Mechanical Tractor Log-Splitter?

It would seem to me that a gear-driven splitter could be run off the PTO, much like those electric motor driven models that are out there.

Anyone have any thoughts?

- Ken

I see a lot of comments from people who haven't used one and don't understand them, but here's my mechanical splitter. I'm not interested at all in a hydraulic one... this one works so well and is completely safe.

Good grief! Those hydraulic ones could chop your leg off! :-)

George Willer

I'm guessing that the long pipe is to keep the log from spinning correct?

-- Ken

What kind of a gearbox is that? Do you ever split red elm?

-- Ken

I got the gearbox and cone at a consignment sale for $15!!! Someone had mounted it like a post hole digger on a boom. It looks like he intended to just set it down on the wood withoug giving thought to the wood spinning. :-(

I'm told the gear box is from an auger, but I don't know. It is a 2:1 speed reduction, which at my age is a bonus.

I haven't split any elm at all but I think it would do it... just slower because of the stringy part.

George Willer

-- Ken

Is there a manufacturer's name anywhere on that cone of yours? (Cast into it or on a tag inside somewhere?)

Also, when you are facing the rotating cone as you split wood, does it turn clockwise or counter-clockwise? I notice that the "Stickler" cones are made to rotate in the opposite direction from what a PTO turns. In other words, in order to make use of one on a tractor I would have to reverse the direction of travel.

-- Ken

I have custom built many hydraulic splitters for various tractors and setups and would be very happy to help anyone out with a project. The harder I have to think about it, the more fun it is! :) As far as the H farmall, the belly pump has enough power to split most big logs in my splitter. Done it lots of times. We could tap into the hyd. on that C loader and run it to a hyd. splitter, too. Lots of options. Email me at lsackett@iname.com and we can talk more.

Thanks!

• Lee J. Sackett - Log Splitters

Where is a good source for a PTO driven hydraulic pump?

-- Ken

I've got a Saginaw 3 point on my H. It makes that old tractor so handy, I don't know how anybody can get along without one.

Northern Tool and Equipment has pto pumps, but they're kinda pricey - about $300+. Check on Ebay and local farm auctions if you can.

• my H photo album

JB