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13 Nov ’13 - 8:36 pm
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Well I've decided that my winter project is going to build me a wood processor.. Im hoping i will be able to process a cord an hour.. Anybody have any info or advice to give me would be great..

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13 Nov ’13 - 8:40 pm
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how intricate do you want it to be?

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well to make it cheap and simple im going manual with the saw.. i have my old saw and it still runs so i will use that mounted on a pivot to cut the wood to length. harbor freight has a 6.5hp 212cc gas engine for $120 that i plan on using to drive the hydraulic pump, my plans only call for 2 hydraulic rams, 1 for the splitter and 1 for the lift that lifts the logs up on the processor itself. As far as feeding the log to the saw im going with rollers and a small winch. The winch will be mounted on the far side of the processor so i can run the cable to the end of the log, attach it to the log and winch it into the saw as needed.. If this is somewhat of a success i will eventually switch everything to hydraulics so in theory I will be able to stand in 1 spot and control everything with the hydraulic levers.. What do you think?

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sounds dangerous, I like it! Have you checked craigslist at all for a cheap trailer frame to mount all this on?

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interested. This I gotta see.

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Quote from Kvr28 on November 14, 2013, 08:55

sounds dangerous, I like it! Have you checked craigslist at all for a cheap trailer frame to mount all this on?

best thing about that i havr an old woods trailer made out of a 1 ton truck

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14 Nov ’13 - 8:29 pm
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if I can find you a used commercial processor that might be cheaper than what you can build, are you interested? no promises

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well if you can find 1 for 1000 or less. I dont believe i would have more then that in the total build

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