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Kevin’s wrote me the other day to tell me about some of his videos. He’s got a variety of PTO related videos, including one of his FC operating this neat wood splitter. Just don’t get your hands caught in it! You can see a listing of all Kevin’s videos here.
I enjoy watching those type of displays at the antique farm machinery shows in Southern Indiana.
yes it would be cool to see this kind of stuff in action. but as far as splitting wood, i can split faster using a maul. and safer
It is very cool, slow way to split wood, but pretty cool.
Good video..but just as he goes to put the wood under the maul, it seems you can hear him saying, “Do I really want to do this?”..Kind of like jumping off a dock into the lake on the first day of spring. You know you want to, but then again….
Ya way neat but slow and takes up a lot of room for what it does. Get the Mrs. on the other side and you can double its wood output for winter.
As a teenager growing up in the mountains of southeastern Arizona, my dad and I cut a lot of oak firewood in the summer and winter and hauled it home in an old 51 Jeep pickup. Then I had to unload it, split it and then stack it. I would have loved to been able to use this wood splitter. I hated swinging that 10lb double jack a jillion times over the course of those summers and winters. Just staying out of the way of the old man and his chain saw was dangerous enough! That old Jeep truck was up to the challenge every time and it would climb like nobody’s business
I love this machine, especially because it’s powered by a Jeep’s PTO.
But I’m with you Tom. I’d rather be swinging my 25 lb maul. (sounds tough, but with proper technique, the maul does all the work. It’s less effort than an 8 lb maul. But then, I only cut & chop 2 cords per year, my only winter exercise.) This machine would be faster if you didn’t have to bend over each time. If there were a table with someone feeling you at deck height, and someone else stacking, it would be very fast. You could use both sides with six people, working two three-man crews. And it looks safe unless something above you broke, or you put your hand on top of the wood block.
The timing reminds me of operating my dad’s old “hand-feed” printing press, which was very dangerous. You could smash your hand very easily. But that’s the reason I have perfect rhythm. (lol)
Awesome setup, Kevin!
**Steve E.**
Kevin, send Dave the video of you cutting wood with your saw blade powered by your blue FC at the Forward Control Roundup, 2010. Your display was the most memorable Roundup display. You take the cake! See you again in March?
**Steve E.**