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07-06-2018, 10:12 PM
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Log Splitters
Anyone have a log splitter, bought or homemade that could share some do’s or don’ts? My dad and I have been looking for one on and off for a few years and we both decided it’s time to get one. I’d really like to make one, but until you figure time and material it’s almost as much as just buying one. I’ve read good reviews of the new ones, and keep going back and forth. Thanks in advance.
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07-06-2018, 11:33 PM
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We used to heat our hog barns with wood, along with the garage, and shop. Cut wood for months out of the year to stay ahead of the stoves in the winter. The farrowing house had to stay at 90* in the winter to keep the piglets warm. The only "log splitter" we had looked like this:
download.jpg That was the one we used when it was a tough log. Didn't have to swing it so hard. You don't know work until you have to split it all with a wedge because it's so tough.  To answer your question.... I've used a log splitter. If I needed one that bad, I'd probably make it. But unless it's fast, I'd say a guy who chops wood regularly could keep up. Anymore, I couldn't. Smoked too many years now, lol.
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07-07-2018, 04:15 AM
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If you decide to build a machine,,
 make SURE the machine will do more than one task,,  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjBVWFy9bsg I recently used my DIY machine to pull out a 12" maple tree that had a crazy tap root system. I had dug a trench 4 feet deep all the way around the stump, and,, still,, my 10,000 pound 4WD tractor could not shake it. The DIY splitter, chained to the base of a 24" tree, finally pulled the stump out.  
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07-07-2018, 07:17 AM
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Jon- been there, done that! Typically I just cut a pickup load here and there and it’s not bad to dice up with a maul. I have some wedges too, my pap made them back in the day at the steel mill he worked at. You are right! I used those wedges last year on some huge red oak billets-talk about work! I’ve been lazy so far this year and now have a bunch to get split, lol.
Cad- I have seen your plans, and would most likely build off them if I go that route. It’s always nice to have a machine that can do more than one thing and do it well 
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Rich 1812, with a 1a tiller, Qa-42 thrower, 450 blower, 54” blade, PP-1200 Brinly moldboard plow, a (green) Brinly aerator, and a Brinly cultivator.
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