“Big Stuff” Skid Steer Splitter

“Big Stuff” Skid Steer Splitter TRACTORS Skid Steer Loaders “I made a wood splitter for my 1977 Ford CL40 skid steer that works better than anything I could have bought ” says retired Ohio dairyman Herman Borgelt “I never have to leave the seat to split big wood chunks into several pieces ” The “upside down” hydraulic splitter mounts to the front of his skid steer “I just pulled together pieces of heavy scrap metal and started cutting and welding ” Borgelt says For the main frame he used two 5 1/2-ft long pieces of 7-in channel iron welding them to a large piece of 3/4-in flat iron that connects to the attachment bracket on the skid steer A 4-in cylinder with 22 in of travel connects to a 1 1/2-in mount that he salvaged from an old plow The push block is an 8-in square plate that forces wood pieces toward the splitting wedge which is made from old plow shares “The push bar rides on two channels with about 3 in of space between them so I can pick up chunks of wood from 4 in to about 20 in in diameter ” Borgelt says “If a piece is too large to lift by hand I can lift it onto a wagon and split it so it drops right onto the pile ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Herman Borgelt 17354 Road J no 4 Ottawa Ohio 45875 hborgelt@bright net

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