So not far from my house there is a small firewood processor set up, the guy had the conveyor going into a dumptruck. I stopped and introduced myself and told them I just wanted to see it in operation.
I was amazed at it's simplistic complexity. One hydraulic pump driven off the front of a Deutz 3 cyl. diesel. the feed chain, splitter, log clamp and bar & chain. All functions have separate control valves. The chain is oiled via a drip line from a tank mounted high. The staging deck didn't have any chain drives but the logs seemed to roll easy enough down into the trough.
I'm not sure what brand it is, there was no immediate marking or logo although the splitter did resemble a Timberwolf and the conveyor was a Timberwolf.
I still want to build one. This is my first time ever seeing one in operation. All in all it was pretty cool. The wood he was running wasn't the best size for a 4 way but he was making good progress with all the re splitting he had to do.
dave
I was amazed at it's simplistic complexity. One hydraulic pump driven off the front of a Deutz 3 cyl. diesel. the feed chain, splitter, log clamp and bar & chain. All functions have separate control valves. The chain is oiled via a drip line from a tank mounted high. The staging deck didn't have any chain drives but the logs seemed to roll easy enough down into the trough.
I'm not sure what brand it is, there was no immediate marking or logo although the splitter did resemble a Timberwolf and the conveyor was a Timberwolf.
I still want to build one. This is my first time ever seeing one in operation. All in all it was pretty cool. The wood he was running wasn't the best size for a 4 way but he was making good progress with all the re splitting he had to do.
dave