"Monster" Splitter Handles 4-Ft. Dia. Logs

"Monster" Splitter Handles 4-Ft. Dia. Logs WOODLOT EQUIPMENT Wood Splitters 26-5-7 "I haven't found a log yet that it won't split," says Ken Reynolds, Linesville, Pa., about his heavy-duty log splitter that's made out of a length of 24-in. high steel I-beam. The machine measures 14 ft. long and has a 7-in. dia., 5-ft. long splitting cylinder with a capacity of about 65 tons. Reynolds uses his tractor to pull the splitter, which rides on two big wheels. When parked, the rear axle pivots downward so the splitter rests firmly on the ground. "We call it the æMonster'. It'll handle logs up to 4 ft. in diameter," says Reynolds. "There are two wedges on the splitting table. One splits wood into 3-ft. lengths for heating our shop. By removing that wedge we can split 8-ft. lengths to make fence posts," says Reynolds. A 4-in. dia. hydraulic cylinder on the rear axle raises and lowers the back end of the splitter. A lift platform on one side of the machine hydraulically raises large chunks onto the splitting table. "We couldn't be happier with it," says Reynolds. "I used box steel and spindles salvaged off a piece of old equipment to make the pivoting rear axle. The pivoting axle allows the the splitting table to be lowered to a more comfortable working height. The cutting points on the wedges are made from 1-in. wide pieces of steel which I milled to a sharp edge. There are 10-in. wide wings on the back side of the first wedge so that after the wood starts splitting it opens up faster. "Both cylinders operate off tractor hydraulics. However, the tractor hydraulics don't work quite fast enough for the splitting cylinder so I plan to install a self-contained, high volume hydraulic pump." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Ken Reynolds, 15826 Shermanville Rd., Linesville, Pa. 16424 (ph 814 683-4890)

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