Horse-powered log splitter

[volodar]

Please, don't be afraid to use big words! It helps though, for even small ones to be spelled right. "That is a fly wheel style splitter." I know, that's one of my points. No electrics or hydraulics on that inertial splitter, so a generator alone wouldn't do squat. In this post, however, you have snuck in an electric motor (check your original)! As far as the horse is concerned, the mechanical setup appears reasonable to me - but perhaps it is not, and could be improved. Horse seems relaxed, at easy walk. However, although I love horses, their husbandry is not among my fields of concentration - so, lots to learn there. However, we support all animal welfare causes. Firewood/splitter experience? For over thirty years we've heated only with wood. Doug Fir, Western Hemlock, Alder, Vine Maple, Arbutus, Pacific Willow. We have rain forest ocean front. Firewood wise, I am faller, bucker, splitter, stacker, and 79. Chainsaws, winches, mauls, wedges, axes are some of my forestry tools. Indispensable for production is my home-modified hydraulic splitter. Have several cords always available. Storage is on fork-lift pallets, about a cubic meter each, under a long shed roof. Bobcat forks do the pallet manoeuvering (don't be afraid to use big words, as long as you know them well). Cheers!

peter