electric log splitter modifications and review

modifications to my yardmax 5-ton electric log splitter

[@StudCity718]

I bought a foot pedal at harbor freight. Use a trigger clamp to hold the button down. That's my one handed operation.

[@rickduncan2929]

You have done well. I like the ingenuity.

[@js_youtube70]

Awesome garage 👍

[@zjedinite]

Gotta say, that switch lever, one hand operation is genius! I was gonna do foot switch and a extender since I don’t want a stand nor want to be down in my knees. BTW that two hand operation is a safety design for like morons that sue bc their coffee was too hot and got burned bc of it. 🤦🏻‍♂️ This safety features ACTUALLY makes it unsafer for us folk that have enough common sense to not fall out our beds in the morning 😆 Gonna try to steal your switch idea but with an extension so heavy longs stay as close to the ground as possible. Thanks dude! Best idea I’ve seen in a while 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@kbee7538]

Got my handy 6 today been in in face already 😂 the push foot ram has a bulge on its face I feel it needs a spike to stop logs jumping

[@Phiyedough]

A good idea to move that switch. On mine my arm is in the way of exploding logs and I have been hit once already!

[@davidlacroix8496]

everyone can now comment and ask questions

[@fsj197811]

Cool deal. Does the axe head help splitting larger stuff as well? Hinder? Thanks for sharing!

[@davidlacroix8496]

Typically to cut kindling I'm only using pieces of wood that I've already split . The unit works exactly how it would if it were unmodified

[@barrygolden9823]

Have you tried splitting bigger pieces with the axe mod yet? It seems like it would ease the load when splitting because of better penetration.

[@davidlacroix8496]

@@barrygolden9823 , the splitter works awesome on larger pieces as well I believe the splitting Ram has a rating of about 5 tons so it handles larger unsplit pieces as long as it's not nasty swamp Maple where the grain of the wood goes in 26 different directions

[@56thSPSk970]

Where did the "Stand " come from? Did you fab it up?

[@davidlacroix8496]

No this is the stand that comes with it...

[@frederickshipp8013]

Definitely not a welder,pretty unimpressive looking welds.

[@rickduncan2929]

Welding wasn't the topic. Unimpressive comment..

[@davidlacroix8496]

The welds were meant to be ugly so that they held a piece of wood from slipping off of the rounded face so I had to build up a booger stack