Predator 670cc engine mount - Bonus Widow Maker Coverage!

[@heinziesbackyardadventures9507]

Looking forward to seeing the project finished, nice work on the rotten telephone pole. Stay safe my friend

[@WSTMike]

Hi Heinzie! That pole was rotten for sure. Some decent wood in it, but getting it down was more about eliminating the headache it could pose later. Thanks for watching! WST

[@johnlegge572]

Some Widow Maker. Glad you got it down safely. Splitter is looking good! 👍🏼🍅

[@WSTMike]

Hi John! That was a weird one, eh? It was even weirder just to put on the ground! Anyway, it’s down and thought I would just show you all. Thanks for watching! WST

[@outdoorswiththisguy1950]

Them hangers like that can be a pain in the but. Glad to see you got er down Mike. Take care !!!

[@WSTMike]

Hi Don! Hangers and Hangovers. No good! Thanks for watching my friend! WST

[@stevepreston7030]

That widow maker reminded me of virtually the same scenario I had with a Douglas Fir. I tried to cut down a tree a bit bigger and taller. It got hung up in the other trees and spun off the stump. I had to pull it with my truck in reverse, hooked to the front of my truck. I think that's the last tree I have fallen. It spooked me.

[@WSTMike]

Hi Steve! Trees that do that are spooky for sure. I was confident, but uncertain at the same time. Does that make sense? You just hope everything hits the ground and you are still alive and in my case, you have power. I have too many trees around power lines!! Thanks for sharing your story and watching WST

[@outdoorsinthe608]

Good job WST! Mid video and you see something shiny in the woods….👍👍

[@WSTMike]

Hey 608! It was a nice diversion. Don’t mind the shop when the weather is cold, but always better in the woods! Thanks for watching! WST

[@Living-The-Dream]

Really looking good on the Splitter Mike ! You had me worried on the wood removal though…..😏 That Husky saved ya…..again 🚜⛓🪚🪵👍👏🥃💪🇺🇸

[@WSTMike]

LTD, I had no idea what was the right thing to do. Yank here, tank there and it would come down. Yea, right. Husky did very little. It will in future episodes .

[@peteschiavoni]

Tom Arnold after TB😂😂😂😂😂😂 Great job with the hanger. I still hate those things cuz wood has a mind of its own!!

[@WSTMike]

Pete?? A man that appreciates totally left field jokes. Trust me, I don't write these in advance. Hangers are the 8th wonder of the world. When you think you understand what they are going to do.....nope, you're wrong! Thanks for watching my friend! WST

[@bfoutdooradventures]

Hey Mike good video, got some good chuckles from the widow maker takedown. Glad it came down safely.

[@WSTMike]

B&F!! Hope all is well. The widow maker was a bonus for you and me. Imagine my surprise to se this sucker dangling. I like spur of the moment puzzles….. so does Tom Arnold! Thanks for watching! WST

[@inthebackyardwithdel438]

Hey Mike , splitter is looking good . That tree was being very stubborn !

[@WSTMike]

Hi Del! Yep. That was a longer task than I expected. That’s what’s fun about firewood, not everything is straightforward. Got to think a little. Thanks for watching my friend! WST

[@mikehughes2026]

Hello Mike, great video, appreciate the PSA on the IOV, WST, good to CYA , before you and the MRS. go to the PTA, ok, that’s enough. Liked the Tom Arnold joke, you do remember he was married to Roseanne, he must have really tied one on that night. Anyway, thanks for the entertainment, the world can use a little laugh right now. Have a nice weekend

[@WSTMike]

FYI, THX for watching 🤣 Thanks for playing a long and getting what I’m getting at. You need to laugh these days. If not, it’s a sad place. Thanks for watching, other Mike. I appreciate it greatly. WST

[@woodruffwoods]

Nice job Mike! Tractors are great tools. The Tom Arnold reference was hilarious!

[@WSTMike]

What would a man do without a tractor? Not as much. Thank you for knowing who Tom Arnold is. Thanks for watching my friend! WST

[@richysoutdoors2591]

All coming along well on the splitter build 👍. Awesome vid. Mike. Very enjoyable. Take care bud .., 372 cuttings 👍👍

[@WSTMike]

Hey Cherry 🍒 Man! Thanks for stopping by to watch these methodical videos. It will get better again soon! WST

[@DanielAtkinsFirewood]

Good idea in the isolators.. And good catch on the broken tree as well..

