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Log Splitter - How Does This Work?

Discussion in 'Chainsaws and Power Equipment' started by MrWhoopee, May 20, 2017.

  1. MrWhoopee

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    As seen on Craigslist. Can someone explain this to me?

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    It's a manual hydraulic jack splitter. Either that or "widow maker" style jack. The teal thing is the lever. I believe it is just laid down for transport. The hinge for it should be on the front end of the trailer. But if you look close at the plate, you can see the pin that attaches the teal part to a ram. It's a pretty shiny shaft (That's what she said) so I am assuming it's hydraulic. You just keep pumping (again, that's what she said) until your log splits.

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    Hope this helps [​IMG]

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    That last part don't sound too gooder:bug:
     
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    Hahahaha. Well if you pump hard enough you never know what's bound to happen lol

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    That wouldn't be the outcome I would want, that's for darn sure!
     
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    I don't know anyone that would want one of these. Not to mention for 300 bucks. F that! It's a pain in the apple the way it is with a gas powered splitter.

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    Well, that's cuz you're splitting in the wrong position....:whistle:
    Vertical, baby!:thumbs:
     
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    I prefer sitting in a machine with attachments! I love big powerful tools! This post is fastly going to very very pitiful places lol

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    Lol. Some Things are usually better done horizontally.
     
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    I turn my back for just a minute and the whole thing goes in the toilet!

    I knew it LOOKED like a manual splitter, I just couldn't believe it actually WAS one. It seemed equally likely that the ram was somehow driven by the differential it's mounted on so you could split while towing it down the road. Why would someone go to all that trouble to build a manual splitter?
     
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    I cannot tell. It almost looks like my homemade woodsplitter that has a steel pipe going from the back port (by the splitting end) so that there are two connection ports up front. If this is the case, and I cannot tell, then it would be a hydraulic splitter that is driven by a farm tractor.

    I am not disputing that it could be a manual splitter though. It doesn't make sense to me that it is. What looks like the 'handle" looks like a steel pipe for hyraulic oil that has been beaten up by wood being dropped on it.

    I might be wrong though. Just proposing a possible 2nd explanation. Either way, it still is not worth $300.
     
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