Timberwolf is about 20 minutes from me...I just don't have the extra 50 grand for the big splitter at the moment...I think I can build something so that I could split large diameter 4' blocks with so I could chip them.I have just found a market for the wood chips and my thought is to stock pile the bigger junk wood during the year then in the winter off season split and chip it for off season income.I spoke to a guy with a large tree company and he told me they generated $40,000. in wood chip sales in 2006 which covered his fuel bill for the year.He recently bought the big Timberwolf splitter and built 2 tandem chip trucks in the anticipation of increasing his chip sales.Timberwolf and other commercial splitter manufacturers make long stroke splitters. They are similar to standard splitters except they are on steroids.
That thing is AWESOME!!! And it just made me think of something....You must have quick connect hydraulics for the ram...I wonder if I built the splitter on the truck as I mentioned but added a control valve bank on my log loader with quick connects I might be able to set this up as a 1 man operation!As an example the log pile is on one side of the log truck,park the splitter on the other side and connect the lines and I could run the splitter from the loader....Here's a link to one that I built-6 inch x42inch stroke
http://www.arboristsite.com/showthread.php?t=40899
Yep...I'm thinking....Hmmnnn.....anyone else smell smoke??? If I powered it off the loader I wouldn't need the old truck in the yard to power it.I have a pair of mobile home axles I could use along with an old flatbed truck body I was going to cut up and an 8" x 10" beam.I could build it as a tow behind splitter and for $40. a year license it as a trailer and use it both here in Vermont and in NY rather than just a yard splitter in one state...If I did the diverter valve and ran the lines down and T'd them I could have quick connects on either side of the truck for the splitter...
Yep...I'm thinking....Hmmnnn.....anyone else smell smoke??? ...
Yep...I'm thinking....Hmmnnn.....anyone else smell smoke??? If I powered it off the loader I wouldn't need the old truck in the yard to power it.I have a pair of mobile home axles I could use along with an old flatbed truck body I was going to cut up and an 8" x 10" beam.I could build it as a tow behind splitter and for $40. a year license it as a trailer and use it both here in Vermont and in NY rather than just a yard splitter in one state...If I did the diverter valve and ran the lines down and T'd them I could have quick connects on either side of the truck for the splitter...
That thing is AWESOME!!! And it just made me think of something....You must have quick connect hydraulics for the ram...I wonder if I built the splitter on the truck as I mentioned but added a control valve bank on my log loader with quick connects I might be able to set this up as a 1 man operation!As an example the log pile is on one side of the log truck,park the splitter on the other side and connect the lines and I could run the splitter from the loader....
And don't get any ideas said:And I'm still waiting for my first check from that guy in Nigeria - He promised!
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