homemade wood splitter that's a back saver

[rockinmywaypa]

I threw a couple pics on the wood handling thread but thought I'd add it to this one for anybody not seeing the other. I put this together using the square tongue from a corn planter for the vertical beam, the table and 3 pt hitch is from a scrapped snow blower, the bottom legs are from a junkyard scrap find from work that was originally built to hold big steel boxes.The cylinder pushes down on a sleeve that slides on beam to keep the overall height to a minimum. it has a winch mounted at the top to pull in large pieces or to lift the slide if loaded with a bunch of smaller ones. eventually I want to have a dump trailer located at table so blocks and whatever smaller pieces slide down to be either split or directly placed on skids. then I'll add a thumb to the loader forks and hold the wood up to cut and block so I don't have to do any bending over.

 

[rockinmywaypa]

forgot the pictures and need to show it happened.

 

[rswyan]

Nice not to have to bend over :thumbsup:

 

[jwmorris]

Do you have photos of how you get the logs up on the table?

 

[stuckmotor]

Good job. As my stomach, grows bending over takes more out of me than actually doing the work.

 

[rockinmywaypa]

actually I use forks to set them on the wagon or block them on the ground and then lift them up with the loader then I just roll them to the table . Next year I plan on putting a thumb on my forks and then hold the logs up waist high over a dump wagon and then tilt it enough to gently roll them back to the table, then slide to the splitter. It does feel great to do a bunch and still feel like looking for something more to do instead of limping to the couch.

 

[PROFarms]

<img src="http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/files/build-yourself/444997-homemade-wood-splitter-thats-back-202-jpg"/><img src="http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/files/build-yourself/444998-homemade-wood-splitter-thats-back-198-jpg"/><img src="http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/files/build-yourself/444999-homemade-wood-splitter-thats-back-199-jpg"/> forgot the pictures and need to show it happened.

What tractor is that your running It on?

 

[AchingBack]

That is a mighty big supply of firewood trees in the background.

 

[rockinmywaypa]

I'm using the JD 3130 on it, I wish I could use that IH in the background but my lever can't reach the hydraulic lever with the cab on it. It would be nice if I had the loader to move skids while the splitter is in use but maybe someday.or maybe I could add a dedicated valve to run the splitter with that tractor.Hmmm