Check out this wood splitter

[laynes69]

http://165.234.175.12/photos/Equipment/Rick Klebe Splitter.wmv

Caution its a large file, so broadband should be used to view. Looks awfuly dangerous.

 

[nshif]

That guy will be very lucky to have both hands at the end of a cord

 

[Roospike]

Crazy.

 

[restorer]

Crazy.

ERRRRRRR YYYYYYUUUUUUUUUPPPPPP. Holy Crap. I have seen some crazy equipment from the past that took a lot of lives, but this is the most outrageous. That Video was made as a warning that we really need to look at our gene pool.

 

[Roospike]

Crazy.

ERRRRRRR YYYYYYUUUUUUUUUPPPPPP. Holy Crap. I have seen some crazy equipment from the past that took a lot of lives, but this is the most outrageous. That Video was made as a warning that we really need to look at our gene pool.

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[MrGriz]

LMAO :lol:

Who's keeping score for the Darwin Awards...

 

[Corey]

NIIICE!! I guess as long as you don't have your hand on top of the log once a second when that wedge comes down, everything will be fine!

Corey

 

[Andre B.]

North Dakota Agricultural Extension plans to build one. Says good for 15 cords per day.
http://165.234.175.12/photos/splitter.jpg

Modern version of a flywheel wood splitter.
(broken link removed)
A bit more expensive then the old one.

Edit: That page seems to be gone here is the last archive of the page
http://web.archive.org/web/20050208073428/http://www2.shore.net/~logsplit/


If you look at efficiency both wood split per hour and per gallon of fuel the old flywheel splitter is going to make a hydraulic splitter look real bad.

And I would guess that if you could find some real statistics the injuries per 1,000,000 cords split were probably not much different then with the hydraulic splitter.

 

[Hogwildz]

North Dakota Agricultural Extension plans to build one. Says good for 15 cords per day.
http://165.234.175.12/photos/splitter.jpg

Modern version of a flywheel wood splitter.
(broken link removed)
A bit more expensive then the old one.


If you look at efficiency both wood split per hour and per gallon of fuel the old flywheel splitter is going to make a hydraulic splitter look real bad.

And I would guess that if you could find some real statistics the injuries per 1,000,000 cords split were probably not much different then with the hydraulic splitter.

I used the Super Split back in the 80's when I was landscaping/ firewood splitting. It truly rocks. All mechanical, You can literally split prolly 4 maybe 5 splits (once you have the rhythm & experience down) in the time it takes a hydraulic to make one split. Its expensive and not really cost conscious for a homeowner, unless you process alot of wood or have cash burning a hole in your pocket. But it is FAST, and splits amazingly faster than any hydraulic. Just for the record, I used it for about 5 years and never once had an injury. Splits knots and the whole nine yards. I am still fighting back from buying one. They are the real deal for serious splitting.

 

[frwinks]

that thing needs more speed and a bigger blade

 

[Harley]

North Dakota Agricultural Extension plans to build one. Says good for 15 cords per day.
http://165.234.175.12/photos/splitter.jpg

Modern version of a flywheel wood splitter.
(broken link removed)
A bit more expensive then the old one.

That gives me an idea.... my brother has a bunch of those hit or miss engines that he rebuilds.... maybe we could use those plans from the ND Ag extension and duplicate that splitter..... or maybe a little bigger... could put a small block chevy in there and REALLY split some rounds! :ahhh:

Actually have one of the super splitters.... you really can't beat 'em... they are really amazing machines.

 

[Fubar411]

How good are the bottle jack splitters? Harbor Freight has one that is just over $100.

 

[sgcsalsero]

I wondered what uncle jessie did for a livin' after the last season of the dukes

 

[Jfk4th]

Yah what a great machine, I guess the singer from ZZTop wants to die splitting wood. Crazy! I love my Wood Stove and I love having a nice "batch" of seasoned wood chopped, but I think I will stick to my "regular" log spillter......

 

[vanhoesenj]

Sheesh! It seems like it's spinning rather slowly to split hardwood, I mean all I saw him split was Birch and it got stuck on that! Imagine splitting Elm with that? Ha! I did like the conveyor setup he had though, that makes life nice and easy.

J~

 

[mtarbert]

I don't know.....it is rather neet....maybe a larger flywheel (heavier) and it may go thru anything that can be lifted to it.....the conveyor is a good idea. The whole thing does put a stop to having a beer while splitting wood.....One would hope
Mike

 

[Scrounger]

Here is a picture of one of those splitters being used.

(broken link removed)

and a different style splitter

(broken link removed)

 

[Gunner]

Never seen this style before http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlpcnCsDBeo&mode=related&search=

 

[sstanis]

Ah, the ole' death by unicorn. The guy already has one arm missing. Wonder what caused that? If ya look how he places the wood, he'll be missin his nut sac soon.

 

[Harley]

Ah, the ole' death by unicorn. The guy already has one arm missing. Wonder what caused that? If ya look how he places the wood, he'll be missin his nut sac soon.

Thanks, sstanis... just blew coffee all over the computer screen on that comment :lol:

 

[Ed in Maine]

Wow, some cool splitters! The big fly wheel takes the cake. The unicorn is interesting too though. Ditton on the sac comment....

 

[Gooserider]

Ah, the ole' death by unicorn. The guy already has one arm missing. Wonder what caused that? If ya look how he places the wood, he'll be missin his nut sac soon.

Not saying the guy isn't going to be missing some valuable equipment, but he isn't missing an arm... For some reason he has one arm inside his coverall - you can see him wave at the camera in the first few seconds, there are several places on the film you can see his hand, and right at the end he is using it to hold one end of a log that he is carrying over to be split.

Agree it doesn't look safe, but I'd almost be more worried about the guy that is pulling the wood off from the side of the unit he seems to be grabbing the splits at times like they could easily pull his hand into the spinning horn - I think I see him almost get caught once.

Gooserider

 

[Hogwildz]

Even a caveman is smart enough NOT to do that
They sell those cones on Ebay, you can connect them to your car's drive axle hub.
I'll pass on that junk.

 

[pistonslap]

He's not missing an arm, it's in his coveralls. Kinda gives a whole new meaning to gettin' off on splitting wood.

 

[drmiller100]

the guy isn't missing an arm. My bet is that he has an arm in a sling, and wants it kept out of the way.

the screw he is using is completely shot. Normally you just gently push the log up onto the screw, and it feeds itself.

another thing they did wrong is the angles. The steel post they sit the log on should be parallel to the angle fo the screw, not parallel to the angle of the central shaft.

When they are setup right, they cut a BUNCH of wood in a BIG hurry.