Log Splitter

[stevec]

Dave H, just a few pics of some of today's firewood processing.
Here's a shot of the second of 2 logs I drug outa my woods.
I'm now cutting the logs 128" long so I can get 8 x 16" pieces per log
   

the first piece has already become 8pcs.

Here we go ready to pull the log up to the logging arch.
   

Here's the cable reset to pull the log onto the arch.

   

after cutting the first 4 pcs. I reset the cable to pull the log out of the arch onto the "cutting table" to allow me to cut the remaining 4 pcs.

   

Here's the last piece.

   

And here's a pic of what is already stacked so far this year, it's 20 ft. long by 6 ft. high and that's the second row of 5 that I require.
The 16 pcs ready for the splitter should complete the second row.

   


The "logging arch I built started out as a transport device for hauling logs out of the bush. The idea was that you back over the log and then winch it up and then haul it out of the bush.
Even with the little "road" that I have, backing the arch in behind the tractor doesn't work for me.
Backing over the log doesn't work for me either.

So I modified the Arch with rollers that I had in inventory and now I can roll logs on and cut the up at a comfortable waist height as I roll them back out.
Nice to have reaped some use out of a project that originally didn't work for me.