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Butch(OH)

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OK, I remembered the camera this morning

From the right side. The Army gen set trailer now houses my old splitter and parts and pices of an old drilling rig and a Freeman manure loader. There will be a log lift for the splitter for logs too big for the processer.

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From the front, There will be a cross conveyor at the end of the splitter that will pass by the radiator of the power unit so the wood can drop in an elevator if desired. If I have a helper and don't want to drag the elevator along we will be able to leave it shut off and the helper can load the truck from the pan. All the yellow iron in the pics is the remains of the drill rig and manure loader.

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The back end of the mechanical saw drive. This shaft will be spinning about 3600 RPM (2-1 from the power unit) and driving the 12 volt mower clutch. This whole drive got complectaed by the fact the entire saw mount/ tower pivots front to rear so I can keep the logs flat on the skid and thus saw them straight instead of at angles. May be over kill but easy to not use and darned hard to add as afterthought. Don't be jumping all over the mower clutch deal just yet, it hasn't sawed a log, LOL Should work just fine,
Not in the pic is a cylinder (today's work) that is mounted just above the drive and coming at the camera to the frame. The heavy yellow weldament is the tower from the drilling rig. The top half is part of the frame from the loader. Using virgin materials would have changed the design just a tad. The width here is 26" the top size for logs.

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The bar mount and pivot. Kinda proud of it, was designed in house. About 20 years ago I surmised that if it took an Einstein to run an engine lathe that there must be a lot of them not being used because there aint many Einsteins around. I bought one and taught myself how to run it.
Some work to do here yet with the operating cylinder and mount. This shaft will be spinning about 8000 rpm driving 14 tooth sprocket. 404 080 harvester chain will be used. Oh ya, the bar was $15 plus ship, Ebay special.


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Looking at the back end this is where the ramp will be to skid the logs up on to the machine. I have a 5 ton winch for that and once up on the ramp there will be a grapple and shuttle much like Multitech uses to advance the logs to the saw.

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The splitter pump and mount, should have put something beside it for size. Itza biggen. Nice thing about Army trailer, notice the pump is mounted to the FENDER? LOL You could destroy a small car with that fender and just touch up the paint. The Army trailer is nice. Every cross member and sill is extra HD. Just weld your parts to it and go on to the next problem.

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1950s Hercules 144CI power unit from the drill rig. Was stuck and we spent a month early in the winter and about $400 to get it into operating condition. They just lope along at 1800RPM and with a snappy governor they are pleasant to listen to as they go abut their business. I think I am right at 1k invested at this point. Meaning what I have invested to change everything over not including what I spent on the splitter initially. That includes the drill rig, the loader, the trailer, and misc parts. Just takes some scrounging.

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Looks good. I do have one question on the location of the single belt tensioner pulley. Do you have a clearance issue?
 
Wow, that thing is gonna be cool. You will definitely have to post a video when done. The old farm boys in mount vernon sure are gonna be talking about that thing when it is done.:hmm3grin2orange:

Looks like a solid machine. definitely like to see a video and see it process some wood. Looks like you have a few alices in the barn.
 
It looks like a monster and you are going to break everything you put in there. :clap:

Great looking job so far.

One thing, I don't know if it matters or not, but having the tensioners on the driven side of the belt might give you belt/bearing problems in them later on. Or maybe I am just seeing things wrong, the single belt for the B/C has the tensioner on different side than I would have them. It might run for years that way. :dunno:

I do like how it is going together so far. It seems to be fairly well thought out. And it should do what you have in mind for it. I even like the electric clutch idea. Press a button and it engages almost instantly. Automotive A/C clutches are the about the same and they are good for several 'cycles' at about the same RPM's. It either is a well thought out venture or coming togeher too easily. J/K I see you have put some thought into it. :cheers:
 
It looks like a monster and you are going to break everything you put in there. :clap:

Great looking job so far.

