cool wood splitter :)

iahntr · February 11, 2011, 10:12:51 PM

Gonna split me up some fire wood, anybody wanna race?

http://www.wimp.com/woodcuttingattachment/

Tikaani · February 11, 2011, 10:15:56 PM

I've seen that before, Scott you have no idea how bad I would like one of those. Mine looks more like the one in the picture it's called "an oh my aching back"

John

FinsnFur · February 11, 2011, 11:24:38 PM

What do ya spose the guy that invented that is doing ...RIGHT now?

That thing is pretty amazing.

FinsnFur · February 11, 2011, 11:26:40 PM

That thing has to have it's own hydrolic system. I cant imagine a skid loader running all that at that speed. Is that possible?

pitw · February 11, 2011, 11:28:18 PM

Oh yeah.

Bills Custom Calls · February 12, 2011, 04:10:25 AM

That is just an attachment and all runs off the skid loader Hydraulic system

Pretty amazing what a little bit of oil a couple pumps and rams will do

FinsnFur · February 12, 2011, 07:36:23 AM

Yeah but I've ran skid loaders with jack hammer attachments, post hole auger attachments, snow blower attachments, and backhoe attachments, and they were all cumbersome and lethargic in their own sorta way.
This thing is snappy and full of life as if it's being assisted by something other then the skid loaders own hydrolic system.
Course I'm getting old so maybe all the ones I used in my day were antiques.

Hawks Feather · February 12, 2011, 08:27:07 AM

Jim,

They don't have to pump the hydraulics by hand now.

It is all done by the Bobcat. It sure seems to be an improvement from 'back in the day'.

Jerry

Bills Custom Calls · February 12, 2011, 08:53:33 AM

The reason that thing is so speedy is,it has Hydraulic Motors instead of the pump on the bobcat doing all the work
It would be interesting to tear one of those apart to see exactly what makes it tic

I have seen a hydraulic saw in action before just a might bigger one and they are fast.Very expensive to fix and maintain but effective

iahntr · February 12, 2011, 09:16:10 AM

I hear ya John.

Yeah I just stumbled across this and thought it was pretty cool.
Here's a little more info on em.
http://www.firewoodprocessor.net/hfp160-firewood-processor.htm#Specs

pitw · February 12, 2011, 09:31:42 AM

With those specs Scott could you imagine how much wood I could cut if I mounted that thing on my sprayers

. I have two pumps and the secondary could run the splitter

. The primary puts out 6,500 psi

.

iahntr · February 12, 2011, 02:40:38 PM

you could shoot em out the end and stack em with that.