Big Splitter Mounts Permanently On Old Pickup
"I've built a few log splitters but this one works best because I can use it while standing up," says Walter Fifelski, Wayland, Michigan. He took an old rusted out Chevy LUV diesel 4-WD pickup and uses it to power the log splitter.
The key to the project was using the pickup's rear drive shaft to power the splitter's hydraulic pump. "When I have to move the pickup, I just use the front wheel drive," says Fifelski.
The splitter itself consists of an 8-ft. long I-beam, a 6-in. dia. cylinder, a big pusher plate and a 12-in. tall splitting wedge.
A large oil reservoir sits next to the cylinder. He added a wooden platform to the other side of the splitter to handle the logs. "My front end loader picks up the logs and sets them on the platform where I can work with them," he says. "After I cut them, I sling them off to the side where I stack the lumber. I don't have to lift anything at all."
He says the splitter handles logs up to 28 in. long and 30 in. dia., although his wood stove can only handle wood that's 20 in. long.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Walter Fifelski, 1700 138th Ave., Wayland, Mich. 49348 (ph 616 681-9562; Marilynn@ wmis.net).
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Big Splitter Mounts Permanently On Old Pickup WOODLOT EQUIPMENT Wood Splitters 30-3-28
"I've built a few log splitters but this one works best because I can use it while standing up," says Walter Fifelski, Wayland, Michigan. He took an old rusted out Chevy LUV diesel 4-WD pickup and uses it to power the log splitter.
The key to the project was using the pickup's rear drive shaft to power the splitter's hydraulic pump. "When I have to move the pickup, I just use the front wheel drive," says Fifelski.
The splitter itself consists of an 8-ft. long I-beam, a 6-in. dia. cylinder, a big pusher plate and a 12-in. tall splitting wedge.
A large oil reservoir sits next to the cylinder. He added a wooden platform to the other side of the splitter to handle the logs. "My front end loader picks up the logs and sets them on the platform where I can work with them," he says. "After I cut them, I sling them off to the side where I stack the lumber. I don't have to lift anything at all."
He says the splitter handles logs up to 28 in. long and 30 in. dia., although his wood stove can only handle wood that's 20 in. long.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Walter Fifelski, 1700 138th Ave., Wayland, Mich. 49348 (ph 616 681-9562; Marilynn@ wmis.net).
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