[AT] OT - Tough Grit - RFDTV

[charlie hill]

Best wood splitter I ever saw as far as being fast was in
a YouTube video.   It was a big steel wheel about 8' in diameter
with a big steel wedge welded to the wheel face (where the tread would be on 
a tire).
There was a platform mounted such that the wedge just cleared it when the 
wheel turned.
You pick up the log, set it on the platform and wait for the wedge to come 
around.  You didn't have
to wait long, about 10 seconds if I remember right.  It would work a man 
near to death picking up the
logs and putting them on the platform but it was fast!

Of course over in Mattias' part of the world they have those rigs with a 
bunk saw and a big splitter head
mounted on the forks of a front loader or bobcat.  It picks up the log, then 
slides it into the saw, saws off the block
and splits is into several pieces all in one stroke.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: jtchall at nc.rr.com
Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2013 8:39 AM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] OT - Tough Grit - RFDTV

I watched part of the one where 2 guys were racing to split and stack wood.
The only thing I found interesting was how the splitter worked (it wasn't
hydraulic).  I would rather spend my time watching 1970's Hee-Haw episodes
(never going to happen). The ONLY thing on RFDTV fit to watch is tractor
pulling at 6:30 on Tues night. Even the antique tractor show at 6 is pretty
bad, and filmed 20 years ago.

John Hall


-----Original Message----- 
From: Mike Meulenberg
Sent: Friday, January 04, 2013 10:54 PM
To: at
Subject: [AT] OT - Tough Grit - RFDTV

Anyone catch this new show (commercial) on RFDTV. I watched one and a half,
and couldn't take anymore.

Mike M
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