People Loading Stuff Wrong

[California]

Similar to the rediculous overload thread - this vid shows a Russian log loading technique that OSHA would never allow.

Don't try this without a locking differential!

Has anyone ever seen something like this? Have pictures?

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[Stimw]

Do you mean like this?

That loading looks pretty cleaver to me. We are so spoiled in this country thanks to a bunch of lawyers.
A country "Of the Lawyers, By the Lawyers and For the Lawyers".

 

[k0ua]

Similar to the rediculous overload thread - this vid shows a Russian log loading technique that OSHA would never allow.

Don't try this without a locking differential!

Has anyone ever seen something like this? Have pictures?

(Source)

Other than the Swedish guy getting out of the mudhole with his tractor by chaining on a big log to the rear wheel, no.
It is innovative, several things could go wrong, but it DOES work. So it would appear. You gotta hand it to the Russkies for doing some extraordinary things with simple machines.

 

[newbury]

Looks like a good idea to me.
Now how can I adapt it to my tractor?

There are a LOT of things which can be done safely as long as one remembers the limits.

 

[Ken45101]

Interesting. I don't see how that sideboard extension survives!

It may also be interesting when it comes time to unhook the log.

 

[94BULLITT]

They aren't loading anything but it is bolted to the wheel like the first video.

 

[DT86]

They aren't loading anything but it is bolted to the wheel like the first video.

I think they look dangerous and wouldn't use one personally. They may not be any worse that other splitters, but I'll pass.

In every one of those videos I've ever seen the user is on the passenger side right by the exhaust, wouldn't you rather be on the driver side away from the fumes and closer to the kill switch?

 

[94BULLITT]

I think they look dangerous and wouldn't use one personally. They may not be any worse that other splitters, but I'll pass.

In every one of those videos I've ever seen the user is on the passenger side right by the exhaust, wouldn't you rather be on the driver side away from the fumes and closer to the kill switch?

I would, with the drivers side door open. I guess if you are running by yourself and you get tangled up in it, it would not matter what side you were on.

 

[Ken45101]

They aren't loading anything but it is bolted to the wheel like the first video.

Those spiral splitters were commonly advertised in the 1970's. Some people swore that they were the greatest thing since sliced bread. IDK, I wouldn't get near one.

BTW, it works on the principle that with the one wheel off the ground, the rear differential transfers all the motion to that wheel and the vehicle doesn't move. If for some reason, that wheel gets stopped, I would assume the power goes to the other wheel on the ground. Remember, the parking brake can't be used...... Oh gosh, I can just envision what happens when someone sets that up on a limited slip differential...... Try explaining that to your insurance company!

 

[dieselcrawler]

They aren't loading anything but it is bolted to the wheel like the first video.

My parents had something like this... they used it on their open diff '66 chevy van when they moved to the farm in the mid-'70s. Dad would chock the other 3 wheels well and split the wood perpendicular to the splitter, toward the end of the log, so one end of the log was on the ground counter-acting the twisting force of the screwsplitter.

Dad wasn't much for hard work like splitting wood. By 1980 he was designing a super-insulated house which he and friends built in '81. At the ripe old age of 4, all I did was carry off thier tools and hide them at the time but I still remember a lot of it. Dad now heats his house with 3 - 1500 watt elec space heaters, and it stays comfortable year round.

 

[dieselcrawler]

And by the way... the log loader in the first post is awesome! Truck that size might not need a locked diff to make it work but... it works obviously.

 

[firefighter jim]

And by the way... the log loader in the first post is awesome! Truck that size might not need a locked diff to make it work but... it works obviously.

I agree, pretty clever............

 

[California]

I think they look dangerous ... I'll pass.

In every one of those videos I've ever seen the user is on the passenger side right by the exhaust, wouldn't you rather be on the driver side away from the fumes and closer to the kill switch?

I wonder if the splitter auger has left hand threads so can only be used on the right? Whatever, I'll pass on that too.

 

[Marveltone]

They aren't loading anything but it is bolted to the wheel like the first video.

We used one of these when I was growing up. We cut our wood on a big, unguarded buzz saw mounted on the front of a John Deere A and split most of the wood by hand, although the tough, gnarly, knotty stuff would go through the screw. Oak, ash, apple... it didn't care. It was darn near unstoppable! These days, I prefer my chainsaw and hydraulic splitter. Much less nerve-wracking.

Joe

 

[dieselcrawler]

I wonder if the splitter auger has left hand threads so can only be used on the right? Whatever, I'll pass on that too.

It wouldn't matter what side you put the screwsplitter on... you can put the trans in reverse as easy as forward. However, a manual trans is needed... an auto might not work out so well, would gain too much speed at idle and come to a stop under a load. And I dont want someone hittin the gas pedal while I was splittin wood, I don't care who they are! Now, with a few pullys and some cable to allow a hand throttle for the operator, and a remote kill switch...

 

[bandaidmd]

A lot of military trucks had drums mounted on the rear hubs that I always assumed were for "pto" purposes.

 

[California]

Running the vehicle in reverse would be one more strike leading toward disaster, it seems to me.

Splitting a truckfull of wood you are naturally going to be working behind the truck. In reverse if it climbs over the chocks it (and maybe the operator or helper) will be jammed into the woodpile. Although throwing that ladder seems equally dangerous. I don't see any way to operate that auger safely.

I wouldn't go near that thing.

 

[k0ua]

Running the vehicle in reverse would be one more strike leading toward disaster, it seems to me.

Splitting a truckfull of wood you are naturally going to be working behind the truck. In reverse if it climbs over the chocks it (and maybe the operator or helper) will be jammed into the woodpile. Although throwing that ladder seems equally dangerous. I don't see any way to operate that auger safely.

I wouldn't go near that thing.

Yeah I noticed the video stopped as soon as the ladder got tossed at the cameraman. He was probably hopping around cussing a blue streak.

 

[xtn]

I've got a wood splitter screw that mounts on my 3-pt auger. Works great for breaking up pieces that are too large to lift. But sloppy splits sometimes. I wouldn't try to make uniform fireplace logs with it.

xtn