Truck Frame Splitter Hangs From Excavator

Truck Frame Splitter Hangs From Excavator FARM SHOP Repairs Jim Schoonhoven was looking for a safer easier way to split firewood and logs His solution was to build a wood splitter using steel pieces from a truck chassis The device hangs from his excavator on heavy-duty log chains splitter side down “Using this rig I can split large logs even some 2 to 4 ft in diameter that I certainly can’t lift by hand ” Schoonhoven says He lowers the splitter onto a log pushes a button from the operator’s seat and the hydraulic ram splits the log He then uncurls the bucket and sets the next log in place Schoonhoven never has to leave the comfort and safety of the excavator cab “I’m doing all the work sitting 10-ft away ” Schoonhoven says “It’s much easier on my back and safer than using a splitter on wheels ” He connects the splitter to the bucket of his Bobcat E-85 excavator with heavy-duty chains Two long hoses connect to the excavator hydraulics which he controls from a joystick in the cab “With this setup there’s no engine to worry about starting or stopping no hydraulic pump and no oil reservoir It’s simple and easy to use ” Another advantage is that he can adjust the oil flow on the excavator to split at any speed from very slow to very fast “The excavator has high volume oil flow so I can definitely split faster than a gas engine splitter ” he says “It worked like a charm from the first time I used it ” Schoonhoven says someone else building this type of splitter could use it on a skid steer or tractor loader that has high volume hydraulics “Mine works fast and it’s effortless ” he adds Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Jim Schoonhoven Aylesford Nova Scotia Canada ph 902-847-0657; jcssss1@gmail com

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