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This is how my Dad use to do his Old school fix/rebuilds. I was going through some old pictures and found this one of him and me splitting wood with his home made wood splitter. As I remenber tbe engine came from an old Alis combine, the axle from an old Ford 1/2 ton truck, the I-beam from a factory that was remodeling, the oil tank was an old feon tank and the cylinder came from a neighbor who bought a truck load of them from a company that made them for ore train cars, but they were rejected. My brother made the wedge and backing plate from scrap metal. The sprockets and chain came from an old John Deere wire tie baler/ The only items bought were the control valve and hydralic hoses.
It was the smoothest running, fastest wood splitter I have ever used.
And yes, that's Dad's 1949 Cockshutt 30 it's hook to.
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This is how my Dad use to do his Old school fix/rebuilds. I was going through some old pictures and found this one of him and me splitting wood with his home made wood splitter. As I remenber tbe engine came from an old Alis combine, the axle from an old Ford 1/2 ton truck, the I-beam from a factory that was remodeling, the oil tank was an old feon tank and the cylinder came from a neighbor who bought a truck load of them from a company that made them for ore train cars, but they were rejected. My brother made the wedge and backing plate from scrap metal. The sprockets and chain came from an old John Deere wire tie baler/ The only items bought were the control valve and hydralic hoses.
It was the smoothest running, fastest wood splitter I have ever used.
And yes, that's Dad's 1949 Cockshutt 30 it's hook to.
