A few weeks back we were visiting friends who were preparing for an auction sale. While looking through what we were told was going to be scrap metal a huge log splitter assembly was spotted.
It was built on a very large I-beam and set up for a 36 inch hydraulic cylinder which it was missing. The splitter was built to mount on the forks of either a three point hitch lift or a loader and to run off the tractor hydraulics.
Yesterday my dad was in attendance at the sale while I was working and he was able to purchase the assembly for the whopping price of $10.
At the same time our friend who was selling out his acreage points across the line up to another miscellaneous pile of equipment parts and pieces and says "You may want to buy the other splitter too!".
Turns out that there was another splitter in the sale built in a similar manner, albeit rougher, but with the cylinder and hoses in place.
Dad purchased that one for $40.
This week when work takes me back to the town where I grew up about an hour from where we live now the work truck will have both units loaded in the back and brought home.
I know, I know..... Pictures or it didn't happen......
Trust me you will get to see pictures. We might even laugh together once we see these units on the forum because I know the one is ridiculously large. I have located a 3 foot cylinder but depending on the mounting format we will see if it is a fit.
We have come close to buying splitters in the past but as some of you know I have been an advocate of renting a split-fire for $75 for a weekend, working it like a dog (or it works us) and then turning it back in without spending a cent on oil, maintenance, insurance or the purchase.
Now that we have pulled the trigger on these units at less than the cost of one weekend's rental I admit defeat and have joined the ranks of splitter owners..... If the one works and if the other can be set up to work.
It was built on a very large I-beam and set up for a 36 inch hydraulic cylinder which it was missing. The splitter was built to mount on the forks of either a three point hitch lift or a loader and to run off the tractor hydraulics.
Yesterday my dad was in attendance at the sale while I was working and he was able to purchase the assembly for the whopping price of $10.
At the same time our friend who was selling out his acreage points across the line up to another miscellaneous pile of equipment parts and pieces and says "You may want to buy the other splitter too!".
Turns out that there was another splitter in the sale built in a similar manner, albeit rougher, but with the cylinder and hoses in place.
Dad purchased that one for $40.
This week when work takes me back to the town where I grew up about an hour from where we live now the work truck will have both units loaded in the back and brought home.
I know, I know..... Pictures or it didn't happen......
Trust me you will get to see pictures. We might even laugh together once we see these units on the forum because I know the one is ridiculously large. I have located a 3 foot cylinder but depending on the mounting format we will see if it is a fit.
We have come close to buying splitters in the past but as some of you know I have been an advocate of renting a split-fire for $75 for a weekend, working it like a dog (or it works us) and then turning it back in without spending a cent on oil, maintenance, insurance or the purchase.
Now that we have pulled the trigger on these units at less than the cost of one weekend's rental I admit defeat and have joined the ranks of splitter owners..... If the one works and if the other can be set up to work.