One thing, I don't know if it matters or not, but having the tensioners on the driven side of the belt might give you belt/bearing problems in them later on. Or maybe I am just seeing things wrong, the single belt for the B/C has the tensioner on different side than I would have them. It might run for years that way. :dunno:

I do like how it is going together so far. It seems to be fairly well thought out. And it should do what you have in mind for it. I even like the electric clutch idea. Press a button and it engages almost instantly. Automotive A/C clutches are the about the same and they are good for several 'cycles' at about the same RPM's. It either is a well thought out venture or coming togeher too easily. J/K I see you have put some thought into it. :cheers:

I was wondering about the hoses for wedge control winding in front look to be in the ***%%% zone but way cool imho.
 
I was wondering about the hoses for wedge control winding in front look to be in the ***%%% zone but way cool imho.

I seen the hoses and figured they were airlines from recently working on it. Or am I not seeing it right ? It looks like there in an elbow pointing down and routed under the deck for the heigth control.

I'm sure not going to be to critical of his endeavor since I am a long ways from starting anything like it.
 
The old farm boys in mount vernon

That woke me up... Mt Vernon, KY is about 30 minutes down the interstate from me. Had to go see what state he lived in. Too bad it's the wrong Mt Vernon. He would be about halfway between the house and where I cut wood sometimes... are you thinking what I was thinking? Enroute processing... LOL I cut and stop off at my new found buddy's place to split it and have the conveyor drop it back into the trailer for me.

Ian
 
I seen the hoses and figured they were airlines from recently working on it. Or am I not seeing it right ? It looks like there in an elbow pointing down and routed under the deck for the heigth control.

I'm sure not going to be to critical of his endeavor since I am a long ways from starting anything like it.

I did not mean to sound critical and agree just saw the hoses and wondered but he is not finished yet either and it is my bet when done it will be awesome. I remember seeing those
Hercules in action as a young pup and always thought they were cool beans.
 
Rope, I wasn't acusing you of being overly critical and didn't mean to imply it.

It was a long winded way of saying "I don't think I could build it better."

It does look like a sweet running powerplant and processor. One thing about stationary motors, they built them extra tough and extra heavy because weight was of no concern. The setup reminds me of a pair of Minneapolis-Moline tractor motors that sat and ran for years on NG to provide electicity for the town my folks live in. They were indestructable and ultra reliable running day in and day out for years.
 
Looks good. I do have one question on the location of the single belt tensioner pulley. Do you have a clearance issue?

Not sure what you are asking. The tensioner is on the slack side of the belt, where they should be. If you are asking why only one belt it is because that belt is running twice as fast as the one in the front. Twice as fast roughly equates to 1/2 the torque so IF (big if LOL) two belts is enough up front than one is in the back.
 
I was wondering about the hoses for wedge control winding in front look to be in the ***%%% zone but way cool imho.

Jeez, its work in progress guys, LOL. The hoses are just laying on the splitter beam so they aren't on the floor until I start plumbing.
 
It looks like a monster and you are going to break everything you put in there. :clap:

Great looking job so far.

One thing, I don't know if it matters or not, but having the tensioners on the driven side of the belt might give you belt/bearing problems in them later on. Or maybe I am just seeing things wrong, the single belt for the B/C has the tensioner on different side than I would have them. It might run for years that way. :dunno:

I do like how it is going together so far. It seems to be fairly well thought out. And it should do what you have in mind for it. I even like the electric clutch idea. Press a button and it engages almost instantly. Automotive A/C clutches are the about the same and they are good for several 'cycles' at about the same RPM's. It either is a well thought out venture or coming togeher too easily. J/K I see you have put some thought into it. :cheers:


Ya know, I just answered that question above but took another look after reading your post and you are rigght, the dang ider is on the tension side. And all that after I stood and thought about it for 10 minutes:buttkick: what I dork I am. It will be moved to the other side of the drive tonight, thanks
 
Heckuva machine Butch. You say you're going to put a grapple on this? Can't wait to see it in action!

What it is going to have is a grapple on a track that works much like the one that Multitech uses on thier processer except mine will have a shorter stroke, 24" maximum. The winch will bring logs up unto the ramp/deck and within reach of the grapple. Then the grapple will advance then 24" or less per stroke to the saw and also serve as the work holding device while sawing
 
Me and a buddy have been discussing taking on a project like that. He spent many years as a millwright at a large steel mill now he is a maintanence coordinator so we would have access to some things to so such a project. I can't wait to see your up and going and how it functions. Keep up the good work and pics. :cheers:
 
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