Log lift back saver

[HarleyScooter]

I think I am getting to old to lift big wood to split, so I made an attachment to fit into the 3pt hitch to move wood around and to set it on the splitter when in the vertical position. Here are some pictures.
Scott

 

[Thomas]

Pretty sharp idea HS...pallet platfrom and you could have carry all also...bet that old tree made loud thump when it hit the ground.

 

[scott_vt]

Mornin Harley,
Hey thats a great idea ! I just got me a splitter and was wondering about a good way to move the bigger bones over to the splitter !

Thanks !

 

[eiznekcm]

I'm not sure how old you are, but I am 35 and I think I was too old to try to move that one 10 years ago.
Craig

By the way, I like the idea. I may have to copy it.

Craig

 

[Highbeam]

Oh the agony. I rolled several rounds like that to the splitter this year. They sat 36" tall and if they tipped over before getting to the splitter then you needed a second guy to help lift them back up on their edge.

I got pretty good at aiming the falling round so that it would end up on the splitter when it tipped. Then of course, the splitter wouldn't split a round that wide so I would have to use the maul to finish it off. Then roll the halves around to make quarters and then split each quarter into half a dozen large chunks.

 

[HarleyScooter]

Craig, well I'll be 55 this year but after splitting some of these big ones I feel much older.
Highbeam, I tried the roll over and drop on the foot but I never had much luck with that, bad aim? I can related to not getting them to split from one side, this cherry was really tough, it would leave strings on most pieces so I had this big mess of almost loose pieces flopping around until I could get it to seperate into managable size. I used the forks to load a trailer with the big chunks for a friend and that worked good too. Here is the last of the big wood from that site.