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Homemade Firewood Processor Detroit Diesel Powered

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Uploaded by on Dec 5, 2010

First run of the wood processor. powered by a 453 Detroit 4 cylinder, 105 hp. 3 49 gpm pumps. 35 inch saw blade, 25 ton splitting ram, 3 second split cycle, 8 way wedge. video showing sawing and splitting functions

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  • This was when we first finishes it, so it was limited to one trunk that gets lifted up with a backhoe w/ a thumb. Now he has built a live deck for it, so you can load 4-5 logs that will get chain fed into the infeed. Once we fire the machine up again, I will be putting a more current video up

  • @ tdurre3 The main ram is a 5" bore.

  • On this machine there are actually 3 single stage pumps, gear driven off the crank, separated by a clutch so you can disengage the pumps if you need to. Each pump is the same, putting out 49 GPM at 1800 psi. We can run a little more psi, 2000 psi, but it has plenty of power at 1800 psi and it is easier on parts.

  • The log in this video is oak that is still pretty green. I will make a better video showing its current form and all the functions when we start splitting in the next month or so.

  • The wedge was 7 pieces of high carbon steel, with the edge machined sharp. The pieces were then fitted and mig welded together to make a one piece wedge. Thank you for all the comments!

  • the bar is a 35 inch bar made by oregon

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  • This took about a year of nights and weekends to build

  • Great job. Well done with the use of the Detroit, I need this. How long did it take you to build?

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  • where did you find that hydralic saw drive unit or what are they call

  • Nothing short of amazing.

  • DO WANT!!!

  • I 2nd that comment...THAT'S BADASS!!!

  • thats bad ass!!!

  • Fantastic bit of homebuilt kit. Very fast splitting action, well done. Is there any photo's of the build to have a look at?

  • This beats my ax anyday were can i get one

  • That is an awesome bit of DIY!

  • very nice machine

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