How to make a log lifter for a hydraulic splitter using main ram return stroke

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5 жыл бұрын

Lifting heavy log rounds up to the splitter is back breaking work without a lifter, so I made my own using scrap metal I had laying around.
Rather than the traditional method of adding a separate hydraulic ram and valves/hoses etc, I decided to use the return stroke of the splitting ram to keep it simple and light as I tow the splitter with a quad bike it needs to be light.
I've made a few improvements since filming, I moved the pulley back about an inch to keep it out of the way of the log being split and I added a heavier lifting chain.

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@mattprice7298 8 ай бұрын

This is absolutely the most brilliant idea I’ve ever seen. Absolutely will give this a try!

@richardlundeen4237 Жыл бұрын

Brilliantly simple, and simply brilliant.

@K1W1fly 4 жыл бұрын

The most important thing about building things with "stuff lying around the shed" is to have a lot of "Stuff lying around the shed"!

@MartyT 4 жыл бұрын

I have a good junk yard, never know what might be useful ;)

@christophershields3788 3 жыл бұрын

You would make a good Texan

@Miss_Vicki 3 жыл бұрын

4:31 - I love that the custom deck on his quad matches the custom deck on the splitter he's towing!

@andysaunders3708 2 жыл бұрын

Far out. It's so simple when you think about it. I, (years ago), used to be involved in pneumatic automation systems, and I should have thought of this. No wasted energy. You are the man, my friend.

@ApprenticeGM 2 жыл бұрын

Marty T you are a genius! Such a simple effective improvement - I have a similar log splitter and this would help so much! Thanks for sharing.

@MartyT 2 жыл бұрын

Its a real back saver, you won't regret it

@tonymontana897 2 ай бұрын

@@MartyT This is why I bought a log splitter that can split vertically too. Just roll the big pieces to it and chop it up.

@_Skim_Beeble 4 жыл бұрын

I picture your yard being an absolute goldmine of tools and equipment.

@graham.l6604 3 жыл бұрын

I bet nothing ever gets thrown away :)

@kammyHS 2 жыл бұрын

Just found your video!! I would say it’s the simplest one I’ve seen that works just fine! Sometimes the more complicated ones and more expensive doesn’t really matter! Still does the same thing- lifts the log to be split! Love your use of material that you already had and repurposed a great lift for your splitter! 👍🏻🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

@malcolmburgan6428 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your video. This is so good. I'm going to modify mine tomorrow. You've got me v inspired.

@MartyT Жыл бұрын

It makes the job so much easier, a real back saver

@lylekoss4534 3 жыл бұрын

Very Ingenious using the ram to pull the log up with.

@BarnStangz 4 жыл бұрын

I need to add something like this to my splitter, it's a GREAT idea. You know what they say, necessity is the mother of invention!

@shednanigan Жыл бұрын

Great idea with the chain on the cylinder! Thank you! Ive added this idea to my splitter built!

@MartyT Жыл бұрын

Its a real back saver

@budgillett9627 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve looked at several non hydraulic lift tables and IMO your design wins the prize. Simple and very practical!

@MartyT 3 жыл бұрын

It seemed like the easiest/lightest way to do the job

@richardlundeen4237 Жыл бұрын

Yes, and no new hydraulics.

@imallowedmyopinionok2354 2 жыл бұрын

Which was funnier.. the samoan saftey boots or the corded cordless drill🤔🤣 good on ya marty👍

@theart9163 2 жыл бұрын

...and the doggie looks, frowns, and walks away..."my hoomans talkin to himself again..."

@garyk5316 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your great design. I am set to go out and add this to my log splitter. My back feels better already 😀

@franktoledo6342 Ай бұрын

Nice log lift for for small logs.

@raymondpetrovits2336 3 жыл бұрын

I have faithfully binge watched so many Marty videos, I did wonder how you fabricated the log lift until now. Thanks from a fan.

@dalethompson5842 4 жыл бұрын

I am building one for my self built splitter; starting tomorrow. Excellent idea. Thank you.

@ruggeddd8565 4 жыл бұрын

Hey! What a great idea. Thank you.. I am in the process of building a splitter and didn't want to spend the money on the extra ram and other parts usually needed for a lift.. I love it. Thanks again 😊

@MartyT 4 жыл бұрын

Cool mate, glad you found it helpful

@mossmonaco9061 4 жыл бұрын

ACE. Love the 'simplistic mech' chain lift idea, a no nonsense get it done and dusted without a big buck spend.

