Log Splitter Fitted With Nifty Lift Arm
"It makes it easy to split logs as big as 4 ft. across," says Don Deshong, McConnellsburg, Penn., who, along with the help of neighbors Earl McCulloh and Jim Gordon, built a 3-pt. mounted log splitter fitted with a back-saving clam-type boom lift that pivots to either side of the splitter.
Key to success of the "made it myself' splitter is the design of the pivot on the boom, which is positioned above the front of the splitter. The pivot point was fashioned out of a heavy-built stub axle salvaged from a New Holland 77 baler. The hub of the axle mounts vertically just be-hind the 3 pt. Deshong says the first lift boom the men built failed because of stress on the hub. They solved the problem by mounting three small 1-in. dia. machined steel rollers between the bottom of the hub and the mounting plate. The rollers are positioned just behind the mounting point of the lift cylinder so that they support the weight of the lift, taking stress off the hub itself.
The 41/2-ft. long boom is fitted with a 2-in. dia. lift cylinder. A clam-type log lift, which works like a pair of ice tongs, dangles from a chain at the end of the boom. "Designing the clam was more difficult than it looks. The lift points had to be placed off center so it would really grab hold of the logs."
The splitter itself was built out of a 12-in. H-beam and is powered by a 6-in. dia. cylinder with a 24-in. stroke. Control valves for both the boom and splitter are mounted on the splitter so there's no need to use tractor controls and only one set of remotes are required.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Don Deshong, 657 E. Market, McConnellsburg, Penn. 17233 (ph 717 485-3387).
Click here to download page story appeared in.
Click here to read entire issue
Log Splitter fitted with nifty lift arm WOODLOT EQUIPMENT Wood Splitters 13-1-33 "It makes it easy to split logs as big as 4 ft. across," says Don Deshong, McConnellsburg, Penn., who, along with the help of neighbors Earl McCulloh and Jim Gordon, built a 3-pt. mounted log splitter fitted with a back-saving clam-type boom lift that pivots to either side of the splitter.
Key to success of the "made it myself' splitter is the design of the pivot on the boom, which is positioned above the front of the splitter. The pivot point was fashioned out of a heavy-built stub axle salvaged from a New Holland 77 baler. The hub of the axle mounts vertically just be-hind the 3 pt. Deshong says the first lift boom the men built failed because of stress on the hub. They solved the problem by mounting three small 1-in. dia. machined steel rollers between the bottom of the hub and the mounting plate. The rollers are positioned just behind the mounting point of the lift cylinder so that they support the weight of the lift, taking stress off the hub itself.
The 41/2-ft. long boom is fitted with a 2-in. dia. lift cylinder. A clam-type log lift, which works like a pair of ice tongs, dangles from a chain at the end of the boom. "Designing the clam was more difficult than it looks. The lift points had to be placed off center so it would really grab hold of the logs."
The splitter itself was built out of a 12-in. H-beam and is powered by a 6-in. dia. cylinder with a 24-in. stroke. Control valves for both the boom and splitter are mounted on the splitter so there's no need to use tractor controls and only one set of remotes are required.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Don Deshong, 657 E. Market, McConnellsburg, Penn. 17233 (ph 717 485-3387).
To read the rest of this story, download this issue below or click
here to register with your account number.
