firewood splitter we made

rogue60 · 17th April 2011, 01:40 PM

our wood splitter done a great job from the get go. not let us down yet, paid for it self in no time..

cost about 4k about 12 years ago to make...

rogue60 · 17th April 2011, 01:44 PM

few more pics

rogue60 · 17th April 2011, 01:49 PM

and few more

Drouin Tree Service · 17th April 2011, 02:11 PM

nice 1!!Like the bit of iron for bad weather splitting!

rogue60 · 20th August 2011, 11:33 AM

Hi guys here is a vid of our wood splitter working

You Tube

Drouin Tree Service · 20th August 2011, 02:13 PM

Nice cycle time! How do you cut your wheels up??

Eric Frei · 20th August 2011, 04:13 PM

Hmmm, a foot operated hydraulic lever would free up 2 hands and really get cracking.

Bloody good though.

rogue60 · 21st August 2011, 01:21 PM

hi good idea a foot operated hydraulic lever,although not sure my brain would keep up haha...ive seen some horribly slow wood splitter's on youtube...How do we cut the wheels up? well chainsaw as you know our hard wood is very heavy,we cut the log into wheels if there to big to lift we cut them in half and if there still to big we cut the half's in half..when say we need a truck load 30ton one man cuts the the logs up and one man splits the wood, that way no stopping get heaps done in a day.lost count of how many ton we have done this winter

sun64 · 21st August 2011, 10:37 PM

Hi, new here. A few things I see with your wood spliter is all the log sections have to be picked up by hand which could lead to a bad back at the end of the day.
If you had a bobcat or old backhoe you could scoop them up in the bucket and place next to the splitter saving repetative back strain.
Also if your hydraulics are strong enough, try to get a thick piedce of steel plate, Bisaloy ( wear plate ) would be great and weld six or eight block buster heads onto the underside of the plate to split the log up in one go.
When I see the operation and if the guy is not paying attention/r someone distracts him I could see a serious hand injury.
Just some thoughts to make it easier / safer and quicker.
Dont need firewood in Darwin NT though.

Gadwall · 22nd August 2011, 12:27 AM

That is a nice rig. Thanks for sharing.

17th April 2011, 01:40 PM	#1
rogue60 Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: australia Posts: 125	firewood splitter we made our wood splitter done a great job from the get go. not let us down yet, paid for it self in no time.. cost about 4k about 12 years ago to make... Attached Thumbnails

17th April 2011, 01:44 PM	#2
rogue60 Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: australia Posts: 125	Re: firewood splitter we made few more pics Attached Thumbnails

17th April 2011, 01:49 PM	#3
rogue60 Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: australia Posts: 125	Re: firewood splitter we made and few more Attached Thumbnails

17th April 2011, 02:11 PM	#4
Drouin Tree Service Veteran Heritage Status Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 1,726	Re: firewood splitter we made nice 1!!Like the bit of iron for bad weather splitting! __________________ Drouin Tree Services \| Excavator Hire - Drouin and SE Gippsland \| Landclearing Melbourne

20th August 2011, 02:13 PM	#6
Drouin Tree Service Veteran Heritage Status Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 1,726	Re: firewood splitter we made Nice cycle time! How do you cut your wheels up?? __________________ Drouin Tree Services \| Excavator Hire - Drouin and SE Gippsland \| Landclearing Melbourne

20th August 2011, 04:13 PM	#7
Eric Frei Admin - Owner Palm & Tree Services in Brisbane Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane Posts: 12,994	Re: firewood splitter we made Hmmm, a foot operated hydraulic lever would free up 2 hands and really get cracking. Bloody good though. __________________ Protect your rights to work - Join Australian Tree Association My businesses:- Qualified Brisbane Palm and Tree Lopping \| Stump Grinding Brisbane \| Brisbane - Gold Coast Consulting Arborist

21st August 2011, 01:21 PM	#8
rogue60 Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: australia Posts: 125	Re: firewood splitter we made hi good idea a foot operated hydraulic lever,although not sure my brain would keep up haha...ive seen some horribly slow wood splitter's on youtube...How do we cut the wheels up? well chainsaw as you know our hard wood is very heavy,we cut the log into wheels if there to big to lift we cut them in half and if there still to big we cut the half's in half..when say we need a truck load 30ton one man cuts the the logs up and one man splits the wood, that way no stopping get heaps done in a day.lost count of how many ton we have done this winter

21st August 2011, 10:37 PM	#9
sun64 Sappling Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Darwin Posts: 31	Re: firewood splitter we made Hi, new here. A few things I see with your wood spliter is all the log sections have to be picked up by hand which could lead to a bad back at the end of the day. If you had a bobcat or old backhoe you could scoop them up in the bucket and place next to the splitter saving repetative back strain. Also if your hydraulics are strong enough, try to get a thick piedce of steel plate, Bisaloy ( wear plate ) would be great and weld six or eight block buster heads onto the underside of the plate to split the log up in one go. When I see the operation and if the guy is not paying attention/r someone distracts him I could see a serious hand injury. Just some thoughts to make it easier / safer and quicker. Dont need firewood in Darwin NT though.

22nd August 2011, 12:27 AM	#10
Gadwall Sappling Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Houston TX USA Posts: 10	Re: firewood splitter we made That is a nice rig. Thanks for sharing.

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