Farmall Guy
ArboristSite Operative
I've been thinking about building a splitter to use on my skid steer for a while now. We've got 1 home made splitter already but it requires handling the wood several times before it gets stacked for winter, so my thoughts were to build one that I could run off the skid steer so I can pick up a round, hold it over a trailer and split it. That way I'd only have to lift it out of the trailer and stack it. I'll keep the big splitter for the tough stuff, but it sure would be nice to reduce the amount of handling involved.
Any way my question is has any one considered using a piece of rail road rail for the beam? I can get a piece from work for scrap price and looking at it it looks alot heavier than the 6" I beam on the other spliter but I thought I'd ask for some other oppinions before I drag another piece of scrap home. I'm planning on mounting the cyl on the bottom of the rail and leaving the narrow top (where the train wheels would roll) on the top, this way the wedge and cyl would hang down allowing me to pick up the round with out having to leave the seat. I'm not looking to build a huge spliter for the skid steer, I was thinking a 4" bore and 30" stroke would be about right.
So what do yall think, will this work alright or should I just keep my eye open for another piece of 6" I beam?
Any way my question is has any one considered using a piece of rail road rail for the beam? I can get a piece from work for scrap price and looking at it it looks alot heavier than the 6" I beam on the other spliter but I thought I'd ask for some other oppinions before I drag another piece of scrap home. I'm planning on mounting the cyl on the bottom of the rail and leaving the narrow top (where the train wheels would roll) on the top, this way the wedge and cyl would hang down allowing me to pick up the round with out having to leave the seat. I'm not looking to build a huge spliter for the skid steer, I was thinking a 4" bore and 30" stroke would be about right.
So what do yall think, will this work alright or should I just keep my eye open for another piece of 6" I beam?