[@maxair420]

I like ur idea for later. Doing maintenance is an always but if it's easier it's better. Nice score on the stem 👍🏽 🤘🏽

[@WSTMike]

Hey Max! Thanks for coming back down from altitude to watch! Making it easier to do maintenance may seem overkill, but why not. The stem score 🤣 That’s awesome! Take care my friend. I will be booking a seat on your next flight. WST

[@dmalloy96]

That hanger was giving you fits but you got it down safe and sound that looks like a beast of a motor should have plenty of power

[@WSTMike]

Hi David! That hanger was a PITA! If that motor doesn’t have the guts, I’ll put a Cummins on it. That might work? Thanks for watching! WST

[@dmalloy96]

@@WSTMike I have a Dodge Cummins 98 they will definitely turn the motor then lol 😂

[@patrickgalloway8972]

An idea I saw on OWB is a small boat style gas tank with removable hose fittings. Joe takes the processor fuel tank directly to gas station.

[@WSTMike]

Hi Patrick! I agree that would be the thing to do. I however buy my non ethanol gas 100 gallons at a time. I would just take the splitter by the pump. I appreciate you watching and hope to see you again. WST

[@baococvlogsignupnow1064]

HELLO FRIENDS SHARE VERY GOOD AND INTERESTING VIDEOS. . .

[@larryhronesz5693]

Good spotting on the tree that could have been really bad

[@WSTMike]

Hi Larry, I agree. That was a widow maker of widow makers. It had to come down quick!! I appreciate you watching! WST

[@willdavidsonakawd3062]

Mike that was a great idea with elevating the motor, along with the vibration isolators and the boxing in of the square tubing. Now the widow makers, not my fav cuz if you cant control it like you do i get the nervous sweats cuz you dont know what its doing. you did amazing with how safe you took it down!!!!!

[@WSTMike]

WD30! How are you my friend. Glad you to hear you are anti-vibration. As for the widow, she was stubborn. Forgives it out slowly and with calculations. Thanks for watching my friend. WST

[@willdavidsonakawd3062]

@@WSTMike thank you for the laugh mike. This comment is gold

[@TheDriftlessHomestead]

Mike, that splitter is coming along nicely. Very nice job!

[@WSTMike]

Slow, bit sure. Slow, keyword. Thanks for watching my EastonMade friend.

[@stephenrhodesianridgeback7418]

Looks like taking your time has paid off . Everything is thought out well and done right . Looking forward too some splitting action with that predator engine power house . Newholland blue with light blue high lighting would look nice and match your tractor . Nice job Mike 👍👍👍👍

[@WSTMike]

Hey SRR77! That’s your new name 🤣 I appreciate the comment. I hope this comes together like it does in my dreams. I have redone a few things I did because I wasn’t happy. All off camera of course. The New Holland color was thrown around in my head. Whatever I chose, it will look as blingy as I can make it. Take care, brother. Appreciate you! WST

[@ClintsHobbiesDIY]

The build is coming along nicely Mike. Maybe a piece of angle under the engine deck across the back for some added rigidity. I've been missing you and your vids.

[@WSTMike]

Hey Clint! Thanks for reaching out. I’ve been doing a lot of work for my personal job and just got back from a 12 day camping vacation with the family down south. I do plan on getting back to The Tube and sharing more video. I just had to take care of my business and my family first. Thanks again for reaching out. It means a lot to me. Take care my friend! WST

[@ClintsHobbiesDIY]

@@WSTMike Thanks Mike. I respect a man that has his priorities in line.

[@toddsoutsideagain]

Splitter build looking awesome Mike!! Can’t wait to see it in action. 👍🏻👍🏻🐿

[@WSTMike]

TOA! Are you looking at the same splitter I am? 🤣 Just need time to get this thing done so I can realize my work. Soon, I hope. Take care, brother. WST

[@garny3766]

WST, like you I enjoy black lines and they do matter when laying out builds such as this. What we will disagree on is the isolators and raised mount. What I feel will happen is by having all that material (engine block, isolators, sq.tubing, floor plate) all sandwiched with long bolts and the limiting fastener torque due to isolator compression is gonna cause loosing/vibrating issues. I have a feeling it might loosen up and fall apart faster than the chaz/chop mlb autonomy zone of June 2020. I would recommend weld bolts inside one side of sq tube for rigid fasten to floor plate. Then weld bolts upward for engine and isolators. This will help entire engine mount to remain tight.

[@WSTMike]

Hi Garny, I understand what you are saying. I looked at doing that, but the size of the tube was not enough to get the correct length of bolt for either side. I do have another idea that will yield the same result. The plan is to weld the lift kit to the platform. Have a big enough hole from the bottom yo feed the bolt length needed for the top section. Hopefully that made sense. I don’t want that whatever you mentioned happening in June 2020 to me…. Thanks for the help. WST

[@craigwilson9560]

Mike, your splitter is looking awesome! Well thought out process. Those widow makers are something else. Glad you were able to get it safely on the ground!

