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These pictures make me smile. This is baby helped keep us warm for almost thirty years. The photos show a couple things.
Larger tires and pipe axle to raise it up to a more comfortable work height. It is easier to see when towing and backing up as well. You can get axles, hubs, and wheels at the junk yard off the rear of front wheel drive cars/vans.
The work table, which in this case, the splitter sits on. It can also be used on either side. We had a rise in theft near us, so with this bench set-up I pulled one wheel off.
Also, notice the cylinder rod has 'stroke reducing collars' on it. You can get them at TSC, or farm supply stores. They are split, with spring clips, so are easily added or removed by slipping them over the cylinder rod, and often come as a kit with various length. There are three collars on this machine, an old SpeeCo. with up graded detent valve, and repowered with the Honda GX200. The collars aren't necessary, but I'm pretty sure you'l like them. Most everything I split was 16" , so I added 6" of collars for an 18" stroke, vs 24". If I got a 19" piece, slip the collar off, split, replace collar. I think the kit was around $30.-34.
