Railroad Tie Log Splitter

Railroad Tie Log Splitter WOODLOT EQUIPMENT Wood Splitters 18-3-40 Wayne Husak and father Peter, of Neepawa, Manitoba, built this powerful log splitter to split sections of old railroad ties into lengths that fit their wood stove. They built the splitter using a length of railroad track mounted upside down between two wheels. The 10-in. high splitter blade was made from an old road grader blade and is pushed back and forth along the splitter table by a hydraulic cylinder. The angled blade is notched so it has more power slicing into the tie. "A railroad line runs through our farm and when they rebuilt the line, they cut 8-ft. long ties into three pieces for us. How-ever, the pieces were still too big for our wood stove. We use the splitter to cut the sections in half, then split them length-wise," says Wayne. "At one time we also used the machine to crush empty 5-gal. chemical containers for disposal. We replaced the blade with a steel plate and used a longer hydraulic cylinder. However, we don't use it any-more because we now buy our chemicals in bulk containers." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Wayne Husak, Box 1228, Neepawa, Manitoba, Canada ROJ 1HO (ph 204 476-3868).

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