log splitter build

[smokey charlie]

If i ever needed to split wood again  I would want this,. I am sure the cost is unreal, but man watch this thing work.

Wow I wish I had the times and resorses to build one of thoes cm

 

[raptor700]

You've got a diamond in the rough Charlie, can't wait to see it in action.

 

[smokey charlie]

thanks for the support everybody

the next project is a RF 250gl smoker but thats prolly going to be in

the spring of 2012

 

[dward51]

Here is another neat firewood "processor".  This one is set up to run as a one man operation (Chomper)

 

[michael ark]

This is the one i want.You could take it anywere .

 

[dward51]

The have made a version of that screw/cone that fits cars & trucks for decades.  It's called "the stickler".  My main concern with that would be if the car/truck came off the jack stands and the other rear wheel dug in.....  Time to chase the truck down.   Other than that, it just looks unsafe to me (the version that fits on your car or truck).   At least with the version you showed and the one that fits on a tractor PTO you don't have to worry about the vehicle heading out on it's own.

As to the one in the video below, it reminds me of a gentleman I used to work with.  He had a tractor and was bush hogging one afternoon.  He reached back to flip something off the shaft and it snagged his glove and started to pull him off the tractor and into the rotating shaft.  He ended up having two fingers literally pulled off at the base when the glove when into the shaft.  That was with a smooth PTO shaft.  Just watching this guy with his hands and long sleeve shirt so close to that spinning screw just gives me the shivers.

 

[smokey charlie]

http://gpsinformation.info/main/merryxmas.swf

 

[smokey charlie]

hi all

i ended up getting some 8 inch tires from a friend in very good shape

also  got the prince rapid extend valve in

 

[michael ark]

Thanks for the link charlie .May you have one too.

 

[smokey charlie]

hi all well i made a lil progress today mostly cutting and fit up

heres some pics

 

[smokey charlie]

its upside down i tacked it  off to the lil tractor there so i could move it up and down get it right

 

[raptor700]

Coming along nicely Charlie 

 

[bubbonehead]

Man, that thing is going to be seriously heavy duty! Can't wait to see more.

 

[shoneyboy]

,  are you going to drive the hyd from the PTO of the tractor ?

 

[smokey charlie]

i have a 18 hp engine for the hydraulic cylinder here are some of the weld pics

 

[smokey charlie]

thank  bubba and i hope so

this is going to be the platform for my log splitter for a long time i might have to change out some parts like engine or pump

im a big fan of smoked meats and i see alot of wood cutting involved in the future

 

[smokey charlie]

thx raptor

 

[alelover]

That is going to be a beast. What size logs are you going to split?

 

[michael ark]

Whole trees by the looks of it.

That is going to be a beast. What size logs are you going to split?

 

[smokey charlie]

That is going to be a beast. What size logs are you going to split?

haha well yes but ill have to cut them into  pecies... it looks huge but  i got 10 foot  legnths of ibean  that way ill have a lil extra left over  im going to make a lil scrape blade for the tractor

i have a gravel driveway  just somthing i can groom it with