wood does not have to be lifted at all to get it into the splitter. If you don't split a lot of big wood - none of this may matter. If you DO, the vertical has a big advantage.

I use a PTO pump to run mine. This way the tractor engine can run slow and the splitter still runs fast. My splitter is an American TM24V

I bought mine used for $500 with the Price PTO pump.

http://www.americancls.com/Products/TractorMountLogSplitters/TractorMountTM24V.aspx

JayinNY · Dec 19, 2013

Same thing I said JD, my friend has the huskee tsc kind that runs horizontal or vertical, he runs it horizontal? And lifts the logs up to it! I couldn't do that with my back! But he's a tad younger than me. Lol. I do just like you said.

farmer boy · Dec 19, 2013

They have the right idea with the splitter in you link, but fell short. The splitter in the picture and in the link allows you to split both ways. No need to wait for the cylinder to return. Makes for very efficient splitting. Cost is around $1000 for the 3203, if you can find a dealer in your area. Dealers are hard to find in Canada, and especially hard in the United States.

Split Fire

ohiojim · Dec 20, 2013

I own a 3 point splitter and the one I'd go with is the one with a gas engine,,mine is really slow,..good gas engine splitter will prolly do twice the wood...

495man · Dec 20, 2013

This is the only one to buy. We have one. Will keep 3 men busy and the knife never stops moving....

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