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All-Purpose OWF Discussions => Equipment => Topic started by: Bondo on January 29, 2016, 07:02:42 AM

Title: Ayuh,... I started the build,....
Post by: Bondo on January 29, 2016, 07:02:42 AM: After findin' this on the interweb last winter, I fell in love with the design,....

I'd been lookin' at various hoe-mounted splitters, 'n was dreadin' the hassle of runnin' Aux. hyd.s to a hoe mounted splitter,....
Then I saw this,....

I called the guy, 'n the price tag of 2 Grand is beyond my means right now,....
So, bein' poor, cheap, but Handy,....
I'm buildin' my own vision of this here splitter,....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0UDKmlWng8
Title: Re: Ayuh,... I started the build,....
Post by: BoilerHouse on February 03, 2016, 07:26:07 AM: Looks pretty slick, good luck with the build. Let us know how you made out when it's done.
Title: Re: Ayuh,... I started the build,....
Post by: Bondo on February 04, 2016, 04:47:48 AM: Ayuh,... I've got the push-bar fabbed up, 'n tacked together,....

Got the knife cut, ground out, 'n am fittin' it to the dipper,... probably get it tacked on today,....

Pictures soon,...
Title: Re: Ayuh,... I started the build,....
Post by: Bondo on February 09, 2016, 09:52:20 AM: Quote from: Bondo on February 04, 2016, 04:47:48 AM
Ayuh,... I've got the push-bar fabbed up, 'n tacked together,....

Got the knife cut, ground out, 'n am fittin' it to the dipper,... probably get it tacked on today,....

Pictures soon,...
Here's the 1st mock-up,....

Gonna re-mount the blade, abit farther away from the dipper boom for a better angle,...

(http://i386.photobucket.com/albums/oo303/Bond-o/100_5323.jpg)
Title: Re: Ayuh,... I started the build,....
Post by: Bondo on January 01, 2017, 05:14:41 PM: Well,.... I guess I'd better up-date this project,....

It was a complete failure,.... ::)

To credit the guy in the video that sells his creation, If All yer fire wood looks like his, small, 'n straight grained, it works just Fine,.....
In My wood yard, with gnarly knotty chunk wood, it was a complete Failure,....

I figure I'd need atleast a 6" diameter bucket cylinder on the backhoe to actually have any hyd. Power,....

I could clamp, pickup, 'n move the blocks, but splittin' 'em was absolutely Outa the question,....
It dented the big blocks, 'n only split 12"dia. spruce, 'n only without knots,...

Now I'm movin' on to a spiral cone type splitter, a Titan (http://www.palletforks.com/auger-log-splitter-8-5-x-20-pto.html?gclid=CI6t6q_OpNACFQpWDQodCoUCBQ) to be exact,....
Title: Re: Ayuh,... I started the build,....
Post by: aarmga on January 07, 2017, 11:25:09 PM: How do u like the titan screw type splitter??? I been eyeballing that one for a while.
Title: Re: Ayuh,... I started the build,....
Post by: Bondo on January 12, 2017, 01:19:51 PM: Quote from: aarmga on January 07, 2017, 11:25:09 PM
How do u like the titan screw type splitter??? I been eyeballing that one for a while.

Ayuh,..... Up-date is in the cone splitter thread,.... (http://outdoorwoodfurnaceinfo.com/forum/index.php?topic=8887.msg74043#new)
Title: Re: Ayuh,... I started the build,....
Post by: aarmga on January 20, 2017, 09:42:35 PM: Thanks. I think I'm going to pull the trigger on a 3 point model!