Supersplit log splitter

tomstrees

tomstrees

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I have used the Supersplit logsplitter, I think they are running around $3000 for their more popular model.

Advantages: Fastest one out there, around 2 seconds forward, a half second back. A table to split on to instead of having to work near ground level.

Disadvantages, not much use for 150# logs, it is more designed for the smaller 25-50# maximum log.

It is really fast basically one man and the occupational hazards come into play.

I have used standard rental units, but in this state anyway automatic returns are apparently against the law on rental units, I don't know if that has changed. The two way rental yard units are good for the really large stump wood that you do not want to have to lift onto the I beam.

Thoughts on log splitters for those who want a good one?
 
X2 on Timberwolf. If you rae using this for a firewood business addition to your regular tree work, look no further.
 
Ya it doesnt discriminate. Ive got the log table too so it holds split rounds nicely.

I myself can pick and choose wood so i dont bother with the bigs, id rather play with 20" and less. I dont sell much split so its not a big deal for me. I might sell five cord of split wood to pay for one tank of oil fort he year, the rest is sold log length.
 
Have a friend who bought a Timberwolf (tw7?) and towed it home from TCIA Expo in Hartford two years ago. Spendy.
The 6-way head is a royal PITA. (Keep a sledge hammer close by)
I'm interested in getting a Supersplit.
 
I have split hundreds of cords with a Supersplit; money maker if you have land to operate a firewood business, tough to find in the half million an acre plus towns in the NY/CT area, I looked to have customers let me store wood on their land or process it there, but you can get a nasty call where the customer wants the wood off their land because it's an "eyesore", etc., so basically you have to give it away if you have nowhere to go with it. At least Potters/N. Stamford does not charge to drop off firewood logs at his firewood operation. Generally on charging for splitting wood I would tell the customer figure half of the market value of the wood in order to split, some think $125 or so is too much to charge per cord to split wood, but think of the alternatives, they would have to pay someone to dumpster it away, splitting 150# to 500# plus logs takes time and lots of brute force, let them get estimates and see what others would charge them.

Supersplit's limitations are that they are not designed for the really big logs, whereas the rental yard log splitters are probably the way to go for the stump wood and big logs in general, that vertically splitting option is a great one and a back saver. I could split three or four cords a day with the Supersplit, if you have the wood fed to you even more.

The Timberwolf and other major units certainly have their uses.
 
I'm borrowing a friend's supersplit now. I first saw it 3 or 4 years ago and was amazed how fast it was. I grew up setting rounds for my dad to maul split or hydro for the big stuff. I don't miss how slow a hydro is.

Like Brendon, I don't really mess with anything bigger than 20".

I'm planning on getting my own HD SS with the production table next year. The guy who makes them is 2 towns so I may try to go by and see if he has anything new in the pipe.
 
Dr makes a knock off of the ss...i know two guys that bought them a month apart from eachother. They keep breaking and both attest to knot free wood is the only productive material to use on them. One of them has had so many problems that last week dr said theyre going to send him the latest version of their " heavy duty" model and take his old one back. The design seems to be as exact as they could get of the ss design. Theyre fast but as i suspected when i first set eyes on one...durability is an issue.
 
Knotty wood can be a problem with the Supersplit too, elm (not that you would want to use it for firewood), logs that are badly tapered and are hard to make the initial split with, at least the good hydraulic units just keep cranking away until the nasty big stump wood is split, where I have had a lot of trouble/frustration with the SS. The last hydraulic unit I bought was through a Bargain News ad for what turned out to be a homemade unit though advertised as a John Deere. It was one pain in the neck, I had to replace the pump, but it kept leaking fluid on the customer's property, not that the hoses and everything were not tight it just was a homemade problem unit which I would recommend avoiding as sucker propositions for the next buyer. Pennywise and pound foolish.

All the $2000 or so hydraulic units that have strong engines and good reviews online are worth buying, as usual buying used can be a crapshoot.
 
I have a Timberwolf TW-5 with a log lift. Great splitter for the kind of wood we get in our tree removal work. Most of it is big and some knotty. The ideal set up would be a TW-5 for big wood. A Super split for your smaller straight wood and also some of the big wood that the tw-5 quarters. The split wood would be feed on to a conveyer. Probably around $18k in equipment.
 
This is the log splitter I would want if doing wood production...almost want it for my outdoor wood burner.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsCLubs2EjY

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One of the guys back at my yard does firewood, he has a pretty nice setup. With the big material he uses a large splitter mounted on a backhoe to break down the big material, that is then fed through a TW5 w/6 way head, onto a conveyor and done. Though last year he found a guy to come in for about $1200 a day with a processor. All he needed to do was load the thing with his machine, and anything under 18" diameter was gone. No cutting, no screwing around, just sit on the loader all day long, I think they put out about 25 cords a day.
 
If anyone is interested in a good Timberwolf logsplitter I just listed one on TreeBay.

I really liked it, but with my small crew we stay busy enough with removals and trimming year round that we don't have time for firewood. We sell our wood log length.

With the 4 way on straight grain wood you can split a 30" piece.
 
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