Log splitter Home Made

[brutetastic]

any one else see that missle at 3:06? and then the dong!

[MONNIEHOLT]

@brutetastic thats a good eye you got

[MONNIEHOLT]

@brutetastic thats a good eye and ear you got

[halverdha1]

what would you use those size logs for?

[MrMarketing4u]

Guy in green sure is lazy he would chop wood in bed!

[rickycupp]

using a dime with a hole drilled in it will slow the lift down an still have the same power but looks to me its just fine love to have it my self

[rickycupp]

using a dime with a hole drilled in it will slow the lift down an still have the same power

[dynodon427]

How big is your firebox?

[MONNIEHOLT]

@dynodon427 the door is 23'' X 31'' The box itself is 56''X48'' in dead winter I will load logs that will fit in the door with out splitting them using a HYD.Log lift, seen in my other videos, in the fall smaller pieces work better

[jmecrg]

you must have a realy big fire place

[MONNIEHOLT]

@jmecrg its a Central Boiler outdoor wood furnace, look at one of my other videos and you will see, thanks

[arnoldcustom]

with a Heatmaster outdoor unit, no need to split a block at all, if your using big wood, ues a roller system and roll them right in the the door of a platform on to the rollers

[firewoodguy1974]

NICE SPLITTER HOW DOES IT HANDLE LIVE OAK LOGS?

[MONNIEHOLT]

@firewoodguy1974 Has no problum with live oak like the one in the video, I've found out they split better when its real cold outside, for me its no fun splitting in the summer anyway, thanks for the comment

[MONNIEHOLT]

@firewoodguy1974 That is a fair question, should of said, live oak, now dead because it was cut down today and dismembered, so technically its dead oak logs that are being split today ps. your splitter looks like it can handle anything you put in it, great job

[thenewyorker34]

Homemade??? nice machine- looks more home depot made? shiesh- wish i had 1. Beats a 15 pound maul.

gosh those cuts simply look....beautiful.

[localcrew]

You could use a restrictor orifice for your lift -- still, it gets 'em up there where they need to be. Or just put a net on the other side to catch 'em when they're launched. That really is some "Land of the Giants" firewood though. A little smaller wouldn't hurt! Great vid.

[MONNIEHOLT]

@localcrew Believe it or not, I’ve got a flow control valve in line ( restrictor orifice ) with some logs that are not round a slower speed will not push the log where it needs to be, so the control valve is opened for any log put up there, there is also a heavy duty cradle on the other side to catch anything that might go to far, thanks for the comment

[yourneck2]

Hello there, I saw a guy on YouTube with a "HM" splitter he said orafis or orfis were put in the back saver Hydraulic lines to restrict the flow so it wont launch logs haha.. If I find it again I'll return with info. It's my goal to built a good splitter but materials are awfully expensive did you salvage any parts on your machine, and do you have any tips? By the way THATS THE LIFE!

[frankie2234]

love the logsplitter...especially the lifter, that makes all the difference. You should make a vid on how to make it. Jealous, living in the burbs about an hour from you, paying that big old heat bill from DTE.

[MONNIEHOLT]

@frankie2234 Thanks, I built the splitter in a way where I could split trees by my self, this day my son and nepheu was there to help which made the chore more fun, I looked at other videos and got some ideas for them on how to make this splitter, still got a few bugs in it but it will do

[rbg12345able]

End results are good but safety is definetly out of the picture.

[MONNIEHOLT]

@rbg12345able so is driving a car with drunk drivers on the road

[dbest1a]

yeah @99cachorro is right that is some hernia wood, holy crap, and look at the size of them, wow.. I do see that outside boiler you have there, I have been conisdering to invest into one of those for my 2000 sqft house, that I currently heat the whole thing with a big wood stove..

IT NEVER ENDS WITH WOOD.

[MONNIEHOLT]

@dbest1a This will be my sixth winter with mine, I got it not so much to save money on gas but did it for the exercise, a boiler is like a living organism, it has a brain, heart, vanes, and you got to feed it or it will starve, clean up after it. however not having a gas bill other than the monthly service charge is ok too

[12travman]

them look like some fine looking gentle men doing some fine hard work :) ;)

[adxoplo]

Those are some serious chunks of wood! My gasifing boiler takes wood that is about 1/8th of that.

[itwontme1111]

holy crap id like to see the fireplace those things go in

[MONNIEHOLT]

@itwontme1111  Its a outdoor wood furnace, it will take 57 inch logs but I cut them 48 inches because the splitter can handle them, but! From now on when it comes to oak, ash, or maple they will be cut 30 inches because of the weight of them, thanks for the comment

[bulletman100]

have you thought about cutting the log sections a little shorter?

[MONNIEHOLT]

Yes I have, made the splitter years ago to split 4 ft. logs with oak even split 4 ways there still heavy, other types wood the 4 footers are ok. I was younger then too, the oak from now on will be shorter. thanks for the comments

[expostfactum]

@bulletman100 I agree, either those sections are too long or this guy has a really wide fireplace.

[jacktheripped]

@expostfactum guess he's got a outdoor furnace for heating the house.

ya all kinda need a limiter on the loader, though, so it comes up slower but with no loss of loadlifting capability

[whspioneer89]

Nice machine. Could you some refinement, but a very good start.

[99cachorro]

nice looking oak... hernia wood

[angiemay11]

This is very cool!