That splitter is AWSOME! looks like it goes through that wood like nothing.

Give a capable man enough “junk” and he can build almost anything. That thing is a beast, good job.

A little friendly reminder. Never put hands/fingers on end of log. Almost pinched your finger between the stop plate and the log at 2:12. If you get in the habit of only lifting wood by the middle you can never get hurt. Nice build on the splitter. It's obvious you are a hard worker.

Nice little splitter, you might want to reinforce that endplate that the cylinder pushes against though, maybe with some 1"x3" scraps, saw it flexing pretty good. Nice quick cycle time, makes quick work of lots of wood

Love the set up mate. So smooth and powerful! The fwd and rev handle is great touch

Awesome splitter. I allways build from spare parts laying around myself. Thanks for sharing. You did a awesome job on buildin your splitter.

Nice machine, powerful, short cycle. Yes I wood shore up the stopper plate, I saw it flex too. I bought a gas fired splitter from Northern Tools 18 years ago. Paid $1,100.00 for it. I used it to split my 5 cord a year. Then I thought.... Y not rent it out, get my money back, and have the machine sitting in my yard 4 FREE! And that's what I did. People kept calling me every year. Moving to Florida. Sold splitter to neighbor for $600.00. Still runs beautiful! I made $2,000.00 profit, and sold it.

Dad and I had a bandmill and a circular mill to add value to our logging side.

I have an advice for you: extend the main chassis with a steel table or stand to temporarily keep the wood on it before splitting.

Wow thats so much faster than the junk you can buy at the store! Nice job on that build! Thats one hell of a house too!!!

You might not do video's of your own equiptment but i'd be willing to bet you've inspired someone who might, maybe several years down the road when they've been left to "rust in peace", keep up the great work, I always look forward to a new skadill video

I have a vertical splitter, much easier to split large quantities of wood at a time and you don't waste your energy picking up logs.

Very nice set up. My log splitter build was one of the most rewarding projects I have done to date.

nice to see a homemade splitter iinstead of the ones that come from the store, looks really heavy to move with a tractor.

Your right,I fought a knotted piece of wood on it as a challenge and it bent the backstop which is an inch thick.It will get heated up and pulled back with the splitter ram one day and a re-inforcing plate on end behind it.

Really like that palace you're building, hopefully we'll see a quick vid of the finished product?

i built mine almost like yours, i like the traveling wedge better than stationary, you need a table on both sides especially with the diameter you are splitting i just built a drop on 4 way wedge works fine & saves time i split mostly live oak and pecan and that stuff is pretty tough especially pecan, nice machine and with a little tuning you will enjoy it even more

Table for the wood when cutting and a brace for the ram stop before it bends and you've got a good little splitter.

looks like a capable little rig you got there

Very nice. Watch those fingers! I split a bunch of firewood with a similar splitter and I'm always imagining how it would suck to smash my hand or fingers in there. I have the "Moving ram, stationary wedge" design though. Yours is quite fast with that small cylinder. Mine has a 5" cylinder and it's way slow. Will go through just about anything though. My next splitter will me a high-horsepower, big pump unit for speed. Yours rocks! (I have a Wood-Mizer band mill. Love it!)

wow nice lookin house. Keep us up dated on how it comes progress goes.. The splitter works great.. Find some snot wood and lets see how it goes through that.

Nice job -that wood sure splits nice

wow that wood splits like butter...

works good -- I would suggest a 2 stage pump and you will say WOW

Great piece of kit, well done.

A man who cuts his own wood heats himslef twice.

Nice job man. Got to make yourself a table on the end to support those rounds.

cool, maybe weld a couple of plates on each side to hold the blocks after being split, be easier to control the wood after its being split.

I don't do personal videos,but I will show my basement logger themed man cave with crosscut saws,tools,fireplace and logging toys when its done around Sept here I think.

Yours is a lot like the one I have. I had to do a LOT of doodling with it before I figured the cylinder packing was gone. Repacked it and it took off. Mine has a 2-stage pump and I backed off the pump so it goes into low quicker. I've got an old L-head 5 horse Briggs that I run about 1/3 open. It's pretty much a 14 ton rig. I have a gauge on it and the bypass is set around 22 to 2400 p.s.i because that's what the cylinder and valve are rated. I got it swapped likie you did to keep from having to run nthe insplit chunk down every time. All my wood is hardwood except a little poplar but it's seasoned out like a rock. Oak, maple and hicory mostly. No pine here! Inside flue and need no tar buildup. Beautiful place. Keep on splitting and stacking.

Lots of nice detail. Best wishes.

Nice logs. I would love to use a splitter for cutting firewood. I would probably burn more if I had one.

Digging the horizontal layout. Your back will be thanking you. Can we expect any videos of the house?

I'd like to see someone with a horizontal splitter use a foot switch to free up both hands.

Nice, but usually the ram is square and dull. This ram is the sharp wedge! Not the safest, but it works!

Gorgeous house buddy.

Nice looking house!

Because I put a 8hp pump on a 6.5 hp engine,only cost 10 bucks more,but it nearly stalls it with a full pull or close to on the lever.It has to be inched a bit at a time,should have got the smaller pump.

Only modifications I'd make,take a 1/8" piece of metal/iron,weld it the other side.that way it acts as a table/slide to push wood to that needs a little more splitting

Yeah i agree we should have a Grand KZfaq Tour of your Home when it is Finished.

