Hydraulic slab splitter - Any good?

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Post: # 57919Post henpecked

Hav'nt heard any opinions on these as Sthil saw are the vogue these days.
Any input on weather theyre worth their salt?

Plus side - no fuel, blades or tea leafing (only if they're Olympic weight lifters)
heavy as ,but once its on site your away.

got the offer of a ten ton one, dont know if its worth the dibs?

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Post: # 57922Post cookiewales

henpecked wrote:Hav'nt heard any opinions on these as Sthil saw are the vogue these days.
Any input on weather theyre worth their salt?

Plus side - no fuel, blades or tea leafing (only if they're Olympic weight lifters)
heavy as ,but once its on site your away.

got the offer of a ten ton one, dont know if its worth the dibs?

Hp
depends what your cuting okay for sets and large random stone in to blocks will just blast apart your normal paving slabs ps they need a power pack to use or hydrolics of mini digger call to any stone yard and have a go with one before you buy :p
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Post: # 57924Post dig dug dan

I once had a job of building a "dry stone wall " out of broken "council slabs"
I hired one to split slabs into stips to make the "bricks", and i have to say it was very efficient.
Ideal if you want a nice rough edge, which in this case was the norm!
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Post: # 57934Post GB_Groundworks

Very handy if you are doing stone work. I've used them in the past tp split random stone to havens clean face never tried it with a slab though
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Post: # 57955Post Tony McC

I still have one - no idea why I keep hold of it as the need to split granite kerbs is pretty limited for me these days, but it was a fantastic buy (I think I paid a tenner for it in 1982) and it's just one of those bits of kit you know will come in handy one day.

Works via a bottle jack, so nowt to break down or bugger up. :D
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Post: # 57956Post henpecked

Tony McC wrote:I still have one - no idea why I keep hold of it as the need to split granite kerbs is pretty limited for me these days, but it was a fantastic buy (I think I paid a tenner for it in 1982) and it's just one of those bits of kit you know will come in handy one day.

Works via a bottle jack, so nowt to break down or bugger up. :D
Thats the one, jacks off hand pressure.
Might buy it, but it will end up an antique vine trellis methinks :D
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