Mini mounted firewood splitters

[SouthSoundTree-]

I wonder if I could take add quick-connects, take off the control valve, shield the cylinder, and put four heavy duty bolts through the base plate, and put on a removable mini-mounting plate, possibly weld studs onto the plate. Some up front cost, but it would be able to be picked up and put down by the mini, and still used Horizontal and Vertical. Cheaper than the auger or a dedicated mini-mounted splitter.


Looks like the Lowe that Dave sells is hinged. Is that so?

Hard to tell from the Vermeer site. Looks hinged as well.

My welder build adapted an auger motor to a plate for his kboom. He said too much rigidity breaks things. You want some give.

 

[brendonv]

Mines hinged. .

 

[SouthSoundTree-]

thanks.

 

[brendonv]

Pm your phone number i,l send you pics

 

[SuperK]

Does Dave still make these? How much flow do you need to run one? Looks pretty sweet? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qszW230xccU

 

[flushcut]

I try to make system require as few people as possible. Erik was sick last week, and Will was out of town. I figure a box would protect the cone. I have a rigging point on my truck bed, with which I can hoist the set up into the bed for transport, after rolling it on a hand truck or arbor trolley to the truck. I need weight on the front of the mini to load/ unload. I don't know if the auger would do it. Doubt it.



Rajan and Brendon, can you post a close up of your augers? Do they dangle, or are they rigidly mounted?

I'll snap a few pics tomorrow if I can, raining like a sieve right now till Wednesday. Don't get me wrong a guy can load the auger drive by oneself but it take some grunting.
The drive is hinged in two different directions forward/backwards and right/left and has a pin to keep it to a 90* right/left, (if that makes sense).
If you need more weight up front to help with loading the mini you can always drill into a chunk to add more weight, cheap and affective.

 

[treebilly]

Sorry that was my guesstimate payload with an oversized bucket on.

 

[SouthSoundTree-]

Pm your phone number i,l send you pics

was that video message from you, or Rajan? thanks!

 

[brendonv]

I.

 

[flushcut]

Not I.

 

[MasterBlaster]

 

[flushcut]

Eye!

 

[flushcut]

This is a pic of the weld on the pin. and here is one of the drive.