Log splitter in truck, loading/unloading

[WES999]

I had a bunch of wood that needed splitting, a friend was kind enough to let me borrow his Troy-Built 27 ton
log splitter. He lived too far away to safely tow it, so it had to be loaded in the truck bed. Here is what I came up with to make it easy to load it in the truck.

I put 2 pieces of 1.50 x 2.00 rectangular steel tubing in the front stake pockets, put a 4 X 4 with a Harbor Freight
cable winch behind the tubing. I used a tie down strap to hold the splitter about 20* from vertical, to get the correct balance. With this setup I was able to easily winch the splitter up the ramps.

 

[heat seeker]

Good ol' Yankee ingenuity!

 

[Jags]

Whatever gets the job done. Nice call on the beam adjustment for balance.

 

[xman23]

I installed the same boat wench on the front of my trailer. Makes getting anything into the trailer a lot easier.

 

[pma1123]

Thanks for sharing your insightful solution for getting a splitter in the back of a ranger, to a fellow ranger owner.
I have splitting that needs to be done 5 hours away from where my splitter is sitting, and my only idea was using a long utility trailer to drive quad + splitter onto.
How bad did your truck squat with the splitter in there? (2wd I assume?)

 

[Hogwildz]

Couple of planks and a hill to level it out fairly, makes for nice easy rolling in a pinch.

 

[fossil]

I installed the same boat wench on the front of my trailer...

You installed a boat wench? You mean one of these type things? Whoa, Cool!