wood splitter

[silfossy]

you need a swamper

[plumbstraight]

I have since changed the engine to a honda 24hp with a 33gpm pump. It is overkill I know. The cycle time is 7 sec now and if I run it full throttle it can get pretty hot. To do it over I would most likely use a smaller gpm would still be fast enough.

The wood is fir in the photo.

I have to smile at a youngster that likes to split with a maul. If you ever had to split wood that made a maul bounce you would appreciate a unit that would do the work for you.

[newrevlogsplitter]

Good idea.

[Mudwiggler]

This is well thought out, That hoist you have must have, must save the back, heaps.Well done Sir A+

what size pump do have running that rig. 16 Gpm or bigger

[onecelticwarrior]

that is cool. Need something like that for my mixed oaks & hickory here in Iowa.

[plumbstriaight]

I live in washing near the coast west of olympia

[CRF450XNUT]

Where do you live at? I miss Oregon love the Hickory, I sport my redneck ways here in Viginia.

[MrJJ479]

he can run the hell out of that thing too

[wutntarnation]

That's some stringy stuff, ....cottonwood maybe?

[OldSchoolSkill]

Looks like a possible candidate for a Darwin Award!

[penn707]

I really like the log lift mechanism. I'm trying to figure out how to put one of those on my splitter.

[colbycous01]

good thinkin ol timer. use your brain and not yer back. with age comes wisdom.

[reesepaul01]

Wow good job Randal

That is more complex then I imagined it when you told me about it. With the blurry picture he may look like Gilligan, but in person he looks more like John Wayne.

Bad ass machine!!!

[Yowzarrific]

Wonder if THIS is covered by his home policy!

[humblewizard]

I need one of those lifts.

[international1256]

damn that is one cool machine

[kungfujellybean]

Cool!~ That machine looked badass. There's nothing like the feeling of using something that you build yourself.

[TheSprayking]

one wrong move with the lever and you got a crushed foot. its working tho....

[CKYZZIE]

@TheSprayking -- I'm thinking the same thing! He's standing awful close to those huge swinging discs. If one ever slipped from the tongs it would be disastrous for the operator.

[steelyhendrix]

This isn't a young guy running this thing, if there was an injury he wouldn't haven't lived this long.

[dbest1a]

wow, that's nuts

[Blownwillyscoupe]

Buddy looks like the SKIPPER from Gilligans Island.

[7777dmith7777]

GILLIGAN !!!!!!!!!!!

[specialtymachining]

That was like the 3' er I cut at my Folks place. Knottiest fir I'd ever cut. Pine is less dense than fir, and Ponderosa is less dense than Lodgepole (ID) and Shore Pine (Western WA), but it does start easier, which is good for the wife. The Ponderosa grows like weeds here, needs full sun and grows fast with adequate water. Ponderosa is about 10-15% less heat per cord than fir. But then the fir here is significantly denser due to slower growth.

Rod

[specialtymachining]

Looks like a Douglas Fir butt cut from west of the Cascades. Where are you? I cut one a little smaller than that on my folks place in the Washington San Juan Islands, a few years ago. I split it with my dad's home made 3 point hitch hydraulic splitter, about the same way, only it sits on the ground, as I don't have a lift.

[rdbrumfield]

I live just south of you in Montesano

[specialtymachining]

My folks live in the San Juans, but I live just west of Spokane. I need about 6-7 cords a year. I get Ponderosa Pine and Doug. Fir.

Rod

[rdbrumfield]

eastern wa is nice. My son and family just moved to desert air, just south of vantage.

I have never used pine for wood. I think the pine on the east side is different from the west.

Over here we get some fairly big wood at times so splitting can be a B. I just finished up a tree that was 5ft on the stump. As it grew out by it'self it had limbs aound 7 inches from the gound diminishing as they went up. shearing a knot that size takes some power.

[FrenziedGuitarist]

That's what I need: A lift and tongs!

[Owendsexyman]

by your video i don`t think you would win any awards for Safety first!

[rdbrumfield]

It was an impromptu thing. I usually put a block of wood under the end of the rail to keep it level. The block then automatically comes back to center over the open throat of the splitter. As you can see it wants to hang a bit over the knife. Even as it is, much better than a splitting wedge and maul.

[triedit101]

I like the winch set up.

[wellbuggermetwice]

Surely he has the block and the wedge the wrong way round, the block should be at the end of the carrier and the wedge on the ram, looks like he has to wrestle for every piece, but that is one heck of a log, respect to him.

[Kntryhart]

Sure beats trying to wrestle those slabs! Nice setup! Very efficient.

[rdbrumfield]

oh yes, just changed out the kohler to a honda, wow, what a difference. It doesn't slow down for anything and is quite a bit faster.

[swat253]

Looks like you've done that a time or two!

[sssaf1977]

лентяй я бы топором в 2 раза быстрее расколол

[660magnum]

wow nice set up watch your toe's

[rdbrumfield]

thank you Mag. Yes, have to watch out for everything lol.

Built it about 25yrs ago. So far no problems, few bruises, but comes with wood no matter how you do it.

[plumbstriaight]

I built this from scratch out of this and that. Only thing on it that I paid out for was some of the hose and the winch. At least the original, last winter I did invest in a pump and put an engine on it. Before it ran off the tractor.

I burn about 10 cord a winter. Had a kid over last weekend and we split over 3 cord in a 2 hours.

[kalob35]

@plumbstriaight i never liked woodsplitters i think their slow...........alot of ppl like them but i just dont beleive in using them i use a maul for all my wood

[kenfo0]

@plumbstriaight TEN CORDS? Of what, paper? Do you live in a gauze tent? Or a football stadium? Be safe.

[Randalkurt]

Excellent. Did you plumb all the hydraulics? How many cords of firewood do you burn?

[localcrew]

Nice setup. I also split the big oak for firewood. I use a big old forklift with a chain and skidding tongs for lifting though. It keeps me fit what with all the running back & forth from the seat to the splitter - but I get the job done. One of these days I'm gonna build me a big firewood processor. One of these days.

[99cachorro]

nice set-up, I think I could have fun with that.

[plumbstriaight]

ty Ripper, it sure saves the back. It wasn't warmed up yet as my son came over and wanted to do the video. And at that I didn't have it at high idle. with 35 ton of push it will has gone through everything I have put in it.

[KDXRIPPER]

Nice job , that splitter looks like it works very well.