Splitter show and tell... Let's see um

I'm sure this has been posted before but my searching abilities are lacking.

I use a home made Frankenstein splitter. I have no idea what ram or pump it has. The crow jewel is the log lift. If I can muscle it into the lift it will lift it. The lift doubles as a nice table when splitting

I know they are low light junk pictures

 

Home made built in 07 25hp.twin single stage pump from a combine and log lift. Works well never met anything it couldn't handle.

 

Nice home-made splitters.

We split the cost of one with my best friend, it's stored in his woodshed for now.

 

Nothing fancy here. It just works for me.

 

Huskee 22 ton, with a couple slick handles welded on the end of the cylinder, which makes shuffling it around the garage or the field pretty handy. Picked up second hand for $650. Changed the oil a few tines to be sure, verified the hydraulic oil level, and away she goes. Probably split 50 cord so far, runs like a top. Knock wood.

 

I built this as a kid, like 36 years ago. Mostly all scrounged or traded for parts. The beam is way light and I'm just waiting for a catastrophic failure to build a new one. I saw a Vermeer unit years ago, hyd log splitters were pretty new back then and it was the first one that I'd ever seen that would go vertical. This was my version.

I used to have to travel to the wood & the tool box will hold all the saw's, gas & oil, chains & hand tools that you could ever need so the truck could get really loaded!

That's an old Kohler Gravely motor.

I'll be sad when the day comes, but she'll live on, at least parts of her will on the new version, if there is one.

 

I'm loving the home-made splitters.

It takes some research to make sure you get the right engine and hyd pump combination, right sized ram and length, and making sure the system has the power you want (need).

I'm going through the same thing right now with a project I have in mind, I will definitely be reaching out to you guys for some advice soon.

 

Northstar 32 ton horizontal splitter... Here's a pic or two when it was newer.. Lots of workspace.

 

Nice splitter, but I must admit that I am not seeing the 'vertical' part, aside from the operator.

 

You are correct sir... Fixed....

 

After all these years running my old "beater", the only (big) thing I'd do differently is not bother with the vertical option. If I had any "big wood" on my place I'd add a log lift. I would keep the wedge on the cylinder as I don't want a 4 way that makes weird size splits if you didn't have the perfect size log, and with the wedge on the cylinder you don't have to "chase" your wood for any additional splitting.

 

Here is what mine looked like when I first made it.

Hated splitting vertical for the bigger ones, so I made a hoist.

A lot easier on my back! 6 hp Briggs and Stratton engine in older pics never let me down, but was hard to start when it got below 30 degrees. Scored two Honda engines on Craigslist for $100 and started much easier. Tried to split this winter when it was about 0 degrees and Honda did not like to start at that temp either. damm I must be getting old because it now has electric start. Maybe it will get cold enough next winter to see if that helps.

 

Surprised I didn't see any pictures of my 35 ton Huskee that is out at my firewood partners place. Need to keep looking. Purchased it back on 2009 and the 25 ton was Dec. 2016 and kept at my house in the city.

 

Just your basic tractor supply splitter here.

 

Cub 27ton.

Thats the beech round that I picked up that blew my back out 1.5weeks ago.. so last saturday, I rolled it over and stood splitter up.. laughed at it as I destroyed it while maybe giving it the finger hhahaha..

Splitter does good, nothing special by anymeans.

 

Timberwolf P1
keeping Mrs. M2theB in the shade behind the hydraulics during the summer. Work great as a weeding tent in the garden too.

 

Our splitter looks pretty much the same, it's a Cub Cadet but it's 25Ton and has non-metal mudflaps
The only thing I'd change is elec start for the wife.