My first year I borrowed a splitter with the wedge at the end. Spent alot of time with a sledge hammer beating off the stuck pieces. That year I had alot of stringy elm to deal with. The next year I used one with the wedge attached to the ram. Any pieces that got stuck I could just extract on the retract. I throw each piece on a big pile anyway so its just as handy for the split pieces to end up in my hand as on the ground.It depends on what you are after. I designed the monster with the wedge on the end, the idea being finished wood would land on the trailer or in a pile.
I like the wedge on the end because I don't have to handle the wood (in my opinion) as much.
Here is the one I made... Check it out. You might find some ideas that you can use.
http://www.arboristsite.com/showthread.php?t=73006
Its stuck because it can't split it in the first place. Putting another piece in won't add any more power to the splitter. I fail to see how that would help. One time on the other style I had a piece so stuck I couldn't pull out of it.when a piece gets stuckon the wedge, i just grab another log and spilt it. it pushes the log thats stuck right off the wedge.
I like your splitter a lot, I think it will influence my design a lot.
You used just square tubing for your frame, which is probably a lot cheaper than a huge piece of I-beam, and easier to find. I might be able to make my splitter like yours using that instead.
Make sure you put a couple off gussets on the beam near the end where your wedge is to add strength and to keep your beam from flexing.I've been fooling around with Google Sketchup and I think I have come up with a design that I want to build. What do you guys think of it?
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