Guillotine Log Splitter

Guillotine Log Splitter WOODLOT EQUIPMENT Miscellaneous 11-5-34 Neil Butts, Goodland, Kan., built a "guillotine" log splitter that he says outperforms any other splitter he's ever seen. He built the splitter 12 years ago. The key feature is the 10-ft. high guillotine-style splitting mast that's equipped with a 4 by 24-in. cylinder and a heavy 2-ft. wide blade. Butts says the upright design gives the splitter the power and leverage to instantly split even the toughest wood. Once split, wood chunks fall away onto a conveyor that carries them onto a pile or into a truck. Splitter height can be adjusted upward at the top of the mast for longer logs. A lifting platform raises heavy logs up to the splitter. Power is provided by a Model A Ford combine engine that powers a hydraulic motor and a jackshaft that powers the wood conveyor. The splitting mast lowers to the bed of the trailer for transport with the aid of a second hydraulic cylinder located beneath the bed of the trailer. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, R & N Welding & Fabrication, 103 W. 19th, P.O. Box 337, Goodland, Kan. 67735 (ph 913 899-2005).

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