She Ain’t Pretty

But she sure saves the back.

She looks pretty good to me. If it runs it beats a maul.

2X on that.

Runs and has electric start.

You might want to put a life kit on that thing
Save on the bending over
Hurts my back looking at it. Lol

I built my first splitter from scrounged parts and scrap iron. If it splits it the berries to me.

yep, beat me to it !

Beauty!

you might want a set of these https://www.hlsproparts.com/product...8mGcGcNfRN3a9yCBjetXv3QMIgRoCELYQAvD_BwE

and lift that spliter up so it is at a comfortable working height about 3-4 inches below your belt

with the outfeed like that a table to catch the splits if you can make it just a touch higher than the tail gate your truck even better , makes a difference to only lift it once onto the splitter

It’s easier to roll the big stuff on it with it low. lol

Pretty might not get it done ugly works harder. LOL



This one will go vertical it has split some huge stuff a guy could never pick up.

the older I get the more likely I am to noodle the big ones with the chain saw than wrestle with them at any height

I used to wrestle them into my splitter that flips vertical.
now I get them to the size I can lift them with the tongs onto the splitter

I like to work from trailer or tailgate

in my old truck I would take the saws and truck cut a round and set it as a step to step up on the tailgate . I had side boards and would noodle the pieces so that I could pick them up then wal 2 at a time up and into the truck

then at home I could park next to the wood shed and put the splitter up to the tailgate , pull a tailgats worth of wood down , split and toss the splits into the wheel barrows and when they were full stack

I need to bend over once to pick up the log and get it in the truck everything else was standing

now I have a topper again and am back to the trailer I used when I had my van

I load the trailer with rounds and 1/4s that I noodle much like I did the truck , but only a single or double lair the traioer is a little lower than the splitter but not by alot I split from the trailer into the wheel barrows then stack

Hobbie Trapper

I think the best tool I ever bought is my wood splitter. After splitting wood with a maul and wedge or ax for almost 40 years.
If it works, it is a beauty.

looks good to me

As long as it runs and doesn't spray you with hydraulic oil, I'm cool.

Hey now, that hot oil helps keep your hands warm when it’s cold.

Pretty, as well, lol

Exactly right

LOL.

Helped my son a few hours on a splitter he borrowed. The splitter was powered by a one-cylinder Diesel engine. The unit was made from a trailer that operated overhead lighting on a highway department. The little Diesel would run all day on a quart of fuel and no knarley sweetgum log would bog it down.

They burn gas, make noise and help people burn wood that’s on the short list somewhere. LOL

I'm not familiar with Diesel powered wood splitters but it does pique my interest.