wood splitter for cub?

[JIM V.]

Has anyone ever tried to adapt one of the standard 3pt hitch splitters to a cub? I would love to see some pics if anyone has. thanks Jim V.

[Rick Prentice]

Hi Jim. I considered making mine a 3 point but decided to put it on wheels so I could travel to my brother's place with it. I didn't want to have to load the tractor and splitter on the trailer each time. With the H.P. of the cub, a 16 gpm two stage pump would work great. It would direct couple to the back of the pto with a little work and brkts, and the rotation would be correct. A clockwise rotation pump(looking at the shaft) when mounted and you look at everything from the back, would be spinning counter clockwise like the pto. I think a 22gpm pump would be a little over the limits. The rule of thumb is 1/2 the gpm on a 2 stage pump equals the hp needed. My splitter has a 22gpm pump with a 12.5 hp engine and works great, no power problem.

[WKPoor]

Jim, I recently did a 3pt splitter only not on the Cub. Since its not a good idea to use the tractor's pump a PTO pump would be difficult to adapt to the Cub. The commercially available PTO pumps are for 540 and 1000 rpm PTO's. Granted the 1000rpm model would work but a little over half throttle would not leave you with enough power to do much work. Also those pumps are not 2stage therefore its raw power you'll need to maintain pressure. The plus side of tractor splitters is speed. Without the 2stage pump you can just blast through wood and have quick return times. The long and short is without about 35 -50hp I don't think you would like the results.

[George Willer]

This isn't on a Cub, but here's how I split wood. This type splitter seems scary to those who haven't used them, but I think the biggest danger is from lifting the wood... pretty much the same with any splitter. I use it at low speeds and I think the Cub would have enough power. Direction can (and has been) changed internally in the gear box.

I hope to be able to use it again next year.

[Harold R]

George,
Is there more to it? Do you slide the wood blocks into the screw on a rail? Seems once it bit into the wood, it would spin it. I do remember this from a year or so ago.

[George Willer]

George,
Is there more to it? Do you slide the wood blocks into the screw on a rail? Seems once it bit into the wood, it would spin it. I do remember this from a year or so ago.

No, that's it. The pipe 'rail' is what keeps the wood from spinning. When I got it someone had built it up to hang vertically from the boom of a post hole digger. Nice idea because all the work could be done from the tractor seat. Problem would have been just as you imagine... the wood would just spin. I got it cheap at an auction and built it up my way 2 years ago on the rear carrier I already had. Best $15 I ever spent!

[Lurker Carl]

The old walk-behind Gravelys had a similar splitter with the screw mounted to a 90 degree gear box, which in turn bolted to the front casting. If a 5.5 hp one-lung could do it, I'm sure the Cub would have not problem with it.

Here's nothing but the screw on ebay for an astronomical price:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3186&item=4349249360&rd=1

[Rick Prentice]

Hi Mr.G.W. Is that big red barn in the back ground where all your Cub's are hibernating for the Winter?????

[George Willer]

Hi Mr.G.W. Is that big red barn in the back ground where all your Cub's are hibernating for the Winter?????

Rick,

Eleven of them are in there along with ten other tractors and some other stuff. One Cub is in the shop and the M and 154 are outside.

[Eugene]

George:

What's the gear box out of and what is it's reduction ratio?

Eugene

[George Willer]

George:

What's the gear box out of and what is it's reduction ratio?

Eugene

I'm not sure of its' original use, but I think it was on an elevator. It is 2:1 reduction. It wasn't really necessary to reduce the speed but it takes all strain off the PTO. There is some sideways thrust when it hits a tough place.

[Bruce Sanford]

I have seen a variation of these screw wood splitters.but they were bolted on the rear of a truck after you took the rear wheel off.

[Jim Hudson]

Go to the bottom of this page and see a video. Download the Quicktime if you don't have it.
http://www.thestickler.com/media.cfm?type=movie&name=stickler.mov

[Jim Hudson]

http://www.thestickler.com/order.cfm

[beaconlight]

I have a Lickety Splitter, I bought 2nd hand 25 years ago and it is fine. Got a 10 horse Tecumsa on it now with a 1" shaft. changed it out about 10 years ago. What i wonder about with Stickler is the twisty grain in the stuff I split. I just put another piece in behind the first one and cut all the way through. In the video i saw him with a hatchet hand cutting the stringy ends. Another thing i like about mine is that the split pieces fall to the ground and when the pile is big enough the next piece off pushes the splitter back enough for another pile.

Bill