Most Dangerous Log Splitter EVER

[RED-85-Z51]

Somehow I dont see this being around long...

Looks like the Darwin award home kit if you ask me...

http://www.thestickler.com/index.cfm

 

[Four Paws]

Looks pretty smooth if you ask me. Definitely thinking outside the box. Sure would be a pain in the *$$ to jack your rig up, pull the tire, install, set down on jack stands and chock front wheels. Then put it back together again to drive home. At least it works - wonder how long the thing will last before the threads get damaged?

 

[RED-85-Z51]

Looks pretty smooth if you ask me. Definitely thinking outside the box. Sure would be a pain in the *$$ to jack your rig up, pull the tire, install, set down on jack stands and chock front wheels. Then put it back together again to drive home. At least it works - wonder how long the thing will last before the threads get damaged?

Id you have a LSD, wouldnt the tension on the splitter side cause the tire on the ground to try and spin?

 

[TDunk]

Ohnest to god my dad had a log splitter like that way back when. I'm not sure if it was home made or a name brand but all it consisted of was a Wisconson engine and this big cone thing on the end of the shaft. Needless to say, he doesn't have it anymore.

 

[computeruser]

Id you have a LSD, wouldnt the tension on the splitter side cause the tire on the ground to try and spin?

Yup. Even without any force on the splitter side a LSD or locker would encourage the other side to try to move the vehicle.

 

[SawTroll]

Somehow I dont see this being around long...

Looks like the Darwin award home kit if you ask me...

http://www.thestickler.com/index.cfm

Not a new idea, and as you say it is extremely dangerous.........:bang: :bang:

 

[redprospector]

I have a friend who has had a "Stickler" for 18 or 20 years, works like a charm. I don't know how many cords it's split but the threads are still intact.
The biggest problem I have with it is like Four Paws said.
You would need to have a second vehicle just incase you needed to leave quick for some reason.
Personally I prefer a hydraulic splitter.

Andy

 

[redprospector]

Ha ha ha,
Where can I get one of them Klebe splitters? Anybody know a dealer?

Andy

 

[Cedarkerf]

You know some one is going to run a cvehicle off the jack.

 

[Cedarkerf]

I bet this one is more dangerous!

http://165.234.175.12/photos/Equipment/Rick Klebe Splitter.wmv

It's a 16 meg file but worth the time.

Yowsa someone is going to loose a hand.opcorn:

 

[bwalker]

Is that Al Smith running that thing?

 

[paladin]

Are neighbore had one on tractor three point pto driven I can remember my dad useing it when I was younger. They seem to have come out in the 1970,s we also had a friend that had one mounted on the back axle of a truck they seemed to work well but seem very dangerous. I think the thought was it was cheap because alot of people had old cars or trucks around they could mount it on and it was a cheaper than a big splitter. Saw one at a swap meet last year almost bought it as a conversation piece but figured it would be to tempting to try it.

 

[XJWoody]

Yikes...blast from the past there

I remember something similar on TV back in the '70s (seems like the threads were a lot coarser on the oldie.) Probably sold by K-Tel or some such.

I asked my dad what would happen if one of those caught a knot in a log... he just gave me one of those 'priceless' looks. ("dammit, I'm raisin a certified genius over here")

After many cords with a maul, he splurged on a horizontal-type hydro splitter... it's a wonder none of us mashed any fingers... Dad & I on the busy end, little bro on the valve... kinda like the three stooges at the woodpile.

thanks for the memories!

Oh yeah, a locking diff would not be a good combo with that puppy, unless ya lifted & propped both wheels up.

 

[Stihl 041S]

mounted on the front of a skid loader, they rock! also you aren't near the damn thing!

 

[cobbler]

Just don't back up near it!

Forget the wood or the car. You get pinned on this it ain't going to be pretty. C

 

[wkpoor]

I know someone who has one on a tractor. He loves his and says its real fast. Maybe its the thought about what might happen thats scares people more than the reality of the danger. I've never personally operated one but I wonder about knotty pieces or stringy stuff. The video shows hollywood wood that just breaks apart the instant it goes in.
Hollywood is what we call picture perfect wood usually displayed in ads and on television. Unlike what most people burn. Although I know a few people that think all firewood looks like that.

 

[LarryTheCableGuy]

For some reason I have been tempted to rig one up to an electric motor at some sort of diamond plate "splitting table" set up. Would probably have a foot switch to run it - so that when it all goes to sh*t you can dive for cover and everything stops...eventually.

Hold my beer and watch this.

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[RED-85-Z51]

I imagine if you mounted it to a rear PTO on a tractor, it would be considerably safer.

Hmmm...

I just got some wild hair brained Idea for my tractor...

If I fabbed up a holder with the 3 point, then ran the PTO shaft down to a hub attached by way of bearings...

My Tractor is 15hp Diesel, 3 speed PTO...Should have the power?

 

[drmiller100]

fastest splitter you've ever run.

cycle time is 3 seconds, rather then 18 or whatever on your conventional splitter.

a few tricks.

putting it onto a pto or hydrualic motor is for sure a better deal.

put a bar along parallel to the shaft to set the log on. put it on the side so it pushes the log down onto the bar.

then, figure out to put the bar parallel to the taper of the screw, not parallel to the center fo the shaft.

 

[GitWood]

I've always toyed with the idea of making a log splitter from a small square hay baler. Now that would be dangerous. Hopefully I will have enough sense to never actually try it. But then again. . .