Making Flywheel Splitter Towable ( for aroound yard)

[Cmccul8146]

Seems that all the rage around here is that the SS & DR flywheel splitters aren't towable. I built my splitter to be used here at home, but as everyone else does, I needed a way to move it from the shop to a splitting area. Not needing to tow it down the highway, I made a very simple hitch to pull it behind my garden tractor. You can see what I did in the attached pic. A few pieces of flat bar, drill press, welder, & a couple of bolts & I have a hitch. I did add a piece of 3/4 x 1 rectangular bar to the top of the "tongue" to brace it a bit & prevent bending. While I didn't intend to pull it on the highway, I have pulled it 2 miles each way to a friend's house a couple of times behind my tractor. A hitch like this makes no modifications to your splitter ,but does make it very mobile.


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[Circle B MN]

I made something similar, but pinned the tongue so that I can remove it when splitting or storing. But what I found I use the most is a bolt on trailer jack with the wheel on the bottom.

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Makes it a whole lot easier to move around the yard, wood lot, etc. because you're not trying to hold up the weight of the machine and push it. You can also shorten the front leg a bit and mount an industrial caster right to it.

 

[Cmccul8146]

MNGuns, I thought about a trailer jack to begin with, too. The trailer jack with wheels is great for moving around on concrete or asphalt, but I have no intention of pulling or pushing mine around by hand at any time. Getting too old for that! My splitting area is nearly 200 yards away from my shop, so I hitch up to my ATV or garden tractor to move it. The trailer jack w/ wheels would make it ideal for winching onto a trailer for any other transporting .

 

[Circle B MN]

MNGuns, I thought about a trailer jack to begin with, too. The trailer jack with wheels is great for moving around on concrete or asphalt, but I have no intention of pulling or pushing mine around by hand at any time. Getting too old for that! My splitting area is nearly 200 yards away from my shop, so I hitch up to my ATV or garden tractor to move it. The trailer jack w/ wheels would make it ideal for winching onto a trailer for any other transporting .

I use both the tongue and jack on mine. Just depends on how far I need to go. The wheel rolls rather well on gravel, dirt, lawn, etc., but if I am going any distance I just fold it out of the way and hook up the 4-wheeler.