Hauling, Cutting & Splitting Firewood & Log Splitter MOD
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- Опубликовано: 22 дек 2022
- Felling dead spruce trees and hauling timber with homemade 4x4 timber trailer (with Forstman hydraulic crane), pulling the trailer with my homemade 4x4 UTV (utility vehicle) and splitting the firewood with my homemade log splitter. The felling was filmed in the beginning of November thus the absence of snow in the first part of the video. I'm also modifying the slide on the wood splitter by adding taller sidewalls so the already split firewood doesn't spill over the edges as much as it did before. It is working almost as well as I want but there are some upgrades that are definitely needed. But all of that next year. Stay tuned for future videos and thank you all for watching. Have a merry Christmas and a happy new year!
UTV build:
• 4x4 Off-Road UTV Build
Timber Trailer Build:
• 4x4 PTO Driven Timber ...
My log splitter build series: • Log Splitter Build
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Welding equipment borrowed from Spetselektroodi AS, Estonia:
Fronius TransSteel 2700 welder
Optrel Crystal 2.0 Welding Helmet
Hypertherm Powermax 45 XP plasma cutter 
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Just love how you tackle problems and bring forth good solutions.
Happy holiday seasons to you and your family, also a great 2023!
The weakest link in the chain of operations necessary to process firewood is when you are using the chainsaw because that is such a low-powered machine compared to the log processing trailer and your four-wheel drive vehicle. Anytime you are on that chainsaw you are wasting time so ideally you should invent a machine that can chop your logs to length much faster than a chainsaw. A portable lumber mill Maybe?
If you're getting a new motor/pump for this machine, maybe you could use the existing motor/pump to operate a little conveyor belt up that ramp? :)
Hey Donn. What happened to your wood processing station that had a conveior belt system as well?
Best guess is it wasn't capable of handling larger diameter trees.
I was just about to ask the same question. I thought that he did one a year or so back.
I thought it was built for someone else.
I was just going to ask the same thing. That one looked like it worked great.
I saw in comments to a previous video that he had sold it, but this set up he has now is a lot better, those electric splitters arnt very powerful
I cut wood for several years, and I must say that is some serious kit you have made. You should be very proud of what you have accomplished. Well done. Merry Christmas to you and your family. And merry Christmas to everyone else in YT land. Cheers !!
You’ve certainly gotten quite skilled since the last video at operating the log boom and finding center of gravity on the logs. Love the videos! Please keep the coming!!!!
Great to see your machines performing in the real world.... And glad to see you don't obsessively clean surface rust off before welding... MIG welding through light rust is fine!
Great job Donn, it's looking good, needs an escalator instead of higher walls !! Good to see The Momma and Little Man out enjoying the winter weather. Stay safe and Merry Christmas you all and your families. Fred.
It is possible to power a small sort of escalator by the main hydraulic ram doing the splitting. A small spring loaded flap that pops up to grab the wood, folds flat when newly split wood passes over it, when the ram retracts pull the flap up via cable pushing the wood up, comes back down during the next split... Anyway, that is the basic idea...
Thanks a lot and my best wishes to you and your family. See you next 2023 for more fantastic projects
A conveyor that advances with the motion of the ram. (That way you don't need an additional motor.)
EXACTLY what I came here to suggest.
Considering how spindly the arm looks it lifted those logs no problem! Really impressed at this whole project!
It is so painful to see nice saw logs get cut up! Man I hate doing it every year I think this could have went for a better use 😒. Oh well the wife is warm and happy 😂👍🏼
L expression " avoir de la suite dans les idées 💡", a été inventé pour toi !
Je suis admiratif.
A minute and a half in, and already thumbs up and loving it! All that work coming together! Great Job, and Merry Christmas!
Thanks for another year of great projects! Merry Christmas to you and your family and a happy new year.
Greetings from Germany
Nice to see the fruits of your labor paying off. Merry Christmas and a happy new year to you and your family 👍.
Nice as always. Happy new year for you! Coming to Estonia next week, so nice to see your country again.
merry christmas and a happy new year to every one !
thanks donny for the vids !
till next year, cheers ben.
Next project, woodchipper for branches.
Thats a great way to get your logs out of the woods. That little trailer with the loader is awesome. I never knew anything like that was available!!
Awesome! Need a chain or something to move the processed wood up the slide. Moves about a foot every time you cycle the ram.
Yes....a used treadmill.......!!!
Exactly, powered by the ram itself.
@@NavinBetamax Adding another motor is just making the system more complex and it would need to be waterproofed. How about a ratchet and pawl system where every time the hydraulic piston pushes the wood it also pushes a chain conveyer up the ramp?