@bernie1mac 4 жыл бұрын

Man thanks for posting was gonna do a hydraulic lift version but this idea is way cheaper and easier to do. Don’t like the vertical log splitters because you’re bending to split the logs. You’re way bend once then split standing at the table. My back thanks you and thanks again for posting this idea! You rock....

@MartyT 4 жыл бұрын

No worries mate, glad you found it useful. Yes it is so much easier on the back with the lifter

@B-leafer 2 жыл бұрын

I feel justified wearing crocs now.. Cuz my youtube star from New Zealand who gets it done, wears them, so I can be cool wearing them too! Brilliant! "The man makes the clothes. "

@jamesranger6283 4 жыл бұрын

Very cool idea. This is something I will add to my own splitter.

@bradi5050 4 жыл бұрын

You are awsome great idea my old splitter troybuilt 27ton might do this to mine love your idea using the ram to pull it up you rock

@MartyT 4 жыл бұрын

Its a real back saver for sure

@TheSaint135 3 жыл бұрын

That is incredibly smart and simple. I love it.

@toddehling2319 4 жыл бұрын

I just knew that you made that... That's freakin awesome...I was checking it out when you used it in the other video..Really smart idea brother!!! Smarter not harder... we have to think of saving our backs!!!

@devriescustomleather1109 2 жыл бұрын

Well done. really good idea. A back saver worth the time!!

@barryphillips7327 4 жыл бұрын

Having watched many of your videos, Marty T you are a very clever (Kiwi) man.

@Chr.U.Cas2216 4 жыл бұрын

Dear Marty T. 👍👌👏 Simple and therefore Ingenious = simply fantastic! Made out of reclaimed material and works great. Very well done, Sir. Thanks a lot for making teaching recording editing uploading and sharing. Best regards luck and health.

@josephpecoul6532 3 жыл бұрын

Very cool I believe you have a winner there.

@mobiletech6289 Жыл бұрын

Great idea ! Incorporates a log table as well , I’m gonna fab me one up , great video !

@kirk467 3 жыл бұрын

That’s awesome Marty, I really enjoy your inventions! You should patent them brother! That one works great!

@johnh2309 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome - well done mate.

@owentimo Жыл бұрын

Well done, better than others I’ve seen.

@kebo57 2 жыл бұрын

Love it!! Great idea, almost near genius level lol. Might have to do the same on my countyline log splitter. Thanks.

@davidm2645 Жыл бұрын

Marty - this is brilliant! Thank you so much for sharing! My welder buddy is going to make 2 - one for him and one for me.

@MartyT Жыл бұрын

Nice, you're welcome

@MC-ft8zv 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent, thank you very much for sharing this with us. I will do this to our splitter, as suddenly being over 50 years old makes old man pine rings 10 times heavier...lol...love your videos and can do attitude! Interesting to see you used an old keyed pulley, I would have overthought it, and brought a pulley with bearing, not needed! Thank You.

@MartyT 4 жыл бұрын

Glad you found it useful, I have a bad back so could't lift the rounds without this. I am on a tight budget so tend to just use what I have in my junk pile ;)

@d.springer8444 3 жыл бұрын

Simply ingenious

@pauljoseph8338 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve watched almost all of your vids, but I’ve never seen the one where you turn your cordless drill into a corded/20kilo battery powered drill!

@jamesranger6283 3 жыл бұрын

I really really like this.

@Twindadx2_ 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Great idea

@bluethru808 8 ай бұрын

Absolute genius 😃😃

@robbooth7904 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent! Great job.

@MartyT 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks man, It's a real back saver. Yours is clever too

@fricknjeep 3 жыл бұрын

hi there looks real good john

@robertward553 3 жыл бұрын

I like it Marty.

@nolinharley1550 2 жыл бұрын

Great idea!!! Thank you for sharing!!!

@MRrwmac 4 жыл бұрын

Very ingenious lift especially using the splitter ram return!!

@bchdsailor Жыл бұрын

impressing safetyboots 😉

@WNQZH 3 жыл бұрын

Nice concept.

@captainover-tighten6729 3 жыл бұрын

Been on a binge watch! Thanks for the great videos. What a beautiful spot you live in. I did wonder where on earth you were able to find the ANSI/CSA approved welding crocs? 😄 Looking forward to the next video. Too shelf stuff.

@seanwhalen2838 4 жыл бұрын

Nice rig.

@porter101402 3 жыл бұрын

awesome great job

@a3fins1 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome, quick DYI

@brenryan1 5 жыл бұрын

Ram... angry Ram. Has to be a joke or a pun but I'm too tired... Nice work!!

