I build a firewood processor with a 14-way wedge
Firewood processor Vlieland.wmv - YouTube
Cutting blades made off Hardox 400 16mm ( 5/8")
At this moment it will split trees with a diameter of 45 cm or 17.7"
Infeed lengt max 3.5 meter
Cutted log lengt adjusable between 25 and 50 cm (10-20")
Splitted log 11x11 cm
Drawing is avaiable in Sketch-up
Just send a mail to [email protected]
Greetings,
Frans van Baaren
That is a really nice piece of work, man! And I love your woods truck, too, what is that?
That is a really nice piece of work, man! And I love your woods truck, too, what is that?
Hello zogger,
The truck is based on a Suzuki Samurai.
The original axes and seconairy geerbox are original , but all is driven by an hydraulic OMP400 orbitrol motor.
High and low gear and 4-weel drive are working well, so no problemes getting into the woods.
Only the Samurai was not designed for the weight ( 1.5 ton)
Extra mainsprings on the rear axle were barely strong enough, but they will hold.
At work 3 hydraulic cilinders levels the machine , and a special designed leg takes over the weight of the lifting system.
You are fast , conserning time differece between the netherlands and the states,
I've made pictures of almost every stage of the build.
There are more than 100.
I try to upload some of them so you can see some details.
Here are some more pics.
I designed allmost the complete machine in google sketch-up , so the plans are available ( free )
It took almost 9 months to build it out of nothing.
there are still some small problems , but for this winter it will do.
Changes : pump driven lubrication system for the saw
Autocycle for the ram.
Its no rocket science to build such machine.
i build all kind of machinery for a hobby sinds i was a child, but they grow bigger and bigger.
I am lucky to have a friend with a nice machine workshop , that i can use for free( over 25 years ).
Its good to share idees , so everyone has exess to them , so the big companys no they are not allone !
I don't build them for the profit , just becouse i can do it and to keep firewood as cheap as possible , not just for me.
These forums spread a lot of helpful information ( for me aswell )
very cool and very well done
The truck and the splitter. Is the truck Bucher similar to a unimog? I have seen a couple of them, but the bucher seems to be much smaller and very well suited to the woods, again thanks and very cool
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