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All-Purpose OWF Discussions => Equipment => Topic started by: aarmga on March 14, 2017, 11:12:10 PM

Title: Bought a new wood splitter today.
Post by: aarmga on March 14, 2017, 11:12:10 PM: Got me a new 30ton brute splitter with 28" ram stroke. Has a9.5 hp engine on it. Picked it up for 800 bucks at a clearing inventory sale. Came in a huge box and took my little Jonny Deere all it had to
Lift it out of of truck box. Weighs 1700 pounds, hopefully it's gonna last a while.

That being said anyone interested in a 22ton speeCo with a 5.5 Honda?
Title: Re: Bought a new wood splitter today.
Post by: BoilerHouse on March 23, 2017, 10:40:48 AM: 1700 lbs....that is a brute. I thought my home-made splitter was massively overbuilt but I doubt if it weighs half that.
Title: Re: Bought a new wood splitter today.
Post by: Roscoe on March 24, 2017, 06:17:31 PM: Is this the same splitter sold by Menards?????
Title: Re: Bought a new wood splitter today.
Post by: aarmga on March 25, 2017, 03:58:15 PM: Quote from: BoilerHouse on March 23, 2017, 10:40:48 AM
1700 lbs....that is a brute. I thought my home-made splitter was massively overbuilt but I doubt if it weighs half that.

That was with the crate and all the huge packaging it came in. It probably weighs closer to 1200
Title: Re: Bought a new wood splitter today.
Post by: aarmga on March 25, 2017, 03:59:34 PM: Quote from: Roscoe on March 24, 2017, 06:17:31 PM
Is this the same splitter sold by Menards?????

I'm not sure if it is? I'll take a look on their website. I got this one from Integrity Sales.

Edit:
It does look to be the same but the specs arent quite the same. I think menards may have them built a certain way or that is a certain assembly line model. The one I have looks to be discontinued, probably why it was so cheap.
Title: Re: Bought a new wood splitter today.
Post by: Roscoe on March 26, 2017, 07:26:49 AM: I noticed the same about the specs.......I was going to say, if you bought it from Menards, you might have went backward as far as quality. Speedco makes a solid splitter for the price. By the weight of it, sounds like a good one.
Title: Re: Bought a new wood splitter today.
Post by: aarmga on March 26, 2017, 10:44:21 AM: Quote from: Roscoe on March 26, 2017, 07:26:49 AM
I noticed the same about the specs.......I was going to say, if you bought it from Menards, you might have went backward as far as quality. Speedco makes a solid splitter for the price. By the weight of it, sounds like a good one.

My speeco has served our family well for 20 years. My father and father in law have both used it as have I. The one I have now is almost exactly similar minus the Honda engine. This one has a Koehler on it. The pump is much larger as is the ram and hydraulic lines too. I hope it does well! I really wanted an American CLS splitter but I couldn't justify spending so much money on it.