PTO firewood processor

[woodman52]

Well it is still raining so I have had some time to put together another video. I was asked about the processor in the last video so here is one that explains what it is and how it works. I just use it for heat for my house and to supply some relatives with wood. Something like this could be used to make a small firewood business more efficient. especially for the price we paid for it used 10-15 years ago. I would say it is about 3 times faster, maybe more, than cutting piled logs with a chainsaw and then splitting them with a typical hydraulic splitter, a $2K splitter not a $10K dollar pro splitter.  I have never tried a pro splitter, so I don't know how much faster they are. I still cut logs with a chainsaw and split with a hydraulic splitter - when they are too big for the processor or too few to bother setting it up.

(376) PTO driven portable firewood processor, auto splitting ram, power infeed and outfeed, max log 14" - YouTube



 

[thecfarm]

Only watched a few minutes.
Real work is calling me.  :(
Looks like it works.

[g_man]

Good video WoodMan ! Thanks for posting it.

gg