ChoppingBlock
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It was a long journey to finish my splitter. Like many projects it was justified/approved by my wife as a project to keep me busy, hopefully make some money with it and help save my back etc, but of course the budget grew and so did my plans.
I started out wanting to split on the side, so I just had a utility trailer to mount my ambition on, but then I decided, well I need a chipper too to appeal to more clientele, so I have both units on one trailer, so I bought a chipper. Then I got a huge I beam measuring 12/12"x7' which was 600 lbs with nothing attached, and well the splitter was so heavy that I needed to make the chipper tandem axle. This vicious cycle continued until its completion.
I ended up with over $2000 in cost, not including the chipper, which i think is pretty good. Heck I cut my own key way with a die grinder on a generator motor, extreme cost saving measures like that, and ebay and craigslist were how I got such a big machine for the cost, and all my own labor. The lifting boom will be especially helpful lifting very large pieces onto the splitter or into the back of a truck.
16 GPM pump; 28 GPM rated hydraulics
9 HP OHV Briggs
4"x24" ram
20+ gallon reservoir
Adjustable 4 way wedge
Lifting boom with tongs
Everything was built overly large for upgrades in the future including ram and pump size.
Estimated at 2000 lbs. The whole trailer weighs about 5k now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZBPpTm22YI
[video=youtube;mZBPpTm22YI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZBPpTm22YI[/video]
I started out wanting to split on the side, so I just had a utility trailer to mount my ambition on, but then I decided, well I need a chipper too to appeal to more clientele, so I have both units on one trailer, so I bought a chipper. Then I got a huge I beam measuring 12/12"x7' which was 600 lbs with nothing attached, and well the splitter was so heavy that I needed to make the chipper tandem axle. This vicious cycle continued until its completion.
I ended up with over $2000 in cost, not including the chipper, which i think is pretty good. Heck I cut my own key way with a die grinder on a generator motor, extreme cost saving measures like that, and ebay and craigslist were how I got such a big machine for the cost, and all my own labor. The lifting boom will be especially helpful lifting very large pieces onto the splitter or into the back of a truck.
16 GPM pump; 28 GPM rated hydraulics
9 HP OHV Briggs
4"x24" ram
20+ gallon reservoir
Adjustable 4 way wedge
Lifting boom with tongs
Everything was built overly large for upgrades in the future including ram and pump size.
Estimated at 2000 lbs. The whole trailer weighs about 5k now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZBPpTm22YI
[video=youtube;mZBPpTm22YI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZBPpTm22YI[/video]