Upside Down Woodsplitter Build

[BrokenTrack]

The older I get, the lazier I have become, and that applies to splitting wood. With a little thought I realized I could put my log trailer to use and build an upside down woodsplitter so that I could sit on my bottom and just run levers...and yes my new woodsplitter has a cup holder! The fabrication was kind of intense, but I will try and breeze through the text so you can see it in the photos.

Basically the woodsplitter comes in two parts; the "carrier" and the woodsplitter itself.

The carrier is where I mounted a pto pump onto the tractor, then fabricated a carrier to mount to the 3 point hitch which would hold the hydraulic reservoir tank, a seat, and a hitch for my trailer. The seat came from a Ford Focus and has all the adjustability: forward and back, recline and even lumbar support! Basically I used a PTO pump so that the woodsplitter was detached from my log loader hydraulics (which has its own separate engine and hydraulic system) so I could get more flow.

On the woodsplitter end, I mounted it to my boom so I get 365 degree rotation, and added a 4 ways splitting head.

In operation I just use my log loader to hover the upside down woodsplitter over the round of wood, pick the round up by pinching it, but not completely splitting it, only doing that when it is over the dump body of my log loader, over my pile, or over another trailer or dump truck. (My bunks can be removed and a dump body put in its place).

 

[Einthewoods]

I have never seen anything like that. ..very cool! What a great build, nice job!

 

[Thomas]

Very interesting. :thumbsup:

 

[BrokenTrack]

I had all the parts kicking around so it was a cheap build, but now that I have proven it works, I might build a new splitter head for it and make it lighter in weight. My loader can handle 800 pounds, but a lighter splitter head would be easier to navigate into the wood pile.

 

[Egon]

Neat idea. You could even split into a trailer etc.

 

[BrokenTrack]

Neat idea. You could even split into a trailer etc.

I do not have a photo of the upside down woodsplitter with the dump body on it, but I do have one of the dump body. It is kind of small so for firewood I would add sides, but it can at least be dumped.

 

[downsizingnow48]

Nice!

 

[CincyFlyer]

The older I get, the lazier I have become, and that applies to splitting wood. With a little thought I realized I could put my log trailer to use and build an upside down woodsplitter so that I could sit on my bottom and just run levers...and yes my new woodsplitter has a cup holder! The fabrication was kind of intense, but I will try and breeze through the text so you can see it in the photos.

Basically the woodsplitter comes in two parts; the "carrier" and the woodsplitter itself.

The carrier is where I mounted a pto pump onto the tractor, then fabricated a carrier to mount to the 3 point hitch which would hold the hydraulic reservoir tank, a seat, and a hitch for my trailer. The seat came from a Ford Focus and has all the adjustability: forward and back, recline and even lumbar support! Basically I used a PTO pump so that the woodsplitter was detached from my log loader hydraulics (which has its own separate engine and hydraulic system) so I could get more flow.

On the woodsplitter end, I mounted it to my boom so I get 365 degree rotation, and added a 4 ways splitting head.

In operation I just use my log loader to hover the upside down woodsplitter over the round of wood, pick the round up by pinching it, but not completely splitting it, only doing that when it is over the dump body of my log loader, over my pile, or over another trailer or dump truck. (My bunks can be removed and a dump body put in its place).

I no longer burn wood, so when I dropped a few dead ash trees in the fall, I cut them into ten foot lengths and dumped them on the edge of my neighbor's yard. I watched him and the little woman cut them to 15" long pieces for their whole-house system, and then split them. It looked backbreaking ('cuz it was) and I thought that it would be much easier to lower a splitter down to a log than to heave a heavy piece up onto it. Even a vertical unit requires handling the pieces while they are still heavy (more than 20" diameter for a lot of them).
What I had in mind wasn't at all like yours; yours is much more useful, as you don't need to move the whole unit to go after a pile of logs. And, even better, it exists now! Good job.

 

[2ndhalf]

Very Nice! and By the way it is "Virtuosly Lazy". I had an instructor who used that term for doing things smarter not harder; it is now my term.

 

[Redlands Okie]

Neat idea. Now it just seems you need a rock splitter to go with that last picture