@@runsolo7418 To non-complicate would be to make the chopped wood platform Horizontal and the collection bin would have to be placed lower for this setup.
@@NavinBetamax longer, lower ramp might be better. I don't see how to lower the height of the bins?
I live in a big city but still want one of those 😅
I can see a conveyor belt coming soon for that ramp.
I really like the splitter! It's working really well now. I'm not sure it needs a conveyor, not for the 2 meters or so that the wood travels, but higher sidewalls seem likely. All in all, this is a really effective combination, with the UTV/trailer/loader and splitter all working decently well.
Sellise haagisega ikka lust toimetada, ülejäänud puidu metsas soovitan hakkeks kokku korjata, saad kuludelt vähe tagasi. Edu ja jõudu ;)
Everyone seems to be suggesting a conveyor belt. I would design something like the track system of a tank where there is a central sprocket system and then have the slats attached to a chain. You can then attach angle iron "catch" like every 16" to allow for cut pieces to collect then move up the conveyor.
Got used to silence with the timelapse, then jumped in my seat when your chainsaw suddenly piped up :-)
Happy Christmas to you and yours Donn!
The splitter is going to be a big time saver!
Looks cold, we have a blizzard moving though right now, -30 F with the wind chill. Stay warm pal!
That was a beautiful, straight tree.. I think you should be milling lumber with such nice trees!!
narrow chute, tall sides.
wont let the logs spread out so far will force them up towards crate easier as its pushing less weight 👍
Making light work of a heavy job! 👍 Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Ya know, I wondered what you were using the winch for. Now it makes total sense.
Hi Donn,
Great job, awesome splitter.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
to you and yours.
Looking forward to more great projects
in 2023.
A very merry Christmas to you and your family and hugh thank you for all your vids through out the past year.
Another great machine to add to your inventory! Good work Donn.
The same to you. happy christman and new year.
Well done Donn. It works so well you don’t get as much of the warmth out of the wood that splitting usually creates. 😉
Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Next modification, a conveyor belt!
add a lifepo4 battery to your atv and charge from alternator to use with electric pump (dont forget battery heater)
Merry Christmas to you too and a happy new year 🎉 from the USA
That’s an impressive piece of kit. Very nice
You need to build a conveyor to dump the wood in your crate 😉
My dad built a machine that both cuts and splits the log at the same time using a hydraulic knife coming down from above. Saves the chainsaw work.
Small conveyor belt or chain belt for the chute Would be a good video
It's coming along wonderfully! Merry Christmas to you and your family.
very nice to see, nice to meet you
Beautiful work my son! 😄
Wish you and your family a great Christmas and a happy new year! 🎅🏼
Make a *small* "dirt berm" [approx 1ft], for the splitter to sit on, and lower the angle of the chute. Get your dirt for the berm from the location where the crates will sit. Should still be easy to back the splitter up onto the berm and to swap out full and empty crates. Just a thought. Btw, Merry CHRISTmas.
That's stuupid. He would need to lift every log extra 1ft. Storage crate lowered by 1ft is awesome idea tho, as it is lifted by equipment, that doesn't care or get back pain :>
@@poprawa // Clearly I'm not suggesting he make the berm the exact width of the splitter, and in the shape of a box. The total berm width should accommodate the splitter and Donn, and be sloped [regarding the side he stands on]. Remember, he made the hydraulic lift that he stands by adjustable so there's room +/- to accommodate this. FYI, "stupid" is spelled with only one U. Before you say: _"I meant to spell it that way, it should've been obvious"_ please understand, the total width/shape of the berm should've been obvious as well. [edit]: Merry Christmas as well.
It won't shove the wood off the correct end even if it was level it just starts piling up every direction tried myself I had to go with a conveyor belt
@@tylermitchell9939 // In the end I'm confidence Donn will make whatever adjustments are needed to make this work efficiently, either via more design mods, or some external changes like those suggested. That works out good for us i.e. another video!
He want to electify the splitter anyway, I would just use the conveyorbelt he build for the firewood processor, no need to bother with the slide.
Nice to see all the work paying off! Happy holidays!
that chain saw at around 2:25 made me jump lol.
Merry Christmas, thanks for some of the best YT content available!
I was thinking about how creative you are and thought a conveyer that moved up every time the ram moved would be a problem solver and no added motor just a drop and drag link between the ram and the belt mechanism.
Donn, your exit chute is too steep of an angle, it needs to be longer with a lower angle, that will lower the force required to push the wood into the tote frame.
Best wishes for the Holidays and the New Year, from Northern Canada.
Merry Christmas to you and your family Donn :) Will be looking forward to see your next projects in the new year :)
Awesome! You rock!
