Got a "new" Splitter

If all else fails...some redneck engineering...duct tape!

 

I’m quite sure I work with the jerry the term “Jerry rigged” was invented for.!

 

You may be faster with axe and maul than the splitter but by the time you finish hand splitting a truckload, you'll be glad to have something a little easier on the back.

 

no more hand splitting unless in the woods here. Or if i need to section bigguns to load like i did today.

 

That looks like a mighty fine little btu maker especially for fiddy dollhairs.

 

Had some ash rounds to try it on. Got home with enough daylight and plugged it in. They were no match for 15 amp, 6 tons of raw splitting force!

Tried it on a quarter of green sugar maple and it bogged the first try. but was able to knock off a couple splits. Ideal for smaller rounds.
No need for holding both button/lever at the same time. Green button splits and back lever reverses. Not as slow as i thought once i got the hang of it. Ms. buZZsaw didnt even hear it from inside the house either so quiet enough.

 

Sounds like a keeper.

 

The splitter or Ms. buZZsaw?

 

Only you can decide!

 

You better keep your beautiful Young Lady....I would be willing to bet a million dollars that you could not replace her!

 

Yeah this is how you hold the power button down, with this clamp it has a quick release when you're done, wham bam, works great

 

If it won't split it dead center , load it off center and start shaving chunks off

 

More or less what i tried to do with the maple chunk. I have a gas hydro at my main storage area.

 

Yeah I upgraded to a 20 ton gas splitter quite a while back, but I split a lot of wood with that 7 ton

 

My neighbor wanted me to build him a splitter, but them found one of the little electric deals before I got started on it. It works great for his "fire pit pine".
I converted my regular splitter to electric around the same time and love it. I bet you could put a 4 way on that thing if you set the wings back an inch or two.

 

I jerry rigged the safety on the tractor seat, permanently. Grew up with an old Wheel Horse that didn't have any of that stuff. Come to think of it, I have a few tools that would otherwise be unusable with some of the safety guards in place (angle grinder with a cutoff wheel comes to mind).

 

My big lawn tractor that I got little over 20 years ago, still working fine, but when I first got it I couldn't believe that I couldn't back up with the blades engaged, and then I find out I can't get off the thing and leave it running while I hook up the trailer to it or whatever so I fixed both of those problems permanently.

 

Nice find Brad. Get crackin now. Eversource is increasing our electric rates 50% come Jan 1st. LOL

 

from $.12 to $.24, = 100%? WTIC didn't get it right in their report.