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Back saving log splitter

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Carol Martin

09-17-2005 13:10:35




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Hi: I posted this on here last year.. I just got it out this fall to get my winters wood split and thought since I had so many people interested in it last year that I would post it again this year. This makes splitting wood "almost fun". also wonder if any of you guys ever set one up like this..If anyone wants more detailed pics. let me know and I will take them
for you..

Carol

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Billy NY

09-20-2005 12:17:29




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 Re: Back saving log splitter in reply to Carol Martin, 09-17-2005 13:10:35  
I recall bookmarking this last year, thanks for the link. The reduction of bending over is obviously a good thing, and I'm sure takes quite a bit of operator fatigue away from using a rig set up like it is. How long does it take you to split a cord ? I've got a mind to fire up the welder and build one of these, have all kinds of standing dead elm and other wood that is just right for firewood, a nice F-600 13' dump, and although I may use another rig I currently have, ( 14 HP Kohler powered table saw ) to halve difficult logs, most of the elm is the right size, does not need to be split, burns long and hot and this area is loaded with it, damn Dutch Elm Disease ruined so many old timers, only thing now is to burn the dead and save the ones you can with the fungicide from the elm research institute. I have a lot right on a busy state road that goes to Vermont, when I start selling, I won't be able to keep up with the demand, need some good production.

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JackE

09-19-2005 13:42:04




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 Re: Back saving log splitter in reply to Carol Martin, 09-17-2005 13:10:35  
My Dad had an excellent back saving log splitter about 20 yrs. ago, Me, before I moved out of there. Jack



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Midwest redneck

09-17-2005 14:58:48




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 Re: Back saving log splitter in reply to Carol Martin, 09-17-2005 13:10:35  
I do it the old fashioned way.....with an axe. It is good exercise which I can always use.



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sawtooth

09-17-2005 13:40:31




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 Re: Back saving log splitter in reply to Carol Martin, 09-17-2005 13:10:35  
Nice looking outfit. Like the height too, high enough you're not bent over all day. Without a lift like yours when I'm doing really big log sections with mine I either use the tractor loader, or winch them on to the trailer with the ramps, then back the trailer to the splitter to roll them on. I think it's a bit handier with really heavy sections having the cylinder pushing the wedge so the heavy pieces stay in place to be turned and re-split rather than pulling them back.

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Tim B in MA

09-19-2005 09:19:43




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 Re: Back saving log splitter in reply to sawtooth, 09-17-2005 13:40:31  
Sawtooth, I agree; the only way to make a splitter is to have the wedge on the piston. Not having to retrieve every piece that needs to be split again, from off the end of the splitter, saves a lot of time, labor and back ache.



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Carol Martin

09-19-2005 13:38:54




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 Re: Back saving log splitter in reply to Tim B in MA, 09-19-2005 09:19:43  
Cannot see the logic in this statement.. either way you cut it the wood it going to fall off the beam.. it it is standing up you have to bend over to pick it up. with my rig the pieces both fall on to the table and all you have to do is move them back to resplit or put them on the pile. The table on the back side is large enough so it will hold the first split half and the second split half..neve have to bend over and pick up a piece..

Carol

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