I could only wish I was as talented as you!
Use a treadmill belt system ( convoyer belt system) . You will not be restricted by gravity jamming the chopped wood and also could go higher too.
That little cylinder works quite well still, at least you have speed, no need for conveyor either
He needs a more narrow chute or a conveyor as you can see even with higher rails it just gets bogged down from firewood and he had to stop and clear it out.
Beautiful work with new details. Happy New Year and Merry Christmas)).
Think the sides are not the problem but the end, that should be widest and have an inclination
Grat videos anyway
Awesome. Next on the list. Something to cut the logs into smaller pieces.
Recommended to be built as a conveyor belt would be more suitable.
I thought that you made a log processing machine that incorporated a chainsaw and log splitter, what’s happened to it , why aren’t you using it ?
Good job 👍👍👍Thank you for sharing. Take care of yourself, be safe, and healthy 🇨🇦
Wishing you and your family a MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR 🎅🎄
Watch you all the time I don’t comment to much but as sharp as you are you need a conveyer of all the stuff you build your waisting time when you have to pick up and pull all the wood off your shoot !! Really enjoy your videos Thank you and Happy Holidays to you and your family
Como sempre, um projeto perfeito.Feliz Natal, e um prospero Ano Novo, para você e família
Really nice set up you built. I enjoyed watching. My only suggestion is we have a similar setup and the ramp/conveyor is sanded smooth. It’s still not as good as an actual conveyor. Thanks for the content.
First time viewer. Amazing DIY! Thought for sure you wasted a piece of metal on the side rails but voila, the cutoff matched the end piece perfectly. A small detail I would not have gotten right. Great content!
Great job and great projects.
Hello from the Netherlands .
Merry Christmas 🎄Donn and Family
thanks for the video Donn .
Sincerely, Hollandduck
2:26 Thanks for the jumpscare.
Of course you need to build a conveyor 🙂.
Amazing skills. I wish I had the know-how to carry out a project like that.
Time to build a sawmill some of those logs are to nice for firewood! Merry Christmas stay warm!
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.Happy New Year Mr Diy.😁P.S. Lots of new projects and ideas. Looking forward Ondřej Houška your faithful follower. 🍺😁 Czech Republic
Merry Christmas to you and your family
Great add-on, Marry Christmas to you as well
Honestly at this point i would just add small motor, one wheel, conect them with bike chain, and weld small tabs/ paddles on the chain every so often to just pull wood up the shoot.
If motor is too much, make one way paws, put them on bar and connect it to spliting piston so each time it retracts, it pulls the chain. It can even be similar to pullcord like on small engines to start them.
I had the same exact thoughts to the conveyor into the piston as it would eliminate an additional motor/power requirement of this.
Project suggestion to streamline firewood production; log chopper with conveyer belt
He did a complete serie on that...
Buy don't know why he is not using it anymore🤷♂️🤷♂️
You should try a conveyor system, like an old snowmobile track or something. Great videos!!!
Indeed drive with a hydraulic motor or a small electric geared motor
Merry Christmas. And happy new year.
Ezt a fát luxus eltüzelni.
A very Merry Christmas to you and your family. Be safe.
Another sweet build! What happened to the timber trailer? I'm guessing you had propshaft bind but I don't know. That was a lot of work building the gear cases to not have it work, just curious. Merry Christmas and happy new year!
I questioned that very issue shortly before it left the shop. Something didn't look right to me, not like an articulated tractor or log skidder.
Love it keep it up ❣️
Needs a conveyor, something simple like a hay conveyor chain, your fighting the greatest force in the universe, gravity.
If you put the last foot or so of the ramp on a sprung hinge, the weight of the wood would tip the end down and empty itself before the mass of wood started to impinge upon the lower end. Nicely Done, in the mean time.
Wishing you and yours Very Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year
buon natale a te e famiglia
Merry Christmas Donn & family
God jul och gott nytt år 🎅🇸🇪👍💪
Maybe you can put some wax or oil on the slide so that the wood moves upwards easier? It looks like there is a lot of friction going on
Great job there ❤️
Some slick plastic and it's fine!
Happy Solstice!
Amigo casi me congelo viendo el vídeo jajaja, buen proyecto saludos.
Just impressive 😀
Love your videos. I have thought of combining your log trailer with grapple and wood splitter. More of a mobile wood processor.
Maybe some thin plastic on the slideway makes the firewood slide more easy?
Très bonnes fêtes garçon !
Merry Christmas to you and your family!
Merry Christmas to you & the family
Waiting for the day that you add a belt and/or rollers to get the cut wood up and over.