Tractor-Mounted Wood Splitter Retracts

Tractor-Mounted Wood Splitter Retracts TRACTORS Accessories 16-5-10 Raymond Rush, Peru, Ind., came up with a nifty design for a retractable splitter to mount on the side of his Oliver 77. "It lets me split wood on the ground without lifting it and then the splitter lifts itself up off the ground for transport. It's simple. One cylinder splits wood and also lifts the splitter for transport," he says. The vertical splitter is made out of an H-beam mounted on angle iron mounting brackets between the front and rear tractor wheels. The two angle iron brackets cradle the H-beam so that it can slide up and down. A 3-in. cylinder mounts on the outside of the beam with a splitting wedge on the piston. It splits against a plate steel end-plate welded to the bottom end of the H-beam. For splitting, the bottom plate rests directly on the ground. For transport, the splitting wedge is raised all the way up and two small chains - one on either side, attached to the angle iron brackets - hook onto the splitting wedge. Then, by extending the cylinder again, the back end of the cylinder raises the H-beam up off the ground since the wedge is held in position. "I've used it for six years without any problems. I also built a 3-pt. mounted log lift which consists of a single mast made out of a heavy steel beam that lets me lift even the heaviest logs into position for cutting up with a chainsaw," says Rush. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Raymond R. Rush, Rt. 3, Peru, Ind. 46970.

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