Hydraulic Log Splitter BUILD Part 6 - Wood Tray & TEST
Building hydraulic wood splitter from scratch. Fabricating the wood tray / slide so the split wood is held on the splitter and directed into a IBC (Intermediate Bulk Container) crate and can be handled and moved around with a skid steer loader. In this video I'm modifying some of the work I did in the last video - making the wood tray foldable and act as a roof over the splitter when put in transport position. A set of hinges were needed. I joined the pre-bent sheets of steel I used for the wood tray and slide with a plasma cut strip of steel sheet. A tow bar was made so this splitter is now towable behind a car, ATV, UTV or anything that has a 50mm/2" hitch ball on it. The log loader also gets modified - it was sticking out to the side too much and I made it telescopic to it is lifted off the ground in transport position and is safe now. We got a heap of snow last week and also today so I spent quite some time on snow removal to even get to the wood pile I wanted to split. But I was finally able to test this splitter properly which also revealed a couple of things that need to be modified or changed. The wood slide need vertical sidewalls so the split wood doesn't spill over the edges when pushed uphill into IBC tote. Splitter definitely needs a more powerful power source and upping the diameter of the hydraulic ram so it has more power as well without raising the pressure in the hydraulic lines too much. I can reuse the current hydraulic ram in another project in the future. Anyway, the project is more or less finished except modifications mentioned above and a little bit of paint. So I want to say I'll end this series here for a bit and build something else for a while and circle back to this one after even longer testing period which probably reveal everything I need to change, replace or add. But for now - thanks for watching and see you in the next video!
My log splitter build series: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkmF7FAZBzkUsbEefHVPGPXHKjfFtU474
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Welding equipment borrowed from Spetselektroodi AS, Estonia:
Fronius TransSteel 2700 welder
Optrel Crystal 2.0 Welding Helmet
Hypertherm Powermax 45 XP plasma cutter
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