My New Firewood Trailer
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2015 4:18 pmI've had a lot of projects going this winter and haven't posted about them all yet, but here's one I've been looking forward to sharing for a while.
My friend donated an old farm built splitter to my project in hopes that we could share the tools when I got them fixed up. Perfect!
I told him I'd try to get it running before tearing it up too much....well, that didn't last long.
I got it running, barely, and discovered it was going to need a bigger reservoir, new pump, etc, etc, etc, etc......I started with new carb for the little Honda, and it went on from there....
As I started thinking about a larger hydraulic reservoir, I started thinking the little axle it was on wasn't going to work any more, and I wanted to be able to tow it on the road to my friend's and such, since that was part of the deal. I started looking on Craig'slist and found this little beauty for $240. It's home built, all steel, and came with the work box, spare, all lighting and a clear title so it's licensed. Score. Here it is after I started cobbling together the splitter stand...
So stoked on it! I can put all my saws, saw tools, axes, lines and comealongs, protection gear, and so on, in the box. Tow it to my day's work site and I have everything I need. I started using it and realized it was the perfect thing to move the material to the stacks as well, and since it's a low deck I can walk on and off for unloading. So perfect! So, I built a wood box...
I LOVE this tool! Not just the splitter, but the whole thing. Moving wood is way, way easier on me. I used to load it into my high truck and have to climb in and out, or throw it out in a pile then pick it up again. This is a one shot deal, split it into the trailer, move the rig, walk on and off and stack. The splitter is awesome, although it needs some fine tuning. I ended up with only the Honda and beam/cylinder from the original unit, all else I bought new and built up. So, new pump, valve, coupler, filter arrangement, etc. I'm a bad fabricator, so this was a fun project to get me into the swing of things. The splitter goes vertically or horizontally, and I've had some big rounds to deal with lately so I love that aspect. I'll line up a bunch of rounds, set myself down on one of them and sit there and split up a half a cord without breaking a sweat. So great! I'm almost done with next year's wood, starting in on the following season this week!!
My friend donated an old farm built splitter to my project in hopes that we could share the tools when I got them fixed up. Perfect!
I told him I'd try to get it running before tearing it up too much....well, that didn't last long.
I got it running, barely, and discovered it was going to need a bigger reservoir, new pump, etc, etc, etc, etc......I started with new carb for the little Honda, and it went on from there....
As I started thinking about a larger hydraulic reservoir, I started thinking the little axle it was on wasn't going to work any more, and I wanted to be able to tow it on the road to my friend's and such, since that was part of the deal. I started looking on Craig'slist and found this little beauty for $240. It's home built, all steel, and came with the work box, spare, all lighting and a clear title so it's licensed. Score. Here it is after I started cobbling together the splitter stand...
So stoked on it! I can put all my saws, saw tools, axes, lines and comealongs, protection gear, and so on, in the box. Tow it to my day's work site and I have everything I need. I started using it and realized it was the perfect thing to move the material to the stacks as well, and since it's a low deck I can walk on and off for unloading. So perfect! So, I built a wood box...
I LOVE this tool! Not just the splitter, but the whole thing. Moving wood is way, way easier on me. I used to load it into my high truck and have to climb in and out, or throw it out in a pile then pick it up again. This is a one shot deal, split it into the trailer, move the rig, walk on and off and stack. The splitter is awesome, although it needs some fine tuning. I ended up with only the Honda and beam/cylinder from the original unit, all else I bought new and built up. So, new pump, valve, coupler, filter arrangement, etc. I'm a bad fabricator, so this was a fun project to get me into the swing of things. The splitter goes vertically or horizontally, and I've had some big rounds to deal with lately so I love that aspect. I'll line up a bunch of rounds, set myself down on one of them and sit there and split up a half a cord without breaking a sweat. So great! I'm almost done with next year's wood, starting in on the following season this week!!
