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My company has a "Super Splitter" (not sure which model), and
it works well. It has a large flywheel which provides the mechanical
interia to slam the wedge thru some pretty big wood. We have split about
20 face cords a year for ten years with one, and it shows no signs of slowing
down.
I would guess that a fairly large 36 v elctric motor (like a
ET snow blower?) would probably work fine on one of these.
Another possibility is an "electric over hydraulic"
splitter. I have a bucket loader for my ET which uses a 36v motor running
off the PTO socket on the ET to power a hydraulic pump and bucketloader.
There's no reason the power unit couldn't be used to power a standard wood
splitter. I can't identify the motor except to say it is automotive
starter motor sized - perhaps a golf cart drive motor? If the circuits
were designed so that the electric motor only ran on demand (not constant), the
unit probably would spilt quite a bit on a charge.
Northern Tool (http://www.northerntool.com/) carries
cylinders, pumps, valves and brackets. It would probably not be a huge
deal to adapt an electric motor (the snow blower motor?) to a standard bracket
and coupler for a pump. It sure would be convenient to tow your splitter
out of the barn and just plug it in.
By the way, I just saw in some catalog - I think Northern
Tool, an add on 300 lb capacity bucket loader for ATV's -
electric/hydraulic!! Of course, 12 volt, but it might work. However,
I can't find it on the web site. If I do run across it, I will post a
stock #.
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