Butch(OH)
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OK, I remembered the camera this morning
From the right side. The Army gen set trailer now houses my old splitter and parts and pices of an old drilling rig and a Freeman manure loader. There will be a log lift for the splitter for logs too big for the processer.
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From the front, There will be a cross conveyor at the end of the splitter that will pass by the radiator of the power unit so the wood can drop in an elevator if desired. If I have a helper and don't want to drag the elevator along we will be able to leave it shut off and the helper can load the truck from the pan. All the yellow iron in the pics is the remains of the drill rig and manure loader.
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The back end of the mechanical saw drive. This shaft will be spinning about 3600 RPM (2-1 from the power unit) and driving the 12 volt mower clutch. This whole drive got complectaed by the fact the entire saw mount/ tower pivots front to rear so I can keep the logs flat on the skid and thus saw them straight instead of at angles. May be over kill but easy to not use and darned hard to add as afterthought. Don't be jumping all over the mower clutch deal just yet, it hasn't sawed a log, LOL Should work just fine,
Not in the pic is a cylinder (today's work) that is mounted just above the drive and coming at the camera to the frame. The heavy yellow weldament is the tower from the drilling rig. The top half is part of the frame from the loader. Using virgin materials would have changed the design just a tad. The width here is 26" the top size for logs.
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The bar mount and pivot. Kinda proud of it, was designed in house. About 20 years ago I surmised that if it took an Einstein to run an engine lathe that there must be a lot of them not being used because there aint many Einsteins around. I bought one and taught myself how to run it.
Some work to do here yet with the operating cylinder and mount. This shaft will be spinning about 8000 rpm driving 14 tooth sprocket. 404 080 harvester chain will be used. Oh ya, the bar was $15 plus ship, Ebay special.
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Looking at the back end this is where the ramp will be to skid the logs up on to the machine. I have a 5 ton winch for that and once up on the ramp there will be a grapple and shuttle much like Multitech uses to advance the logs to the saw.
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The splitter pump and mount, should have put something beside it for size. Itza biggen. Nice thing about Army trailer, notice the pump is mounted to the FENDER? LOL You could destroy a small car with that fender and just touch up the paint. The Army trailer is nice. Every cross member and sill is extra HD. Just weld your parts to it and go on to the next problem.
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1950s Hercules 144CI power unit from the drill rig. Was stuck and we spent a month early in the winter and about $400 to get it into operating condition. They just lope along at 1800RPM and with a snappy governor they are pleasant to listen to as they go abut their business. I think I am right at 1k invested at this point. Meaning what I have invested to change everything over not including what I spent on the splitter initially. That includes the drill rig, the loader, the trailer, and misc parts. Just takes some scrounging.
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From the right side. The Army gen set trailer now houses my old splitter and parts and pices of an old drilling rig and a Freeman manure loader. There will be a log lift for the splitter for logs too big for the processer.
<IMG SRC=http://i40.tinypic.com/19a49h.jpg>
From the front, There will be a cross conveyor at the end of the splitter that will pass by the radiator of the power unit so the wood can drop in an elevator if desired. If I have a helper and don't want to drag the elevator along we will be able to leave it shut off and the helper can load the truck from the pan. All the yellow iron in the pics is the remains of the drill rig and manure loader.
<IMG SRC=http://i39.tinypic.com/24pgq5w.jpg>
The back end of the mechanical saw drive. This shaft will be spinning about 3600 RPM (2-1 from the power unit) and driving the 12 volt mower clutch. This whole drive got complectaed by the fact the entire saw mount/ tower pivots front to rear so I can keep the logs flat on the skid and thus saw them straight instead of at angles. May be over kill but easy to not use and darned hard to add as afterthought. Don't be jumping all over the mower clutch deal just yet, it hasn't sawed a log, LOL Should work just fine,
Not in the pic is a cylinder (today's work) that is mounted just above the drive and coming at the camera to the frame. The heavy yellow weldament is the tower from the drilling rig. The top half is part of the frame from the loader. Using virgin materials would have changed the design just a tad. The width here is 26" the top size for logs.
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The bar mount and pivot. Kinda proud of it, was designed in house. About 20 years ago I surmised that if it took an Einstein to run an engine lathe that there must be a lot of them not being used because there aint many Einsteins around. I bought one and taught myself how to run it.
Some work to do here yet with the operating cylinder and mount. This shaft will be spinning about 8000 rpm driving 14 tooth sprocket. 404 080 harvester chain will be used. Oh ya, the bar was $15 plus ship, Ebay special.
<IMG SRC=http://i42.tinypic.com/291hzc6.jpg>
Looking at the back end this is where the ramp will be to skid the logs up on to the machine. I have a 5 ton winch for that and once up on the ramp there will be a grapple and shuttle much like Multitech uses to advance the logs to the saw.
<IMG SRC=http://i39.tinypic.com/5k3azt.jpg>
The splitter pump and mount, should have put something beside it for size. Itza biggen. Nice thing about Army trailer, notice the pump is mounted to the FENDER? LOL You could destroy a small car with that fender and just touch up the paint. The Army trailer is nice. Every cross member and sill is extra HD. Just weld your parts to it and go on to the next problem.
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1950s Hercules 144CI power unit from the drill rig. Was stuck and we spent a month early in the winter and about $400 to get it into operating condition. They just lope along at 1800RPM and with a snappy governor they are pleasant to listen to as they go abut their business. I think I am right at 1k invested at this point. Meaning what I have invested to change everything over not including what I spent on the splitter initially. That includes the drill rig, the loader, the trailer, and misc parts. Just takes some scrounging.
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what I dork I am. It will be moved to the other side of the drive tonight, thanks
