ONE BAD LOG SPLITTER!!! 

Its so cool your kids get to work with you and their grandpa. Some of my best memories are growing up helping my dad and grandpa cut wood for the winter.... Must be a Michigan thing...hehe

Well, dad and grandpa can't have ALL the fun right? Right. So now he knows why you don't turn your back on equipment that can reach out to hurt you, he sure found the one trouble spot for that issue too. He did a fine job on that side of the machine, saved grandpa some steps and time as well. Awesome machine that one, thanks for the look at in action.

That young man is so lucky! They all are!

You are giving that child the most wonderful gift possible...experience! It is a mother;s job to protect her children but in this pc world of overprotection where many children aren't even allowed outside this guy will have an edge! And a work ethic to go with it! I'll bet he gives that machine a lot more respect now and he understands that machinery can be unforgiving. Good job!

It pretty cool see young ones working around machinery, that is how they learn, just so they don't get hurt, the thing about kids is that they are made out of rubber!!! Tell mom not to worry so much....

that splitter is awesome mine is pretty close to the same build minus the load table. also you son is awesome I hope that when and if I have kids they work like him. I know I did when I was his age. driving tractors and running a backhoes, real equipment not toys. all I see kidos do now a days is play on phones and computers. nice to see one working. hope he was ok after that pinch he got.

Mom may be mad but I bet the young boy learned a very valuable lesson. Those are the ones you don't forget. Could you do a walk around on that mean machine one day?

Looks like the young man has "wood" in his blood. For 6 years old very aware of his surrounding. You should be very proud of him

Great vid. Teaching the young guy the value of hard work from an early age.

6 years old? that kid looks like a beast handling them logs

i used to do that with a outdoor boiler but it failed, so i spent the money from my moms estate on a geothermal system, now i flick a switch and drink wine. dont miss it.

Good design! A lot of thought and experience went into it. Love the lift and the way the 4 way spliier wedges wing upward so the bottom split doesn't wedge itsellf in. All that you need is a better muffler. LOL

Real nice splitter John. It's good to see your lad learning with you. A knock and a prod soon makes you learn to respect machinery and be aware of your surroundings. Good lesson for the lad and a nice vid of you all working together.

The fills up a dump truck right smart very cool machine!!!! Glad nobody got hurt I used to do the stuff with I was younger I learned after a while not to do that!!!

Nice operation Mike, John, and Emry . Thanks for the vid, look forward to more on the firewood!

glad to see the young fella is alright

Another awesome video! I sure wish I had a splitter that nice to work with. I really like how you don't need to break your back lifting them! Very nice to see your son out there helping and learning from a great teacher! You rock man! Thank you for the great video!

hi there nice splitter well done john

The boy is a good worker!

Your boy is 6yrs old!!!! He's bigger than me when I was 9.... LOL ;) My mom keeps telling me that I remain short because I started to work too soon (at 5yrs old) I was hauling bales of hay, one each hand/arm, when feeding cows. My younger brother and sister were rolling them though. We had fun doing this ;) ....don't worry about your son getting pinch there. He just learned how to stay clear. And he is very lucky to have learn it there. There's not many machine left today where one can learn and live to talk about it. Sad but true.

That's a really efficient setup you've got there, the splitting power of the ram is excellent.

Now that's a amazing log splitter.

That's how they learn. That's how I learned. He probably will be a lot more careful the next time. With that said stay safe out there!

Mom don't be angry, we all learn by doing! The young man will be a Great Man someday! ....13

Wow that's some monster wood splitter and makes short work of those big old gnarly chunks however is a good job you have a big old boiler outdoors that can take that size of logs! It has a real rapid but mighty powerful stroke on that ram, I'm amazed how quick it returns to the closed position and the elevator is just right (speed, lift and reach) as well. All in all very professional. Glad your son is ok but he won't forget that warning and will no doubt learn.

I'm digging this channel..

Forty(?) years ago, every year a friend would gather wood (central Wash State) and dump it on one of three places. One pile is newly gathered wood (last load left in truck bed for weight in winter). Second was split (mechanically) and stacked for drying and third was dry wood ready to burn (I'm not sure if it was 3 or 5 cords per year?). ;-)

That thing sure can split some wood, glad Emerey is okay, like he said, at least he didn't fall into the conveyor and go in the truck

man that is one sweet setup all around ya got there pard! and a rite fine son to!! that's not afraid to work! hope the Lil feller was ok from the mashin he got!! And happy new year to ya bud!

Mom cooked on a wood stove. Dad split the wood with a double bitted ax. My job was to drive the wood through a hole cut in a steel plate. It was important to make sure the pieces were all the same size. A larger piece of hickory meant burnt biscuits. That wouldn't do.

Looking good.

That thing sounds awesome! It's definitely bigger than the one that I've got.

