Self-Propelled Cut Cadet Wood Splitter

Self-Propelled Cut Cadet Wood Splitter WOODLOT EQUIPMENT Miscellaneous 15-5-11 If you split wood, you'll appreciate this self-propelled rig put together by Pennsylvania farmer Dale Mummert on the frame of a 10-hp. IH Cub Cadet garden tractor. Mummert wanted a splitter that he could move from place to place without having to hook up to a tractor. "I stripped off the hood, gas tank, grill, seat, mower deck and the clutch that runs the deck, then mounted the splitter components on the machine. The splitter consists of a 6 by 6-in. H-beam fitted with a 4 by 30-in. cylinder powered by a 16-gpm 2-stage pump. The beam mounts over the center of the tractor and pivots down for either vertical or horizontal splitting. "The oil reservoir and gas tank mount on the right side of the machine. A new seat, extended steering wheel and clutch pedal mount on the left side. I also installed a new heavy grill made out of steel tubing in front. "I have split wood chunks up to 30-in. dia. with no problem. Because I can pivot the splitter down to work vertically, I don't have to lift the big chunks. Saves my back. I've used it for a year with no trouble at all." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Dale Mummert, Box 97, Riddlesburg, Penn. 16672 (ph 814 928-5326).

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