3-Pt. Splitter Handles Any Size Log

3-Pt. Splitter Handles Any Size Log WOODLOT EQUIPMENT Wood Splitters 29-1-4 "I had a lot of big logs to split and got tired of trying to get them up onto my small log splitter. So I built a big 3-pt. splitter that's easy to use and saves a lot of work," says Loron Skretteberg, Carson, N. Dak. The splitter is equipped with a large 6-in. dia., 30-in. stroke hydraulic cylinder that has 70,000 lbs. of force. It operates off tractor hydraulics. The main frame was made from 8-in. sq. tubing and channel iron, welded to a splitting table made from 1-in. thick steel plate. Skretteberg can lower the splitting table to the ground to load a chunk of wood and then lift it up to waist level to split. Someone in the tractor cab operates the controls. "It completely eliminates the need to lift logs," says Skretteberg, who uses the splitter on his International Harvester 1486 tractor. "I bought the big hydraulic cylinder at a surplus store. My total cost to build the splitter was about $1,200. It'll split a 30-in. dia. log with ease, and I've even used it to split logs up to 4 ft. in diameter by sliding the log part way in and splitting off one side, then repeating the process on the other sides until I can fit the entire log in. It works fast - in one hour I can split enough wood to heat my house for two full months. "One big advantage is that the splitting wedge goes all the way to the bottom so the log never gets stuck. And, the split piece stays on the table instead of falling onto the ground like it would with a conventional horizontal splitter. I plan to mount the controls on back of the tractor so I can operate the splitter by myself without needing someone up in the cab." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Loron Skretteberg, 5880 54th Ave. S.W., Carson, N. Dak. 58529 (ph 701 622-3261).

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