Log splitter v cone screw

[Vinpetrol]

anyone using a log splitter mounted on a mini ? If so what's it like and who makes them ? are they better than the screw cones ? I wondered if a cone would work on my auger ?

 

[Storrsy]

anyone using a log splitter mounted on a mini ? If so what's it like and who makes them ? are they better than the screw cones ? I wondered if a cone would work on my auger ?

Different tools really for different timber. I assume you have large oversized lengths to break down in which case splitter on mini is ok but you'd need alot to make it worth it over just sawing it into rings and splitting like traditional

 

[doobin]

Cone works OK on an auger but 2.7t minimum I’d say. Even then it jams easily (PDX2 motor)

There’s a knack to it and a basic seat filler operator (which you are not) would find it nearly impossible.

It produces splintery rough lengths that are a bitch to handle and also won’t feed through the processor without jamming the saw chain a lot.

I don’t like it but it comes in handy for some jobs. If making my own firewood I would choose to ring it up whilst holding it off the ground and then use a big vertical splitter on a solid table at a comfortable working height. I don’t think a digger mounted one would work well, you’d be chasing it around the floor forever and a day and then it would still never split where you need it for tidy logs.

Arrange the pallet both ways and you can borrow my 60mm screw cone to try on your auger if you like.

 

[Vinpetrol]

Cone works OK on an auger but 2.7t minimum I’d say. Even then it jams easily (PDX2 motor)

There’s a knack to it and a basic seat filler operator (which you are not) would find it nearly impossible.

It produces splintery rough lengths that are a bitch to handle and also won’t feed through the processor without jamming the saw chain a lot.

I don’t like it but it comes in handy for some jobs. If making my own firewood I would choose to ring it up whilst holding it off the ground and then use a big vertical splitter on a solid table at a comfortable working height. I don’t think a digger mounted one would work well, you’d be chasing it around the floor forever and a day and then it would still never split where you need it for tidy logs.

Arrange the pallet both ways and you can borrow my 60mm screw cone to try on your auger if you like.

Thanks for the offer ! I’ve got a wood burner in the house and an area of wood I need to tidy up as it’s been growing wild for years and has a few fallen trees and a few I’d like to take out to thin it a bit . I need to make a bridge and a route in first though . I saw a video of a guy using a log splitter mounted on a mini and he was very knacky with it but it did look like he may of made his living doing it as it was a massive pile of processed wood . I did wonder if the screw might be a bit harder to stop the whole thing spinning

 

[Lancs Lad]

don’t like it but it comes in handy for some jobs. If making my own firewood I would choose to ring it up whilst holding it off the ground and then use a big vertical splitter on a solid table at a comfortable working height. I don’t think a digger mounted one would work well, you’d be chasing it around the floor forever and a day and then it would still never split where you need it for tidy logs.

Agreed, grab on machine makes it a doddle
2 of us can really fill some crates. One on machine and one on saw.
Then one on controls and one loading splitter. Simple and effective works for us

 

[6feetdown]

I always loved this. Looks a great bit of kit

 

[V8Druid]

I always loved this. Looks a great bit of kit

been a while since I last saw that ..... he's really good with it, fair play

 

[bobthebuilder]

anyone using a log splitter mounted on a mini ? If so what's it like and who makes them ? are they better than the screw cones ? I wondered if a cone would work on my auger ?

Yes it will ,i have one for splitting big rounds ,