pics of my splitter

[husky455rancher]

its not the biggest or the baddest splitter out there by any means. i got it off ebay 3 years ago now i think. ive prolly split 12 cord with it or so so far. havent had any problems. well the first motor melted instantly that kinda worried me. but the next one is still running strong. 5hp honda gc160 i believe its super quiet too. a bit over 3 gallon tank, 2 stage pump i dont remember the gpm on the pump though. 20" capacity which is perfect cuse my stove will only take a 20 inch log. i wanna say its 16ton but my memory is horrible. thres been very few things i couldnt split with this thing its done some pretty crazy knots and crotches too that i wouldnt have thought it would do.

only things i hate are the cheap harbor freight tires but thats easy enough to change and the working height was horrible. but as you can see in the pics i did a little moddin over the winter. i cut the wheels off added legs to the tank and made a new leg for it to stand on. i did reuse the same crappy wheels though lol. total cost to me some welding wire . next time i use it im gonna look into fabing some sort of a table for it i think


oh and im not crazy about how this hose is almost boarder line kinked but im afraid to hard pipe it as i dont know if it would hold up to vibrations over time. i nicer one would have been great but as my dad tells me all the time "live within your means"

 

[husky455rancher]

heres a chunk of that huge oak i cut up


last one i couldnt resist shes my youngest

 

[Rookie1]

Nice splitter, I like the mod you did. Im surprised you didnt have your laundry hanging off it when you took pic.

 

[KsWoodsMan]

Woooot ! pffft !
Time for a newer monitor (or glasses) I thought I read Pics of my sister.

That's OK . Looks like you give your splitter a workout.

 

[gink595]

Why is the motor at a skew? Thats seems it would be hard for the motor, do you have to overfill the oil level to compensate?

 

[husky455rancher]

gink i honestly dont know, it really used to bother me but ive used it so much it appears to have no effect on it. well ive done the oil 2 ways. one is to prop the splitter with blocks till the motor is lvl. it works but its a pita. the other way is a pita too i just take it off do an oil change and slap it back on. i change it at the beg of this year i put in mobli 1 15k synthetic oil lol. that should last a while. i thought of straightening it at work with a rosebud but then my pump might not line up right the way that hose in configured.


sorry no pics of the sis yet lol

 

[gink595]

Yeah thats goofy, It's a nice splitter but that would drive me insane also. I thought after looking at it further it had been hit on something and bent up, but you think it was built like that?? Thats different for sure. I guess bottom line is, it's splits and it isn't hurting anything. And it's a lot better that a maul and wedges

 

[nikocker]

+1 On the Splitter.

Nice pics. Like you, I know now that you don't need a huge splitter to get the work done!

Al