SuperSplitter factory tour and owner interview part two!!!

Check out part two of the SuperSplitter factory tour and owner interview. #logging #logsplitter #chainsawman #woodsplitter

[@BuildALotAcres]

Part one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bGXUkHWppLanbsk

[@chrisartman6168]

Thanks for part two! Very interesting looking at the older models. I run my HD around half throttle almost all the time it sips gas and works great. If I get a real knotty piece I’ll speed it up some. I can’t wait for the service videos from the guys.

[@BuildALotAcres]

Yes sir. He gave some great info and tips in the interview. I also look forward to his service videos.

[@CliffsideStables]

Looking forward to maintenance video(s)!!! Tim in northern TN

[@BuildALotAcres]

Yes sir, me too. Paul is so knowledgeable on these units, I think it’d be a great series.

[@RCAFpolarexpress]

Outstanding informative video 👌👍 Cheers 🍻

[@BuildALotAcres]

Thanks Dave! Glad you enjoyed it friend!

[@RCAFpolarexpress]

@@BuildALotAcres I NEED TO CATCH UP ALL YOUR VIDEOS,,, I will start very soon !!! Cheers !!!

[@BuildALotAcres]

@@RCAFpolarexpress 👍

[@rickwhite3181]

Great video Paul is a good guy love to see these small AMERICAN businesses doing well. I know you have a case 448 they have a bi-directional hydraulic log splitter attachment. It's case Ingersoll Northeast on KZbin and he demonstrates it it's not as productive as the super splitter. Just thought it was cool. I used to have a case 444 I bought brand new in 88 when I used to live in Lenox Mass the berkshire's and I loved my case Ingersoll I also had a 224 and many other gravely's etc

[@BuildALotAcres]

Case Ingersoll Gilbert is a good friend of mine. Been trying to get him to do a collab for awhile. Hard to pinpoint a time we can both make work 👍

[@ladyjerald6099]

What a good vid. Never seen a video on them before

[@BuildALotAcres]

I don’t recall seeing an interview or shop tour either. Thanks for watching

[@t.jeffveal-goattownfirewood]

Great tour. Thanks

[@BuildALotAcres]

Glad you enjoyed my friend! Have a great day :)

[@rowgler1]

Nice, didn't expect a second half. Those old machines, the owners must have emotional attachment to want to prolong them. Says something. Look forward to your log lift feature. Good to see the history of FXG... GFX old school acronims/logos. I would like to honor the inventor Francis Xavier Graney and recognize that Paul McCann has maintained the integrity of the machines manufacture for all these years. It means a lot, theres a reason owners love these things. Makes me laugh, @ 11:53 "the only thing that can kill a Super Splitter is an employee". Any tool requires skill, and reading the wood grain makes any split possible. Thank you for a good video.

[@BuildALotAcres]

Thank you sir. Great comment, and it’s much appreciated. Paul McCann and his crew do a great job.

[@mottmusic101]

Wondering about those maintenance videos, kinda wish they were available before I buy my model

[@BuildALotAcres]

Funny you mention that. I was just talking to Paul yesterday to verify some information for an upcoming video. He mentioned in that conversation that he really wants to get those videos out before he retires. They’re just really busy.

[@mottmusic101]

@@BuildALotAcres that might be a collaboration effort on the part of both of you. I’m sure Paul would appreciate that. Besides keeping the rail clean and that bearing greased, he mentioned two other things to watch for. One was the tightness of the pinion, the other escapes me. Plus the added benefit of how to remove the rail that he learned a few years ago? I need an idiot-proof list for maintenance reference. Joe at OWB might be a collab too. I think I’ve decided to go for an HD just to get those extra bearings on the rail top and bottom for stability and ease of maintenance, the lack of would pay my shipping costs but an easier maintained and better regulated rail and rack might be worth. Paul doesn’t think so and OWB Joe is still happy with his “J”, but this boy don’t mind paying extra up front for piece of mind. Folks who are as close to the design as Paul have valuable opinions but to one who can breach an anvil with a feather (me) need the assurance of easy reference. Firewood production will be a part of my retirement income in a few years. The SS will be plenty strong and faster than me for forty cord/season. My plan is to insert the machine into a process layout that inputs logs in one spot and rounds cuts elsewhere into another. Everything at splitting level having got their by machines, under cover. Might incorporate a electric grapple hoist and rotating beam to lift rounds as well.

[@BuildALotAcres]

@@mottmusic101 Sounds like a great setup my friend. I’d go with an HD if I could do it again. Mainly for the extra ooomph of the heavier flywheels. When I bought my J the HD had 75 lb wheels still. Now it has 90’s. The other thing that escaped you is likely making sure the bearing cage tracks straight and true. Being off kilter even 1 or 2 degrees can add a lot of resistance to the rack returning. I’d love to collab with Joe someday if he’s up for it. He’s a good ways from me though. Logistics would be difficult. Who knows.

[@mottmusic101]

@@BuildALotAcres I’m gonna stress if my rack don’t return. Joe did a video about his rack or pinion getting out of kilter and interrupting/lessening the rack return. He replaced a part or two that had caused a loosening of the rack/pinion/rail to the point that gear wear was going to happen.

[@mottmusic101]

Your factory tour video was helpful in my decision process. I want to mount my SS to a flatbed dump trailer that can move in and out of my process. That way I can move the trailer to a tree job and lift rounds to the splitter at the site, split into totes, and fork the totes off when I get back to the yard. I’m thinking tree folks might cut rounds to length at the site in exchange for not loading and hauling and chipping. I can always add sides to the trailer as needed for hauling dirt, gravel or other particulate.

[@GardenTractorBoy]

This is very interesting, thanks. I have not seen that type of splitter over here

[@BuildALotAcres]

Thanks Joseph. The kinetic splitters are getting more and more popular in the US.

[@paulferreira8342]

It’s a joy to operate and such a clever design. Pays for itself in time saved alone and resale value is amazing. I’ve been offered more than I paid for mine by guys who don’t want to wait 12 weeks for their one fresh one.

[@logginlogan6796]

New sub!

[@BuildALotAcres]

Thanks Logan. Ive been subbed to you as well. Thanks for checking out the video