Osage's new huskee thread made me wonder....Who has lost blood due to the ridiculous design of the folding leg on the huskee 22 ton? This may also affect the higher tonnage models as well.
Poor design especially if you try to hook it up to a low ATV ball.
Quick teacher to have it folded & pinned up before trying to hook the splitter up
Will replace mine some day but not with a jack type. I like the sliding stand so I can go low to the ATV ball.
Now it stays down until hooked to the higher ATV ball then I fold it up.
Before I made the ATV hitch the
Safe way to use it is to fold it up & pin it while resting the hitch on your knee (or on something a bit taller), before you try to hook it to the ball.
ATV hitch is useful for other trailers too. Log splitter mostly stays attached to the ATV when I split.
ATV hitch:
https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/atv-hitch-for-wood-splitter-back-saver.66485/
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My finger got pinched once. That folding leg design is a PITA. I replaced it with a $20 trailer jack. Good for leveling as I am on a slight hill when I split.
MnDave