McLeod homemade firewood processor

[@TairnKA]

Seeing the pile of cut wood reminded me of a friend (Yakima Wa) who would head into the hills with a chain saw and gathered wood (downed). At his place there were three stages of wood in his back yard. Cords split, stacked and dried ready for the winter. Cords being split stacked and drying, then the loads piled up fresh from the forest the last of it weighting down the back of his pickup. He would have been very happy with a setup like yours. Thank-you for the time, take care.

[@WayneMarion]

You did almost everything right with this build. I like that you didn't over build it and you didn't under build it, it's just right. Except. I would have the controls and the saw on the same side. It only needs to be a one operator operation. Maybe you did it this way on purpose so that your lovely wife could be there with you? Yea, I wouldn't blame you for that.

[@stevemcleod1124]

Thanks Wayne. I used what I had and could beg borrow and steal, and that is what I ended up with. Not pretty to look at, but is slightly easier on the back. Agree about controls being on same side as saw so I came up with a single operator option. Search McLeod wood processor single operator option. For that I used a cable to operate the throttle until it froze on me in the fall. Swapped that out for a 5 volt servo and a switch on the handle. I will have to do a video on that one.

[@hankelrod7315]

@@stevemcleod1124 not pretty to look at? That’s your wife you are staring at!:)

[@skeets6060]

Ya got a keeper there son make sure you get her something nice for her BD

[@carlosgamboa9254]

hermosa maquina para coryar troncos y partir solo que le falta mas cuchillas yo te felisito chamigo y te saludo desde garin bs as

[@davidsargood3228]

Nice looking unit, you should be proud of it. What size motor did you use for the infeed belt? thanks

[@stevemcleod1124]

Thank you, as ugly as it is I am. We have put over 50 cord of wood through it between myself and a few neighbours who use it. Its not fast, but its easy on the back. The drive is actually just a 12 volt winch motor with a chain dive up to a sprocket bolted to the end of the drive shaft off a mid 70's Polaris snowmobile (and track).

[@davidsargood3228]

I thought it looked like a track. Thanks and keep up the good work.

[@RickJames-xy6io]

Steve McLeod I thought that was a snowmobile track. Also looks like an old 266 husky and based on how you spelled “neighbour “ I’m guessing you are Canada . Looks a lot like New Brunswick woods.

[@delbovingdon1824]

Could also be Wawa Ontario Canada it turns into softwood country and of course you have your white birch and poplar hardwood mixed with it but anyhow I am impressed with the homemade processer and anything to make the job a little more painless on the back!!Did you ever look into the hydraulic saw's and how much they are worth? I like the idea of running a winch with a sprocket to the undercarriage of a snow machine, that gives a person several different options to hook up a drive system to pull your logs ahead even the chaincase and clutch and motor or a nice twin liquid cooled to run everything!!

[@beauxtx1959]

WOW! Impressive!

[@alfredh.9590]

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[@dmitrybereznoy394]

poor wifey )

[@michaelhusnik7777]

Way to slow I can split and stack faster plus get a work out

[@michaelhusnik7777]

Way to slow I can split with my maul faster plus get a workout

[@johncooper7931]

I think i will watch paint dry

[@stevemcleod1124]

And I will keep the reply I want to send to myself.

[@b_a_c_k_s_t_a_y2685]

This was painful to watch.