@nathanduckeorth806 2 жыл бұрын

Now that's what ya call using your head and not your back!

@Navrak 4 жыл бұрын

Love your PPE welding boots !😂😂😂😂😂

@4doors_morehors722 4 жыл бұрын

Navrak 120797 you mean the crocs

@petergillon9379 3 жыл бұрын

I too have a pair of Crocs I wear them everywhere fishing

@williamdavidson9009 3 жыл бұрын

Looks like a good idea. I never liked the splitters where the wedge moved because you have to handle every piece of wood after it's split. The type where the log is pushed through you can just let the next block push the split wood.

@craigschiller1599 3 жыл бұрын

Likewise. I'm building one where a pusher block pushes log through wedge. Got me stuffed why they dont build them like that to begin with.

@benfarnham7626 2 жыл бұрын

Then it would push them off onto the ground and you’d have to pick them up to split them again. Unless all you use is tiny wood that only needs split once.

@chairbottom1310 5 ай бұрын

I just throw my splits into the back of my truck or my buggy bed - less bending over

@kirk467 3 жыл бұрын

I see that you have a mig welder now, those are life savers! Beats scratching a stick rod any day! lol

@MartyT 3 жыл бұрын

It is a nice welder, but its a nuisance having to travel an hour to fill up the co2 when it runs out at a crucial time, I actually use my inverter arc more these days

@kirk467 3 жыл бұрын

I hear you, the wind and bottle are the only drawbacks but around the house I make sure to have an extra bottle when I have a good size project! Good job on your digger and dozer brother plus the grader is awesome!

@craigschiller1599 3 жыл бұрын

Arc welder can handle crapier steel thats been laying around scrap yard. Migs like everything nice & clean & dont like wind. Inverter arc's are 😍

@davecalvo1939 4 жыл бұрын

I like the concept Marty and it looks like it works well, only caveat I see is that you need to have the splitter hooked up to an ATV or tractor to keep it from falling over as the weight of the unsplit rounds would tip it I suspect.

@MartyT 4 жыл бұрын

It has a fold down leg to keep it upright, This little chinese diesel creates a lot of vibration, if I had it hooked up to the quad it would shake it to bits ;)

@chrissilsby4312 4 жыл бұрын

I seen in your last video upload, that you used the lifter. I was hoping that you would show how you made it.

@thomashoward8619 3 жыл бұрын

you ought to put a hitch on it to pull trailer for your wood

@dustyfarmer 3 жыл бұрын

If you put another pulley wheel below the top one & run the lift chain parallel and along side the frame rail you wouldn't need to un-hitch it.

@MartyT 3 жыл бұрын

Yes I could but I don't want it to move on every stroke, it would wear things out faster, slow down the engine and use more fuel

@luc917 Жыл бұрын

Pretty smart

@joelfoster3576 9 ай бұрын

this is REALlY a nice one and a GREAT JOB BUT are you SPLITTING PINE ???

@MartyT 9 ай бұрын

Yes pine

@mac9955 3 жыл бұрын

All these years I've been picking them up by hand and back.

@grumpa328 7 ай бұрын

How are you running a battery drill with a cord?

@captnsquid8151 Жыл бұрын

Excellent rig to save time and strain. Then I wonder why you split and toss on the ground. Where are your meter square pallet storage boxes? Is this done before you made them ?

@MartyT Жыл бұрын

Yes this was before I made the bins

@willemkauffeld7679 3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking ''why would you need to make something? just attach a chain to the ram'' Then I discovered horizontal log splitters exist.

@MartyT 3 жыл бұрын

Horizontal splitters are ok if you like working on your hands and knees

@willemkauffeld7679 3 жыл бұрын

@@MartyT I have only ever used vertical splitters that you put 1 meter (3.4 feet) logs on

@user-ie8st5qr3y 4 жыл бұрын

Marty, you should put a patient on your invention, before someone does. Just saying. Keep your videos comming ..

@JRP3 4 жыл бұрын

It's not a new idea.

@stanwebb3480 4 жыл бұрын

Your genius!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Whats next!!!!!!!!!

@doogiehowser78 3 жыл бұрын

thanks for the good design , just wondering did you just use self tapping screws into the hydraulic oil tank or drain then weld that bit of angle iron

@jonathanchapman6350 3 жыл бұрын

Looks like the angle iron is on the fender brace that is welded to the tank so no actual oil is under that particular part

@doogiehowser78 3 жыл бұрын

@@jonathanchapman6350i just had another look it is to awesome cheers mate

@ZackaryMac 4 жыл бұрын

Is your cordless drill running off a 12v battery? Nice job BTW. I'm watching this because I need to build something similar for my father's wood splitter, and it too is tall.

