MTD Wood Splitter

[thewoodlands]

I was looking for a second wood splitter I could leave up in the woods for the winter so I could cut and split up top. Found a MTD H/V either 21 or 25 ton(have to check) for 700.00, I also will check to see if it was on the recall list.

http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml10/10062.html

What are your thoughts on the MTD if everything checks out.

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[LLigetfa]

If it has a vertical shaft engine, the pump hangs pretty low for hauling into the ruff and the oil is a PITA to drain. Mine also has no throttle control so it's WOT from the get go. Makes me leery about starting it in really cold weather.

 

[thewoodlands]

Thanks for the info Getfa, maybe I'll save some money and just start swinging the maul.


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[Henz]

you sound like your in the same situiation as I am. My woodlot is up above and behind my house. I have to use a seasonal trail to get up there wit hthe atv. Typically I cant with snow but this year I can which is nice. I thik i could even pull the splitter up there but I am not ready for that yet. Still bucking and hauling to the pile

 

[thewoodlands]

you sound like your in the same situiation as I am. My woodlot is up above and behind my house. I have to use a seasonal trail to get up there wit hthe atv. Typically I cant with snow but this year I can which is nice. I thik i could even pull the splitter up there but I am not ready for that yet. Still bucking and hauling to the pile

Part of the woodlots up there, the splitter I have weighs 582 pounds so getting up the hill takes all the Rhino has. Thats wy I want the second splitter.

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[Henz]

yamaha Rhino.. I like those and would love to ahve one. what year?

 

[thewoodlands]

yamaha Rhino.. I like those and would love to ahve one. what year?

Bought in the spring of 2008, the best thing about it was my wife wanted it. I added the chainsaws,wood splitter and a couple of trailers for working in the woods.

For us the Rhino has been a good machine and glad we bought it.


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[Henz]

I bet. I was also looking at the kawasaki Mules. They definatly are not as sporty as the Rhino but are good workhorses, the one reason why I like them is that they offer a bench seat for 3 adults

 

[thewoodlands]

I bet. I was also looking at the kawasaki Mules. They definatly are not as sporty as the Rhino but are good workhorses, the one reason why I like them is that they offer a bench seat for 3 adults

One of the things my wife liked about the Rhino was the bucket seats, just the two of us. Kawasaki makes a great product, hard to go wrong.

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[Henz]

yeha, well there are 4 of us, was actually thinking about the 2 bench seat Mule!

 

[LLigetfa]

Don't get me wrong, I'm fairly happy with mine but then I don't use it in Winter and don't take it into the rough. Come to think of it, mine doesn't have a gas shutoff either. If you tow these any distance the gas will slosh in the carb and flood if it can't be shut off.

 

[daveswoodhauler]

you sound like your in the same situiation as I am. My woodlot is up above and behind my house. I have to use a seasonal trail to get up there wit hthe atv. Typically I cant with snow but this year I can which is nice. I thik i could even pull the splitter up there but I am not ready for that yet. Still bucking and hauling to the pile

Part of the woodlots up there, the splitter I have weighs 582 pounds so getting up the hill takes all the Rhino has. Thats wy I want the second splitter.

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Could you put a small trailer on the Rhino, and just haul back rounds to your splitter?
Sounds like you have a pretty big woodlot...just thinking that maybe you could go another route vs getting another splitter....would hate to leave a decent piece of machinery out the the woods.
Good luck!

 

[Henz]

I jsut haul my splitter up, split and stack wood and haul it back down to my garage