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Self-Propelled Wood Splitter
“I got the idea from Richard Hammond, a close friend of mine who built one for himself. So, I asked him if he’d help me make one because I got tired of having to take my tractor out to move the splitter. It’s handy to drive and has a lot of power,” says Wayne Langlois about his self-propelled log splitter.
    The machine is powered by a Honda clone gas engine. The engine shaft-drives a hydraulic pump, which operates a 5-in. dia. hydraulic cylinder on the splitting wedge. A hydraulic motor is used to belt-drive the rear end and wheels off an old Datsun pickup.
    The dual wheels on back are off a wheelbarrow, and the seat is off an old Allis Chalmers tractor. A horizontal tiller on back provides directional steering and an upright lever is used to go forward or reverse.
    A crane fitted with tongs lifts heavy chunks onto a metal pan and then up onto the splitter table. Either a hand winch or a hydraulic jack can be used to raise and lower the pan.
    The splitting table mounts on a 7-in. wide by 8-ft. long I-beam that’s welded onto the pickup axle. The splitter wedge is made from 3 pieces of welded-together, 1/4-in. thick steel plate. The push plate is made from a 3/8-in. steel plate.
    “I like how it turned out. It really saves on my back,” says Langlois. “I’ve used it on big logs up to 2 ft. in diameter.
    “We used scrap parts to build it. I already had the crane, which was designed to lift things into a pickup bed. I got the pan from a gravel screening plant and cut it down to size. My only expense was the $100 I paid for the Honda clone engine.”
    Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Wayne Langlois, 13661 State Route 30, Malone, N.Y. 12953 (ph 518 483-1948).


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2013 - Volume #37, Issue #4