Strattz
ArboristSite Lurker
Please post pics of your splitter in action.... I would like to see other peoples ideas when it comes to homemade wood splitters or manufactured ones as well.
I designed and built this one myself with some help from a friend in my shop in 2008. It does the job but is very large and heavy. Built it for feeding my outside wood boiler with oversized logs. The max. opening between push plate and wedge is 42 inches. The cross wedge is 24"x24" and the beam is a 5/8 inch thick 8"x8" and is 13.5 feet long. It has a 16hp engine with electric start, 22 gallon 2 stage pump and a ram off of a BIG TRUCK!!! The hoist is a 12 volt Warn winch. It has a deep cycle battery to run the hoist. I Just drew it up on paper and spents a lot of long nights in the shop...
I designed and built this one myself with some help from a friend in my shop in 2008. It does the job but is very large and heavy. Built it for feeding my outside wood boiler with oversized logs. The max. opening between push plate and wedge is 42 inches. The cross wedge is 24"x24" and the beam is a 5/8 inch thick 8"x8" and is 13.5 feet long. It has a 16hp engine with electric start, 22 gallon 2 stage pump and a ram off of a BIG TRUCK!!! The hoist is a 12 volt Warn winch. It has a deep cycle battery to run the hoist. I Just drew it up on paper and spents a lot of long nights in the shop...