My home built 60 ton log splitter splitting a huge oak. Doing exactly what it was built to do. Everybody's splitter can go through the smaller stuff but it takes a special machine to get through these
Nice job Sir,i like the way you treat your machine and logs with the respect they deserve,well done and gloveless too,a man after my own style,i'm 83 and still enjoy work, U.Kingdom.
ive seen alot of splitters on you tube and you are the only one that has put the machine to the test and split a large knotty block and your machine done it easy well done cheers from tasmania
Awesome, just awesome!!! Talk about eating some logs. Great idea on a sliding log lift. I have a homemade one that I am currently rebuilding (not the original builder) and I appreciate everyone that shows off their builds, helps me find inspiration
DUDE!!! YOU WIN!!!!! I have watched hours and hours of wood processing vids and been pretty impressed, BUT when i found your vid I just sat their with my mouth open. It's not just the fact that (as you say) HOMEMADE, WOW, that the machine laughed at that piece of wood, It's that you looked at it and said, sure i can do that, and you are all by yourself. I really don't know which one is baddest, you or the machine. It will prob. be along time before i'm affected like this again. like i said YOU WIN!!! THANKS! THANKS! THANKS!
Nice machine. It looks like it can handle the wood that most other splitters can't. That means you get the wood that other people leave behind. My father in law built one similar to it and we always had plenty of wood. Good job!
I was going to say it would have been quicker with a maul to split that log, then I saw it rip through that knot! Good job especially as its home made. Well done indeed
I've seen and used splitters with the lift, but to have the lift table slide back and forth is pure genius! You then don't have to wrestle the chunk back into position for the next bite.
@ Mike Lamothe Thank you sir!!! For having a genuine understanding of operations, for having the intelligence to decipher ordinary from outstanding, and for having the intellect to convey your thoughts so diligently. Your comments acknowledge my efforts in designing and building an efficient way of splitting potentially unsplittable, knotty, disposable wood. Not everybody is anxious to rip an old fence post, with wire and staples in it, with their $1000+ chainsaw! You sir, have set the bar in positive feedback! Thank you for your comment, Tony
Pretty impressive design. By the size of the wood you were working on plus the size of the piece in the background I can see why the design is the way it is. Good job.
my first reaction when i saw the size of that log was really skeptical, i thought there was no way that thing was going to split, buuuuut after actually seeing it get "chewed" and just man handled by that splitter. all skepticism is gone. awesome machine, awesome build. just awesome
Your machine is amazing. I really like the way it powered through that big knot. When I saw that big round sitting on the ground I thought it was a chopping block, not a potential split. Being a cabinetmaker I would tend to try to produce lumber from a big log like that. But splitting such a large log like that is very impressive.
firstgeer Thank you very much for such a positive comment! I was seriously considering taking this trunk to the sawmill but after realizing in its early days, it use to be a fence post and along with the trunk rot it suffered from, it was best just to harvest it as firewood. Thanks for watching!
I myself also have a huge splitter with a 12" wide wedge and 6" bore ram w100hp motor and the big stuff is where its at .I bring home 2 stumps and produce a chord of wood at home instead of hauling a bunch of little stuff .
Wish I could get a hold of chunks of oak like that. A part of me is going "What a beast!!" and the wood worker in me is going "What a chunk of oak. Goodbye cabinets, desk, table, or chairs!!!". But either way nice work.
Love it. The lift moving forward is a great addition. As a builder I notoced that if you had landing gear on the splitter you could stabilize the splitter with the same cylinder that you use to lift the log.
Very impressive slicing through the knots like that, when you first put the log up I thought so what, I split logs like that every year ,until I saw the actual grain it was not just cf splitting but slicing through. I gotta build me one of those.
That is one of the coolest things I've ever seen. Probably not "OSHA" approved, but screw them. As long as you go home with all your digits and extremities intact it's been a good day. Fantastic machine!!!!
That's a nice setup and I was thinking about something like that but finally saw I can just let mine down on the ground, roll the big blocks on and 1/4 or 1/3 them, set it back up and have at it. That way I didn't loose one side to the lift and can work off of both sides. Good job!
That thing is a monster. I often thought it would be nice to have foot pedal controls to leave your hands free to move around huge pieces. Nice work on that.
awesome build, after all my research and thought of building a massive log splitter myself, out of a old 4 cylinder willys powered welder, skidsteer mounted log splitter seems best way to go
Good job, love the idea of the log lifter sliding to catch the big split logs. Not claiming to know more than anyone else, saw a great thing for big logs. A lifting arm with a winch on it, the winch rope fixes to the log by spinning a round disc with a big thread attached. The arm swings round above the table and takes the weight of the log if split off centre till it is a manageable size. Great design man!
