clawmute
ArboristSite Operative
Greetings: I haven't posted here before although I've been reading different threads here for some time. We live in the country and recently started heating with wood again. It's the best heat and LP gas has, as you know, gone through the roof. We live on the Middle Fork of the Saline River 15 miles east of Hot Springs Arkansas on a ridge 100ft. above the stream.
I knew that I didn't want to maul split my wood like when I was thirty, so built a splitter on my backhoe boom. I removed the bucket and use the cylinder to split wood. The pusher attachment is pinned to the cylinder rod and detaches. The splitter assembly also is pinned in place and comes off. The backhoe bucket goes right back on when I need it. Heres a few pix. I'm so proud of the splitter I want to keep it under my bed! I design machinery for an engineering company that works 90% in the forest products industry designing sawmills, OSB mills, and other wood products manufacturers.
This hickory I dug up last summer in my river bottom field is 27"-30" dbh, it took two of us to roll the sections onto the splitter. .
This is my friend Jason
Below: a load of Green Ash with a load of Hickory on the tractor. Added detachable heavy duty forks assembly to loader bucket so I could carry more wood.
This is the top end of the log. We were working back toward the stump. My tractor is a Kubota L4200 (45hp) w/front end loader & detachable backhoe.
I knew that I didn't want to maul split my wood like when I was thirty, so built a splitter on my backhoe boom. I removed the bucket and use the cylinder to split wood. The pusher attachment is pinned to the cylinder rod and detaches. The splitter assembly also is pinned in place and comes off. The backhoe bucket goes right back on when I need it. Heres a few pix. I'm so proud of the splitter I want to keep it under my bed! I design machinery for an engineering company that works 90% in the forest products industry designing sawmills, OSB mills, and other wood products manufacturers.
This hickory I dug up last summer in my river bottom field is 27"-30" dbh, it took two of us to roll the sections onto the splitter. .
This is my friend Jason
Below: a load of Green Ash with a load of Hickory on the tractor. Added detachable heavy duty forks assembly to loader bucket so I could carry more wood.
This is the top end of the log. We were working back toward the stump. My tractor is a Kubota L4200 (45hp) w/front end loader & detachable backhoe.