Nice job. Good luck on your new house and happy holidays.

That does not appear to be a two stage pump at all. That's why you have to jiggle the valve handle, to keep from stalling the motor. I owned a splitte r with a single stage pump for about a year and cussed it the whole time.

Many people have gone back to burning firewood those pellet stoves were all the rage but now firewood and wood stoves are. Wood is 180-200 a cord the guys that sell wood can't find it.

Great splitter! ...Jimmy...

man, if I had a pile of logs like that in my front yard, the lt40 would be burnin diesel. ;)

Hello can you write a list of all the parts u used to build you log splitter. That is very impressive machine

They came from a sawmill,but were just a tad short for their needs,There is some that have lumber in them still,but for my needs at this point,infortunately they will all get butchered.They were free to me anyhow.Most are 18" to 24" diameter,with a couple as big or more than 36".I did log and sawmill my post timbers on my own build here though this spring.

Jesus that's an effective splitter.

I would love the details of that splitter and make my own 👍

The parts excavator went to Revelstoke,B.C. along with another I got rid of last year,but kept the cylinders off of it.I dont really do videos of my equipment.

Wow very nice.

What a brilliant idea :)

I love wood splitting

Really great splitter :-) maybe you could put a bed / table at the side to leave your hands free, and take some weight off your arms and make managing the logs easier, wish I lived where you do, your living the dream :-)

I have a few years worth or more right now here,half processed.House should be done in another week or two.Wood fireplace chimney went on yesterday,and gets hooked up inside to the stove next week.

do you have a video on your build of this splitter?

Like to see how it goes in Australian hard wood.lol.needs a bench on the back side .good job you have done though .

Great minds think alike.

Yes,and if it blows up,it could become a ride on mower,excavator,or pressure washer again!

You should build a Bandsaw mill!

Good Job It definitely splits wood.... I'm also interested in making one... One Question: Why did you put the wedge end on the ram? Most I've seen have the flat pushing area on the end of the ram does it work differently... Hadn't thought of doing that and curious.... Thanks for the video.

Build a little table the hangs off the side you won't have stand there hang on to the log.

Douglas fir! All you West Coast soft wood burners have yet to learn what splitting wood is all about. Here in the Northeast we would hardly bother getting out a power splitter for pine or fir

No,only worked in logging and sawmilling for years with no issues.

I stand a large block up beside it as a work table.

nice job but a little small 1 piece to add a table to catch split wood and being it back to you attached to wedge with a fix table just off the outside of moving table so bigger split pieces can be stacked on it easily and finished split piece can be grab and throw in trailer --using 2 hands and belly will get old fast-- built my 6 ton splitter 1979 bought wood stove and chainsaw same time- on 4th chainsaw now replaced heater last year and rebuild/new splitter this year same steel being used 34 ton now I can not believe the difference-- time is less than 1/2 of what it was- splitting red,white,pin and water oak any oak except live oak ( still a secret for live oak splitting) southern oak seems to be a lot different than northern oak most of southern oak not easily split with maul and wedge lots and lots of work for small amount -- can split from 24 to 36 in wood any diameter if needed tractor boom can load round piece for me or just cut in 1/2 since just me

you just need some table wings on it now , will make job so much easier ,oh and a better back plate

works great !

Nice work Does the power unit have a relief valve?

since you already have the large pump, get a bigger engine in 10 - 13 hp range.. With a 11 gpm two stage pump, a 5 hp engine should be able to push it..

I think you have narrated some of the west coast logging trucks and old equipment? Is it an optical illusion is the back plate bending? I am going to build a splitter with the wedge on the live end and work it from the end so not to have to lean so far forward. I should get back to the paperwork part of the design. That is quit the pile of wood you have there!

Now you need to. Weld up some wings on the wedge =4 ,not 2 pieces.

and here I am, thinking about what type of splitting axe to buy....

Its cheap and it will break down possibly injure you. Gl wit that toy

Very glad to see that you have not used any OSB on your house. The only way I would have OSB on the job site was to cover the mud. So the crew could walk on it and not track mud into the construction. Amazed how quickly it turns to mush. Absolute garbage product.

I've got two rental inquiries I wasnt looking for as well.

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I see a bad habit.. Why jiggle the control lever? All it does is confuse the 2 stage pump, added needless wear to valve and risk bursting hoses..

good video man, you selling that firewood?

GPM is too high. drop to smaller pump and have more power and a little slower travel.

That's a tidy log splitter,

After two blocks fell on the top of my foot learn to dance . I have pictures of my black & blue foot to prove That's my story.

I wood do it. Easy cash in yer pocket. Unless U R a wealthy man and don't need it...... The same people will call again next year. I wood drop the machine off in their yard. No need 4 them 2 get a truck 2 pull it to where they needed it. If it rained, I wood tell them not to use it and do it a different day. No X-tra charge. Worked out great 4 them as well as it did 4 me

Yur askin for injury buddy. Screammin for it. It will come to you eventually. Lost any fingers ever?

Bet it can't spit a cord of white oak. Its to

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12 v swivel boom with timber dogs saves back after about 50 big ones a day for 5 days -- back will not like you ! ! !

Too fast

The pump is to big for your ram - get a bigger ram.