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Started by Hilltop366, March 15, 2024, 01:15:06 PM

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Hilltop366

I wanted a way to lift the heaver blocks on the splitter with out using the tractor bucket to keep the tractor bucket free for the split wood.

I wanted the lift to be self contained and not welded on and with as little modifications to the splitter as possible, it had to be safe to use and have no pinch point, fold over easily for transportation and made from materials I had on hand.

So for schedule 20 pipe I had some pool fencing, flag pole and a closet rod, square tubing was a old DIY jeep rear bumper, sheet metal was a decommissioned 200 gal heating oil tank, spring from a washing machine, a pull chord from a junked lawnmower and I bought a 4 bolts and a pin.

Its hand lift and I can lift a 20" round 20" long with the handle I have on it, I may convert it to use the splitter cylinder to lift it via a cable and pulleys at some time. It has a drop down leg so it can be used as a work table and with a helper it can be loaded up without worrying about flipping the splitter over. The pull chord (not on for picture) is used to pull the leg up to lower lift, the spring assists the leg to flip out as you lift up the lifter (pull down the handle).

Pretty happy with how it turned out my back certainly thanked me, the splitter is made by Hall's Maritime Welding in Nova Scotia and has trays on both sides that travel back and forth with the pusher to return the block for re-split or stacking etc. which made the design layout a bit more complicated.







doc henderson

well-engineered and a back saver.  It is great to make our own designs that work, and we can be very proud of.  nicely done!
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JD Guy

Well done! Nice fab work  ffwave

B.C.C. Lapp

Nice work, that looks professional.   I'd like to see a video of it working.
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DHansen

Very talented.  Nicely done and looks professionally built.  

hedgerow

Hilltop366  Nice set up. To me a log lift is as handy as a pocket on a shirt. If I am not raising heavy rounds with my lift its up and used for storage for feeding the splitter. I wouldn't ever have a splitter without a lift. 

rusticretreater

Manufacturers figured out it was easier to make the whole thing hinged so you can stand it up to split heavy stuff.  You still have to bend over though to process the wood.

Do you move the handle once the lift is up?  It seems it would be in the way otherwise.  It also looks like the handle is removed in the third picture. Is that so?
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Hilltop366

To me this is way better than working bent over, I have a tractor mount splitter that I can lower to the ground for large rounds but working bent over is one of the things that bothers my lower back. I use to split the large rounds in 2 with the tractor splitter on the ground then raise the splitter and re-split them which is better than lifting but increases the handling.

My goal is to not pick up larger rounds and not re-handle wood and leave the tractor free to move wood around in the bucket or on pallets. I now lift then split and re-split at a good level and take the blocks off the splitter and put them on a pallet or in the bucket, I have reduced my handling to 2 times from log to boiler.

The lift handle stays on the lift all the time except when folded for storage (photo 3), it is just behind the pusher and not in the way, the odd looking hump in the handle is to clear the hyd. valve handle.

Thanks for the likes and comments.

Hilltop366

B.C.C. I'll try to get a video when I get back at the firewood once the yard dries out a bit.

Hilltop366


thecfarm

Pretty slick there it is!!!!!
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gspren

Impressive! I like the way the tray wings extend with the pusher.
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barbender

That is a really smart design!👍👍
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Hilltop366

Quote from: gspren on June 03, 2024, 11:50:27 AMImpressive! I like the way the tray wings extend with the pusher.
It works well, the splitter is made in Nova Scotia by Hall's Maritime welding. The trays are handy but it did make it more difficult to make the long lift.

It also has an adjust return length if you are splitting shorter wood,

Southside

Nice rig - and you have some good looking neighbors too.   ffcheesy
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B.C.C. Lapp

Hey i like that.   Back saver big time.   I thought I was maybe the only guy still using a pickaroon to grab logs.

Southside, I think maybe you been farming to long with out going to town.  ffcheesy Maybe time for a short vacation. ffcool
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Hilltop366

It has made a huge difference in back pain, that first block at around 20" would be very difficult for me to get on the splitter by myself and I would be suffering for days or weeks after. Even putting the part that fell off the splitter back on the lift bothered my lower back a bit, I should have used the pick to move it.

I use the pick a lot to move blocks, that and the forks for blocking the logs have really helped, the lift was the missing part of the equation. Now I keep thinking of making a small processor sometime but I don't know if I will ever get around to it.

The pick is homemade from a piece of pipe and a ratchet handle, I later added a piece of flat steel on the back to get a stringy block apart but rarely need it with this splitter.




Hilltop366

I forgot to mention that I still have 1/2 of that truck load left to process. I had some left over from last year and cord or more given to me.

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