muffin Posted December 16, 2015 Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 Advice on what and using on MF35 p/p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlerob Posted December 16, 2015 Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 Thor or oxdale if going new that's what most of the log boys run Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bostonmick Posted December 16, 2015 Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 If for home use I bought one off ebay about four years ago.three point linkage and hydraulic driven fro tractor I believe they are around 600 pounds now but a marvellous tool and certainly pay for themselves very quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muffin Posted December 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlerob Posted December 17, 2015 Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hydraulic-log-splitter-for-use-with-tractor-digger-power-pack-FREE-DELIVERY-/381494241157?hash=item58d2d42785:g:EvwAAOSwo3pWcmqj might be worth looking at n cheap enough for new Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjimmer Posted December 17, 2015 Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 If you can lift, the Hycrack will split it. Faster than anything else I've seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39TDS Posted December 17, 2015 Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 If you are running an Oxdale on a 35 you are going to need to have the return pipe going back into the filler hole by the gear levers. Not impossible but not very handy. You would also need some way of stopping the arms from lifting in order to get constant flow (unless there is a diverter valve fitted under the seat. I think the Oxdale splitter is a fantastic bit of kit but for a 35 I really think you would have to go for the pto version. Even if you do cure the above mentioned issues the flow is so low the ram speed will be ridiculously slow. As for the Hycrack, they just make me shudder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adzyvilla Posted December 17, 2015 Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 i had an upright hydraulic one by browns of leighton buzzard. it was awesome. got it at a farm sale for next to nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muffin Posted December 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2015 Getting more confused Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjimmer Posted December 18, 2015 Report Share Posted December 18, 2015 As for the Hycrack, they just make me shudder. Have you ever used one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
796 Posted December 18, 2015 Report Share Posted December 18, 2015 I run a 14 ton Ktm one on a leyland 262 with no problems it will split any thing you put in it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muffin Posted December 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2015 Whats wrong with Hy crack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firdom Posted December 19, 2015 Report Share Posted December 19, 2015 nothing in my opinion demonstrated them back in the eighties unless they have changed they worked very well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muffin Posted December 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2015 I will see what is good value my tractor s awaiting return in a mates shed awaiting our now completed house move Tree down needs a split up and store Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjimmer Posted December 20, 2015 Report Share Posted December 20, 2015 (edited) Whats wrong with Hy crack Nothing faster. If you can lift it onto the platform, it will split it. For stuff that just needs splitting in half, you just push it onto the worm and turn to pick up the next one. By the time you turn round, it's ready for the one in your hand. When all the Elm trees died, I was splitting 3-foot+ diameter rings of seasoned elm no problem. The split logs aren't always pretty though. The Tungsten tips are replaceable. Don't try splitting from the end, just sideways, as shown in the video. The length of log depend on the type of wood, anything tough and stringy like elm (if there's any left), about 8 inches max. Edited December 20, 2015 by rjimmer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njc110381 Posted December 20, 2015 Report Share Posted December 20, 2015 I love my Hycrack. I run it on a Unimog 406. 1000rpm pto running at tick over, it'll split anything and fast too. I can see why some folk don't like them. You need a good working understanding of the tool or it could really hurt you, but that's the same with anything. As long as you don't put your hand on the right side of the log as you push it in you're fine. Sometimes on the smaller wood it will bite in and flip the log on it's side. I hate to think what it would do to your hand if it got trappd between the log and the splitter table?! Simple answer is don't put it there. Just like you wouldn't look down the barrel of a loaded gun, it soon sticks in your mind as something that you just don't do. I've split tons with mine. No worries about hydraulic valves, pipes etc. Just put it on the linkage, connect the shaft up and you're away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muffin Posted December 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2015 Thank you very much all info useful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39TDS Posted December 24, 2015 Report Share Posted December 24, 2015 Have you ever used one? I have to admit I haven't. My opinion is based purely on a lifetime of being told not to mess anywhere near the pto of the tractor and countless posts like the one two above. From what I understand if you use one at some time you are going to encounter a jammed log that will spin around. What do you do if your clothing or fingers get stuck in it when this happens? Genuine question as I assume you can not stop it unless you can turn off the tractor somehow. Using my Oxdale it is possible to put my fingers under the blade and cut them off. I would have let go of the handle before that happened though. I also have a horizontal splitter with auto return, I do think that has potential to injure. If you lean over it when it is returning I'm not sure you would stop it before it hurt you quite badly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjimmer Posted December 24, 2015 Report Share Posted December 24, 2015 There is a guard to stop you leaning over the log and a cord connected to the stop pull on the tractor. It's up to the operator to use them. If the log has touched the point of the HyCrack, there is no need to have your hands anywhere near it. You should/could be picking up the next log while it splits the one on the platform. If you can lift it, the Hycrack will split it. I split plenty of 3-foot+ diameter elm rings in the 70's with mine, on a MF35. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39TDS Posted December 24, 2015 Report Share Posted December 24, 2015 The leaning over bit was a reference to my hydraulic splitter rather than a hycrack. There isn't a stop button on my tractor, it turns off with the key just like a car does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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