Humongous Splitter Handles 30-In. Dia. Log

2006 - Volume #30, Issue #2, Page #26

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"My skid loader-mounted log splitter can be used to lift and split big logs up to 30 in. in diameter. It eliminates the need to do any lifting of big logs at all," says Chuck Marley, St. Charles, Mo.
  The heavy-duty splitter quick taches to Marley's Bobcat 763 skid loader and is built from 8-in. lengths of bolted-together I-beam. It measures 6 ft. long and 3 1/2 ft. wide.
  The machine is designed to pick up large diameter logs, bring them to a small raised platform, and then split them. A 4 by 24-in. hydraulic cylinder pushes against a 30-in. wide steel wedge that does the splitting. The wedge is braced at the center by a pair of heavy duty pipes, which are welded to a frame that slides inside a pair of I-beams. Inside the I-beam frame, Marley welded 2 1/2-in. dia. pipe inside both I-beams to provide a guide for the frame on which the wedge is mounted.
  The wedge is made from the scraper blade off a small earth mover. Angle irons measuring 4 by 3 in. were welded to both sides of the cutting edge of the wedge to increase its swell and thus make it split logs more readily.
  "It really works good," says Marley. "I use the wood that I split in a big Hardy outdoor wood burning furnace, which I use to heat my home. I built it because we have large white oak trees on our farm with trunks up to 30 in. in diameter. These trees are so old that many of them are dying and blow down in wind storms. I like my splitter better than commercial models because it handles bigger logs, there's no engine to maintain, and it can be used to both haul the log and split it."
  The platform elevates the log off the ground, making it easier for the skid loader operator to access. It consists of a series of 3-ft. long steel pipes spaced apart at different widths.
  He says he spent less than $400 to build the splitter.
  Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Chuck Marley, 6 White Oaks Lane, St. Charles, Mo. 63301 (ph 314 581-5771).

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Humongous Splitter Handles 30-In. Dia. Log WOODLOT EQUIPMENT Wood Splitters 30-2-26 "My skid loader-mounted log splitter can be used to lift and split big logs up to 30 in. in diameter. It eliminates the need to do any lifting of big logs at all," says Chuck Marley, St. Charles, Mo. The heavy-duty splitter quick taches to Marley's Bobcat 763 skid loader and is built from 8-in. lengths of bolted-together I-beam. It measures 6 ft. long and 3 1/2 ft. wide. The machine is designed to pick up large diameter logs, bring them to a small raised platform, and then split them. A 4 by 24-in. hydraulic cylinder pushes against a 30-in. wide steel wedge that does the splitting. The wedge is braced at the center by a pair of heavy duty pipes, which are welded to a frame that slides inside a pair of I-beams. Inside the I-beam frame, Marley welded 2 1/2-in. dia. pipe inside both I-beams to provide a guide for the frame on which the wedge is mounted. The wedge is made from the scraper blade off a small earth mover. Angle irons measuring 4 by 3 in. were welded to both sides of the cutting edge of the wedge to increase its swell and thus make it split logs more readily. "It really works good," says Marley. "I use the wood that I split in a big Hardy outdoor wood burning furnace, which I use to heat my home. I built it because we have large white oak trees on our farm with trunks up to 30 in. in diameter. These trees are so old that many of them are dying and blow down in wind storms. I like my splitter better than commercial models because it handles bigger logs, there's no engine to maintain, and it can be used to both haul the log and split it." The platform elevates the log off the ground, making it easier for the skid loader operator to access. It consists of a series of 3-ft. long steel pipes spaced apart at different widths. He says he spent less than $400 to build the splitter. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Chuck Marley, 6 White Oaks Lane, St. Charles, Mo. 63301 (ph 314 581-5771).

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