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Home-Built Two-Wheeled Log Splitter
I already had a junked-out Renault engine made in France and decided that I had to do something with it. So I started putting pieces together and ended up with a two-wheeled log splitter that I pull behind my pickup. The axle and wheels are off a piece of old farm machinery. The engine mounts at the back inside an angl
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Home-Built Two-Wheeled Log Splitter WOODLOT EQUIPMENT Wood Splitters 25-2-35 I already had a junked-out Renault engine made in France and decided that I had to do something with it. So I started putting pieces together and ended up with a two-wheeled log splitter that I pull behind my pickup. The axle and wheels are off a piece of old farm machinery. The engine mounts at the back inside an angle iron frame and is used to belt-drive a high volume hydraulic pump. The pump doesn't work very fast so I had to use a jackshaft to gear the engine down. The splitter is made out of a big flat push blade and is operated by a 4 1/-2 in. dia., 24-in. stroke hydraulic cylinder off an old earth moving machine. A single control valve is used to extend or retract the splitter. The splitter slides back and forth on a steel beam. The 1-ft. high wedge is made out of an old grader blade and is very sharp which helps it slice through the wood. I made the splitter six years ago and, with the price of natural gas so high now, I'm glad I did. (Cyril Solomon, Box 146, Palmyra, Ill. 62674 ph 217 436-2068)
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