Nice job splitting that big old stump. Would like to offer one suggestion if I may. Make a vertical spliter and make the base similar to a lazy Susan and once the log is split just rotate for the next split till gone alway around once etc etc.
Hard work those big logs. I have done a lot not quite as large on my dads farm and I know what is involved in manhandling them even when you do have a big splitter. The stuff my father has is terribly splintery shit. You can't touch it without gloves but it burns well. Good job with your splitter. It has loads of grunt and looks very well made.
@ tinkersdamnworkshop Yes! That is exactly why I had to build one because I haven't been able to find one out there with the trolley lift, plus having the power to cut through knotty woodgrain sideways.... Thank you very much for acknowledging my unique design!!
Beats the heck out of using a splitting maul!......I think I would install a set of outriggers on this bad boy......oh and remember, burning wood as a heat source warms you twice!
Throw an hour meter on that thing and rent it for $125/8hr. You'll have your ROI in 2 weeks. That and the MT, you never owe buddies beer for lending you a hand. Nice work man.
A awesome log splitter! My log splitter could never take on one of those monsters! A log like that I normally pass on. Some times we will drill holes in a log that big and use gunpowder( warning all around and use a very long fuse) and blast it apart. so we can manage the chunks for splitting. Blast no bigger than a shotgun sound blast to crack it.(safety first)
Nice splitter.A peavey would be kind of handy to move that big chunk of wood around,and be careful,those smaller pieces can jump out at you(see the knot?).It sure beats banging away with an axe , though.
What an impressive piece of kit, that sliding log lift is an absolutely fantastic idea! I would suggest, though, that you maybe consider adding some stabilising feet to stop the whole rig bouncing and moving around so much. Still though, this is my favourite splitter yet. I hope you don't mind but I will be using your sliding lift idea in my own design. I don't need the outright power that yours has but that sliding lift has to be great for saving your lower back even if you're not working with pieces as large as shown in the video. Thanks for sharing.
That is frikkin awesome! I couldn't catch the giant pieces that fall off being a woman and all but it looks like with just a little change like a guard on the other side that even a kid could do it.
I really like that the log lifter moves back and forth. that is a huge improvement from other machines. I wonder though, if you could just attach it to the main cylinder and let it ride back and forth in sync with the log pusher? that would save the cost and added complexity of another cylinder, and valve.
Really well built machine, not that oaks that big in Britian ever get used for firewood. Big stuff is snapped up by the crafts people and furniture trade. Still would love to have a go with the beast.
Have you considered adding a pulley system? Might be easier to control, lift up, move over, lower, etc etc those big pieces...drill and screw a big eye bolt in, and you've got a perfect attachment point.
@ Mike McHale There's not a whole lot dealing with logging or making firewood that isn't labor intensive. It is just a matter of getting it done, with resources that are available, or not.
To IRDeezlSmoke, Wow!! To receive such an awesome compliment and recognition of the amount of power my splitter produces, is greatly appreciated, especially with all the negativity that is on here. Thank you!!!
I like the concept of the machine especially the movable lift system, although I can foresee a lot of banged up fingers sometime in the future, but that is all about putting in firewood, there will be times that it will happen even to those using a splitting maul. Nice machine, I have one that isover 30 yrs old and made by Sears Craftsman, a 10 ton and have split logs such as the one you showed on the video it takes a couple people to handle the log once on the splitter but it split it with no problem, but I may have to put a movable lift table such as yours on it in the near future as logs such as those are a bear to get on the I beam. .
Nice splitter! its nice to not have to rip them with a chain saw first, so that you can handle them. But that chunk of wood I would have ripped in halve or quartered to make it a little easier. Even tho it could handle it.
You did such a good job with that splitter how about building a sawmill ?I'm still welding on my home made v twin powered chain mill.More videos please...:)
I thought you split your wood with an axe? You posted a wise crack in my splitter video about splitters being for old ladies. Lol, looks like you are surfing the splitter videos. Your swinging arm wimping out? Go get you a Huskee and save your joints.
That's pretty impressive-----I wonder what kind of YoYo's would give you the thumbs down on it. Obviously Dummies that would not know a real log splitter if it walked up and slapped them on the side of the head. Good job Turrre3
The one I built was much similar to this however my lifter arm didn't have horizontal movement, just up and down. Also I used an old ford straight 6, hydraulic pump and a backhoe piston. Still a lot of hard work to move a 6' core of wood around but the machine tears through them without any hesitation, much similar to the one in the video. Awesome design, I'm sure it took a lot of trial and error but it sure looks like it's an ass kickn log licker.
