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Underwor · 3rd December 2007, 05:56 PM

The operator is a real Turtle Mt. Hillbilly. He has always been a little different I am told, but I think he probably got worse after a few years living in Pennsylvania. (that should stir someone up!!) He is very inventive, although there are many of this type splitter scattered around the state. He has two extra wheels on hand if you would like to have him build you one like this. As you can see by the instructions I posted, it originally ran off of a 1 1/2 HP stationary engine. Did you notice the white stripe he painted around the wheel to show where the wedge would be hitting.

I will try to get some pictures of his extended pontoon boat that he uses to set and remove docks on the lake. It has a crane on tracks down the center so he can pick up a doc, pull it onto the boat and then when he gets to shore, reach up on the shore a ways to set it down. Quite a contraption.

Right now he is probably putting the chains on his 1 1/2 ton truck so he can haul rocks for rip rap along the lake. He piles them on until they start dribbling over the sides and then takes off across the lake once it freezes good. It is up to about 6" thick now so ice fishing has started. We don't start driving the pickups out on it until about a foot of ice. Some will go on at 10".

See you all later.

3rd December 2007, 05:56 PM	#26 (permalink)
Underwor Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: North Dakota Posts: 50	Re: "Worlds fastest firewood splitter" The operator is a real Turtle Mt. Hillbilly. He has always been a little different I am told, but I think he probably got worse after a few years living in Pennsylvania. (that should stir someone up!!) He is very inventive, although there are many of this type splitter scattered around the state. He has two extra wheels on hand if you would like to have him build you one like this. As you can see by the instructions I posted, it originally ran off of a 1 1/2 HP stationary engine. Did you notice the white stripe he painted around the wheel to show where the wedge would be hitting. I will try to get some pictures of his extended pontoon boat that he uses to set and remove docks on the lake. It has a crane on tracks down the center so he can pick up a doc, pull it onto the boat and then when he gets to shore, reach up on the shore a ways to set it down. Quite a contraption. Right now he is probably putting the chains on his 1 1/2 ton truck so he can haul rocks for rip rap along the lake. He piles them on until they start dribbling over the sides and then takes off across the lake once it freezes good. It is up to about 6" thick now so ice fishing has started. We don't start driving the pickups out on it until about a foot of ice. Some will go on at 10". See you all later. __________________ Bob Underwood, Associate Professor of Forestry ND School of Forestry Minot State University - Bottineau Campus Bottineau, North Dakota