As I used to do quite a bit of welding at the heavy equipment dealer I worked at, I built my own vertical/horizontal splitter. Built it just how I wanted it, heavy duty, to be used and abused. Put high speed trailer spindles on it with Ford Ranger aluminum wheels. Sits at the right height and rides smooth on the highway with 20 psi of air in the tires at 60 mph. I have split 68" white oak on it, setting it on the bottom plate in vertical position with a skidsteer. I have now decided that I am going to mount an electric winch on it to drag the heavy blocks into the beam in vertical position. I built my dad a horizontal one with a small boom and a winch for his big blocks. I will then add to mine an extra valve and a small hyd cylinder to tip the beam with the block on it back to the horizontal position. Mine has "wings" on the beam so no big deal there. Power for the winch you ask? Well, I made a bracket for an alternator the is belt driven off the hyd pump coupling that feeds power to a battery in a box on the frame. I came up with that to power work lights on my splitter for after dark work or to help navigate out of some tight areas in the woods after dark since the splitter is always hooked to my truck or a tractor. I usually don't get done in the woods and in my way home until well after dark, so I need any help I can get.
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