I do this almost every day funny thing is when winter months roll in you cant dress too warm I usually wear what the older fella is wearing when I'm out there all day. Cringed when u split up the ash for the boiler but that's just because it's our top seller... as Firewood if u can believe that. Nice vid nice splitter. We split up our huge logs(2 or 3ft up to 12 or 16 depending on knots as much as 5ft in diameter) with a splitting cone and a skidsteer down to avg 12" in diameter and then its cut and then split again with a tw6 timberwolf.

Cool video. It would be great if you could do more splitter and firewood videos.

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I like how the cutter wedges are offset so that the second split is slightly behind the first. Thus making the load less on the splitter by keeping it from having to start both splits simultaneously. Wonder if it was by design or just happenstance.

thats a good lesson for him. next time he will watch out glad he's okay

Firewood..... warms ya up alot of ways. Cutting it splitting it carrying it feeding the stove lol

That kid will never starve.

great vid and looks like a good lesson for the boy. hope you didnt forget to show us how your boiler is hooked up in your house.

I like that pickaroon.

Love the ported saws,most of mine are done by Randy Evans (mastermind )

Mama bear not happy with Papa bear :-)

Should put one of them new fords at the end of that conveyer.

Well little Emry didn't get hurt, so I say no harm no foul. And hey, he probably learned a valuable lesson out of that one. Always watch the machine operator for the cues. Nice splitter, though I feel sorry for the truck at the end lol. I would like to see Ford put their money where their mouth is and stick one of their new "Ultra tough all-aluminum Sasquatch-runner-Over trucks under the back of that conveyor and show me just how tough the aluminum bed can be lol. Seems to me, good old steel is the way to go. Ain't new tech a bear? hahaha. Anyhoo, keep on havin' fun brother, happy new year, here's to the best of '17!

That will keep u warm for a few weeks john

OMG i saw the big splitter splitting that large pice of ambrosa maple ... i could make a nice bowl out of that . You could sell that wood to turners .

Have you ever seen the video of the bobcat with the wood splitter on it

quite a splitter

Just recently found your channel... I like it. Question on this splitter...does it have an auto cycle valve?? Getting ready to make one and trying to decide if I want a standard one, or auto cycle. Thanks!!

Hey John, I love that splitter. I also have a outdoor wood boiler and I also sell firewood. I would love to get any info on the splitter. Is it homemade? Thanks for the videos keep up the good work.

what size steel are you using on the adjustable 4 way part not the wedges just the center

you can bring the next load out to calif

Out in Michigan, you folks have a Peeve, or a Cant Hooks laying around ? Rolling them big ones they work nice, n fast . Glad sons ok

out of the mouths of Babes! you sleeping in the chipper tonight lol!

How do you like that frost bite grapple? I was thinking about making some log forks for my skid steer but saw that too.

I love that log splitter!! did you guys build it?

Nice set up, are you guys using logs that are to big to go through the king cord? How much firewood do you guys sell a year? Great vids

just curious how much does a load in that cost if someone were to buy it. cool splitter

How long of a piece will it split?

would a six way wedge increase productivity?

When it said bad I just thought some guy was bad at splitting wood

don't put it on utube mom will see and both of us will be in trouble that's good stuff.good lesson for the chipper boy without getting hurt bad .I will give u my address u can bring me one of them chip vans full of firewood stay safe friend chip logs

Is this splitter home made?

Having kids of my own now I'm constantly worrying about things like that. My old man didn't so much lol we had a home made buzz saw for fire wood not a guard one on it just table and blade ran off pto we were feedin the beast at 4 or 5 years how we lived I don't know lucky I guess

eye protection??

what species of tree are you splitting? those logs are huge great job

Figured it for an outside deal. To big for my free stander.

Split Zilla is a nice piece of equipment! Did you make it?

That thing rips thru that big crotch wood like nothing makes my tw6 look like a toy lol

Cg, I got the same kind of set-up. NOT! Never seen one like that. Emery looked like he was unscathed, that's good. doug

was the wood for your home burner?

U should save that and sell it on line u can get big bucks for .I know because i buy it

Chipper guy where are u out of?

Young lad needs to keep his hands out of the way and let the splits clear the splitter with the next block being split. A stick to do the pushing, not the gloved hands. Was expecting a more efficient operation but do appreciate the video.

Why are the split pieces so big? They wouldn't fit in the average size fireplace or wood burning stove...

Who uses pieces that big

What a machine! Would you deliver to postal code 'L1C3K2'? :P

Wood is too long and split too big, other than that , it’s all good.

That's a total waste of time with all that horsepower and a single blade I put a 12 way wedge on that

Too bad your video cam is too far away to show what it is doing.. But, I guess ya can't fix STUPID!! LOL

Not bad, but I've seen better!