Towing Around Your Splitter!

[ksting]

Found a great new purpose for my son's Go-Kart, towing around the log splitter! How do you lug yours around your property? Pictured is my son's TrailMaster 150XRX with the Craftsman 27 ton splitter hooked up!

 

[tadmaz]

Maxxhaul baby! I have some inclines and my splitter weights 647 pounds, but I figure it will keep me in shape. Without the dolly you can barely pick up the tongue of the splitter.

Robot or human?

 

[Sawset]

Crusty old Murray.
Cart, trailer, splitter.
Cheap POS, but gets it done.

 

[salecker]

Mine stays in its own spot,been there for 5 years now

 

[ksting]

Maxxhaul baby! I have some inclines and my splitter weights 647 pounds, but I figure it will keep me in shape. Without the dolly you can barely pick up the tongue of the splitter.

Robot or human?

Added to my Amazon cart! Thanks!

 

[johneh]

Lawn Tractor around my yard, ATV around the farm, SUV or Truck up to the 220 acre bush lot.
Depends on where I am going

 

[yinpin]

This was a problem when I first got the splitter. The Zero turn was too low and not really designed for it, the truck was not that convenient. Ended up buying a 1960's Cub Cadet 124 to be my work horse for snow plowing/blowing, pulling a small trailer and of course the splitter.

 

[Microduck17]

The Old Deutz AllIs hauls the wood carts and moves the splitter on the 2 or 3 times a year that it leaves its home under my carport. My mom and nephew are riding around on it in the picture

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[blades]

Most of them say they are road towable--- well only if you stay under apx 20 mph- above that depending on the road you might end up with it on your front hood. There is no suspension components on most of them so they just start bouncing around like a super ball back there. So if you have any road distance to go at a reasonable clip best to trailer it.

 

[Dataman]

Crusty old Murray.
Cart, trailer, splitter.
Cheap POS, but gets it done.

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When I had mine I also used old Lawnmower. Did the job just fine. Used to haul 4-5 hundred lbs of wood with it too. It finally gave up the ghost.

 

[stovepipemike2]

I use a lovely old [1968] Case 195 garden tractor known as the Big Wheel Series for moving it around the property. I would certainly like to post a picture but don't know how to do such things. It is homebuilt with lift table and plenty heavy but the Case moves it without trouble. When I go to help others split and have to use the public highway I put it on the road trailer [5x10] since I never want to have to explain how THAT happened to John Law. Strap it down as if someone's life depends on it, every time.

 

[echap]

I use my RZR, I usually keep it inside the barn

 

[duramaxman05]

Most of them say they are road towable--- well only if you stay under apx 20 mph- above that depending on the road you might end up with it on your front hood. There is no suspension components on most of them so they just start bouncing around like a super ball back there. So if you have any road distance to go at a reasonable clip best to trailer it.

And also if you blow out a tire pulling it down the road with a pick up, you will never know like we did. After that, we only haul it on a trailer

 

[VirginiaIron]

I pull doubles behind the tractor to save time loading the trailer.

 

[stovepipemike2]

Nice looking outfit from one end to the other. Can't beat an old Fergie and a lift tray.

 

[duramaxman05]

I pull doubles behind the tractor to save time loading the trailer.View attachment 248472View attachment 248473

What kind of splitter do you have? Nice set up by the way.

 

[SpaceBus]

I pull doubles behind the tractor to save time loading the trailer.View attachment 248472View attachment 248473

Off topic, but is that the original front end for that tractor? I don't know much about old tractors, or any tractors for that matter, but that one looks nice.

 

[VirginiaIron]

What kind of splitter do you have? Nice set up by the way.

Thanks, the splitter is Home Made

 

[VirginiaIron]

Off topic, but is that the original front end for that tractor? I don't know much about old tractors, or any tractors for that matter, but that one looks nice.

Thanks. I think it is the original front end. It was extended in width to accommodate the loader. The loader is tremendously strong with a high lift. The reason I removed the loader is because the loader makes it very difficult to exit the operators seat. Perhaps I will add a roll bar of some sort to protect the operator.

 

[SpaceBus]

Thanks. I think it is the original front end. It was extended in width to accommodate the loader. The loader is tremendously strong with a high lift. The reason I removed the loader is because the loader makes it very difficult to exit the operators seat. Perhaps I will add a roll bar of some sort to protect the operator.
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That's wicked! I want to get a forestry cage put on my tractor. Most likely it will wait until I build a garage and buy a welder and then I'll make it myself. That's a really sharp tractor you have!

 

[WiscWoody]

My 37 ton splitter weighs in at close to 600lbs so it stays put in my yard and the wood comes to it, not the other way around. I did move it once though, when I moved myself.

 

[Beer Belly]

I drag it by hand, slight incline, but those dang tree roots get me every time. Once I lift it and get it somewhat balanced, it's not that bad to move, just lean back, blown out Disc starting to be an issue, looking for used lawn tractor.

 

[maple1]

ATV, mostly. The odd time with the ride-on. Sometimes by hand, if just repositioning a few feet. It's balanced good and has biggish wheels so moves around pretty easily.

I also B-train it to the woods sometimes like shown above but with ATV. My trailer is a lot smaller than that one, holds around 1/4 cord if I round it up.

 

[VirginiaIron]

Today I used my mower and the HF trailer dolley to relocate my splitter. It worked pretty good. But the splitter was a little heavy for the standard traction of this mower.