3-Pt. Mounted Screw-Type Splitter

3-Pt Mounted Screw-Type Splitter WOODLOT EQUIPMENT Miscellaneous “I haven’t found a block of wood yet that it won’t split ” says Garry Steeper Ailsa Craig Ont about the 3-pt mounted hydraulic-operated screw-type log splitter that he built using parts from an old barn gutter cleaner The gutter cleaner had an electric motor that belt-drove a shaft that powered the gutter-cleaning chain Steeper replaced the electric motor with a hydraulic motor It runs slower than the electric motor so he mounted a coupler on the splitter to chain-drive a jackshaft which in turn chain-drives a bigger sprocket that drives the vertically-mounted splitting screw It works much like a posthole digger with the screw pointing downward “It eliminates the need to do any lifting and saves a lot of labor ” says Steeper “We have an outdoor wood furnace equipped with a 3-ft long firebox so to fill it up I like to cut wood into blocks that are 30 in long or more With my 3-pt mounted splitter I don’t have to move the wood to the splitter “If a wood chunk starts to spin I just pick it up and back it against something solid The screw turns quite slowly so it’s not as dangerous as some I’ve seen that are pto-driven or bolted to the drive axle of a vehicle ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Garry Steeper 3437 Mooresville Dr RR 3 Ailsa Craig Ont Canada N0M 1A0 ph 519 294-6153; gb@steeper ca

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