@MartyT 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, yep my drill battery died so i adapted it to suit a 12v battery, i made a vid on that too -kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qNKfa7VilZewe6s.html

@ryanohayre2809 2 жыл бұрын

Was the drill running off a car battery, or was it me? Certainly never saw that before. Good stuff.

@metalworksmachineshop 2 жыл бұрын

👍👌

@BrianSmith-ow9gy 3 жыл бұрын

If you changed the shape of the splitting tool - to an "X" or a "Y" perhaps - wouldn't that improve splitting time? Perhaps a choice of splitter shapes depending on the size of the round to be split? Depends on the strength of the ram I suppose but splitting rounds into 4 parts in one go seems like a time saver to me.

@MartyT 3 жыл бұрын

I actually have bolt on wings to make it an x, but I find it gets jammed in knotty wood and slows down the process

@Thomas-wn7cl 4 жыл бұрын

If you put on another pulley below the one you have already and replace the chain with cable, do you think you could clear the cable/chain under the log round platform so that you would not have to unhook the chain to roll the log round to the splitter head? You made a great mod, thanks.

@MartyT 4 жыл бұрын

Yes that would work but I wouldn't want the lifter moving every time I use the splitter

@paulbagshaw7237 Жыл бұрын

@@MartyT Maybe a clutch n lever to activate the lifter

@kenavram5586 10 ай бұрын

@@MartyT I didn't see how you hooked it to the lift but you could use an eye loop and just simply unhook it from there if you wanted to disengage it, just a thought.

@zarb88 4 жыл бұрын

Hi i was curious most log splitters ive seen can pivot to be used in horizontal or vertical mode. Vertical mode is a lot easier no lifting required. You have great ingenuity its fun to see what youll come up with next.

@MartyT 4 жыл бұрын

This one pivots to vertical as well but I find it hard on my back bending over (herniated disc), I prefer to work upright

@MrDschubba 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah they do. A real pita trying to work at ground level

@commenter4139 2 жыл бұрын

How has this held up Marty?

@MartyT 2 жыл бұрын

Very well, mechanical side is still running strong. Only problem is one of the tyres fell apart, cheap chinese plastic tyres don't last long

@vulcan-900bobber7 4 жыл бұрын

Yes smarter not harder

@dyotaman 4 жыл бұрын

Great Work! You should wear a respirator when heating (welding) galvanized steal.

@MartyT 4 жыл бұрын

I hold my breath till the fumes have gone, nasty stuff

@ohforester5732 2 жыл бұрын

@@MartyT Zinc fumes will kill you. Like you ingenuity!

@HeathLedgersChemist 3 жыл бұрын

Very clever idea. Especially for a Kiwi. ;-)

@JRP3 4 жыл бұрын

Disconnecting the chain each time seems annoying. If you used cable and another pulley you could keep the cable below the beam out of your way.

@MartyT 4 жыл бұрын

Yes that would work but I don't really want it raising the lift arm every time I make a split

@JRP3 4 жыл бұрын

@@MartyT I had the same thought but after watching other setups it doesn't seem to be a problem if it moves each time. It's not in the way of anything and doesn't slow the process.

@patrickwelch620 2 жыл бұрын

Why doesn't the pulley get broken off?

@tonymontana897 2 ай бұрын

Go Marty ! Some cool Kiwi ingenuity right there mate. Who else turns a cordless drill into a corded drill that runs off a car battery ?? Genius !

@Sideswipe_07 5 жыл бұрын

can you make more rambro videos?

@MartyT 5 жыл бұрын

Not likely on this channel, he might make a cameo appearance if you're lucky ;)

@resonantconsciousness9248 5 жыл бұрын

I hope those are steel toe Crocs

@MartyT 5 жыл бұрын

They're my safety crocs

@troytreeguy 3 жыл бұрын

My dad who was a welder told me to drink milk after welding galvy materials, not sure if that a real help 😆

@MartyT 3 жыл бұрын

Yes I have heard that, I think its better to avoid the fumes altogether, I grind as much off as I can and hold my breath when welding to avoid inhaling any fumes

@benscoles5085 3 жыл бұрын

I hope by now You welded a bolt on the foot of the splitter so you do not have to drop the cable or chain to the ground every round you split, save you bending to get it, other wise a very well thought out and executed idea. well done.