backhoe log splitter

[wowbw7]

I noticed the sub par welding too. but I was thinking about that angle iron.... is it really needed? if the back end of the cylinder is attached solidly to the beam, and the rod end is attached to the wedge slider ( which one would assume won't pop off the beam), is the angle iron really serving any purpose at all?

 

[F.L. Jennings]

Built a splitter onto the backhoe of my Kubota L4200 last winter. Still making improvements/modifications but it works great and have split 3-4 cords so far.

1. Utilizes the bucket pivot cylinder to do the splitting.

2. can be detached and bucket put back on.


It'll work, go for it!

 

[Zork]

could use some input on a project I've had bouncin' around in my head. I could use a log splitter as I plan to start heating with wood next winter. I own a late '60's john deere industrial backhoe. so I thought to save $ I could utilize the hydraulics to fab up a splitter using one of the stabilizer cylinders (4" X 20 or so inch stroke). my thinking is to just lower the stabilizer, disconnect the outward pin-to-foot pin, lift up that end of the cylinder and attach it to my fabricated bed, attached somehow to the bachoe. i would need a support for the outward end of the bed, of course. I thought of attaching the splitter wedge to the cylinder rod and a solid flat end to the far end of the bed so I don't have to go chasing after the split pieces. I'll try to attach some pics from a 3pt splitter on Ebay that looks like what I'm trying to do and also a pic of the back of my hoe. anybody ever tried this approach? thanx for any help in advance

Your opposite outrigger would need to be isolated from the system, otherwise one side of the tractor would lift as the equal psi pressure was put on the log.

 

[Zork]

I've ofter dreamed of a way to split wood from the seat of a backhoe. A search with google found this.

YouTube - Backhoe Wood Splitter 2

This is not what I envisioned though. My thinking is a scissor like device that splits using the curl piston on the BH.


Dean

For someone with a bad back/legs this would be great, but the cost per gallon v cord might be a concern with a rig this big.

 

[Zork]

Built a splitter onto the backhoe of my Kubota L4200 last winter. Still making improvements/modifications but it works great and have split 3-4 cords so far.

1. Utilizes the bucket pivot cylinder to do the splitting.

2. can be detached and bucket put back on.


It'll work, go for it!

Can you post pictures with more machine and less close up?

 

[Zork]

Look at this. YouTube - BACKHOE WOOD SPLITTER

 

[wowbw7]

fjb2c, that video was my original thought but i didn't think the downward pressure would be enough. looks like it works pretty good for this fella, though. i know the stabilizer has enough downward force to throw my 13,000 lb backhoe around pretty easily, but i was thinking it was maybe equivalent to 5 or 6 tons. i just don't think it's enough. the wood that guy is splitting must be pretty dry.

 

[wowbw7]

F.L., i also thought about using one of the other cylinders...bucket or boom...but by using the stabilizer cylinder, i have easy access to the control valve (i don't have a cab, so it's 'right there'), & it should have the capacity to split a 20 inch log. i've done alittle looking around on the net and it looks like a 6w25 i-beam is what i should have for the beam. does that sound about right? are their any advantages to having the wedge on the end of the bed verses on the end of the cylinder? i see 'em both ways, but to me, on the cylinder end makes more sense as it would eliminate chasing after the split logs.

 

[wowbw7]

kinda off topic, but i just found a 3d drawing program that has just what i need to render 3d images of my log splitter. looks very promising and best of all ..IT'S FREE... search on google for 'sketchup'. download the free version. amazing program

 

[F.L. Jennings]

F.L., i also thought about using one of the other cylinders...bucket or boom...but by using the stabilizer cylinder, i have easy access to the control valve (i don't have a cab, so it's 'right there'), & it should have the capacity to split a 20 inch log. i've done alittle looking around on the net and it looks like a 6w25 i-beam is what i should have for the beam. does that sound about right? are their any advantages to having the wedge on the end of the bed verses on the end of the cylinder? i see 'em both ways, but to me, on the cylinder end makes more sense as it would eliminate chasing after the split logs.

I use a cable set up I made that allows you to stand remote from the controls
I will post pictures as soon as I can. I simplified this control arrangement this past week end and it works great.
Other improvements include a split wood retract, that is aftrer the piece is split and on the retract stroke of the cylinder, the pieces are "retracted" back so that I can re-split them if I want to without having to physically drag them back up to the "breech" of the splitter.

I'll try and take some new photos to post in the next couple of days. Meanwhile here are some older pix I took.