Adirondack case guy
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Shortly we will be cutting firewood for the maple syrup evaporators. About 30 cord of 30"+ lengths.
We have alwayes used a 3pt. vertical spliter on one of the farm tractors. There is a lot of hard work bending, lifting, and working on your hands and knees using one of these splitters.
By mounting the splitter horizontally on my trackhoe, I will be able to reach out with the boom to lift, move, and split those big blocks from the seat of the hoe. I will also be able to lift uncut logs to get them off the ground for blocking. This should save a lot of work for all of us. Today I dug out some steel and formulated in my mind how to build the adaptor bracket that will pin, and clamp to the splitter frame. Tomarrow, I will drill all the pin and bolt holes, and weld all the peices up.
I don't know what the uncle will do. He always ran the lever before. HeHe
Loren, the Acg.
We have alwayes used a 3pt. vertical spliter on one of the farm tractors. There is a lot of hard work bending, lifting, and working on your hands and knees using one of these splitters.
By mounting the splitter horizontally on my trackhoe, I will be able to reach out with the boom to lift, move, and split those big blocks from the seat of the hoe. I will also be able to lift uncut logs to get them off the ground for blocking. This should save a lot of work for all of us. Today I dug out some steel and formulated in my mind how to build the adaptor bracket that will pin, and clamp to the splitter frame. Tomarrow, I will drill all the pin and bolt holes, and weld all the peices up.
I don't know what the uncle will do. He always ran the lever before. HeHe
Loren, the Acg.