[@WSTMike]

Hi Craig! Hope all is well. Splitter is coming along really slow, but it has a clear path to something very, very usable. That widow maker was fun, but stubborn. If I knew then, what I know now, it would have been a quicker process. Thanks for watching as always. WST

[@FirewoodMidwest]

Coming along nicely Mike. Pretty soon you’ll have a few guys working for you and pumping these splitters out by the dozens! Take care! 🐿🐿📏

[@WSTMike]

FM, I’m speechless. In building a a splitter as slow as molasses in February…. That’s slow. The hiring pool is not good and here I am. Thanks for the support and the pics. Your help will soon manifest itself……. I think. Keep the 🚂 on the tracks my friend. WST

[@PapaRug.58]

Hockey pucks work great as vibration isolators Used them lots on oilfield equipment lots

[@WSTMike]

Great information, Doug. It makes complete sense. I have a garage full of pucks. What do you recommend I do with all the broken sticks I saved over the years. I only kept the woodies from back in the day. Thanks for watching and commenting. WST

[@PapaRug.58]

@@WSTMike I’m sure the wife could offer suggestions lol

[@WSTMike]

@@PapaRug.58 she can’t suggest what she can’t see 😉

[@DaveCollierCamping]

Awesome video, Mike

[@mikehughes2026]

Hello Mike, hope you and the family are doing well, taking some time to stop and smell the roses( watch out for poison ivy) Take care

[@WSTMike]

Hi Mike! Hope all is well on your end. The vacation was a nice sabbatical for the family and I. I got back and had some catch up to do with my real job. I hope to get back in the swing of things again and put some content out there. Thanks for the note. WST

[@gringopines3476]

HAY MIKE NICE MOUNT & DISMOUNT... YUP THIS INSTALLMENT WAS PRETTY ACROBATIC... BOTH THE ENGINEERING AND RE-ENGINEERING SEGMENTS... AT FIRST, I THOUGHT YOU WERE HEADIN' TOWARDS KIND- OF A JACK AND THE BEANSTALK THEAM, BUT THEN YOU SWITCHED GEARS AND WENT FOR THE JOHN HENRY THING WITH THE OLE PILEDRIVIN' ACTION... I LIKE IT! I THINK THE SPLIT-A-NATER GONNA BE RIGHT UP THERE WITH ROBOSOURIS & SHOCKWAVE... HAY IF I'M REAL GOOD, WILL YOU MAKE ME ONE??? AND CAN YOU PAINT IT GREEN??? I WAS THINKIN' BOUT DOIN' SOMETHIN' DIFFERENT LIKE SPLITIN' HEADACHES... THAT WAY YOU CAN HAVE ONE NOW, AND SAVE ONE FOR LATER... WHAT-DA-YOU THINK??? PRETTY COOL HUGH??? WELL I GOTTA GO I THINK I HEAR MY MOM CALLIN' ME... STAY COOL... PEACE...

[@WSTMike]

Hey Gringo, hope all is well on hell’s doorstep. All I want to say is this. You actually guessed the name of my splitter. I named it 3 weeks ago and by my amazement, you said it. That’s as far as I will go. The colors with be, I can’t say that either. This whole build is the Divinci Code. One week at a time my friend. If the man ever lets go of me, you will get more of me. Thanks for watching and support this side of the tracks. Take care my friend! WST

[@Shallow-pockets-acres]

Nice video.

[@WSTMike]

Thank you very much! Appreciate you watching. WST

[@larrykluckoutdoors8227]

Nice engine

[@WSTMike]

Nice comment. Thanks for watching, Larry!

[@KNLFirewood]

Nice Mike! You could install a Drainz-It plug before you put oil in it. Del showed one on his channel last summer. Do you have a completion date in mind? I’m anxious to see it in action!

[@WSTMike]

Hi Mike! I had saw that on Del’s channel before. I was just going to hard pipe it. As for a completion date….. ASAP or this year. Whichever comes first. Time has been a big factor of late. With everything going on in the world right now, the real job has me busier than usual. Thanks for watching! WST

[@krisschuh7393]

Hey Mike just wondering when you will have this splitter finished! Would love to see the rest of the build and some action shots of it working

[@WSTMike]

Hi Kris! Thanks for the comment. Now that COVID is somewhat behind us, my job has become my job once again. I have had very little time to get it finished in a timely matter. Plus, I spend a lot of time with the family since I travel. That being said, I am getting close to getting it finished. I hope to have it up and running no later than October. You will see it finished and working, I promise. Thanks again for watching! WST

[@sawsurgeon]

I don’t no Mike. All them big words come’n at me in the begin’n done threw me off, jess cain’t hang with you brainy folk. All’s I know’d is them there fancy lift kit thingymajobbers (See, I no’s me sum big words to!) that you dun put under the big black noise maker, they shore be purdy! Ooh, ‘n I liked me that closer up bonus footage to. Reel thawtlike of ya! Bless’ns to ya, Tedd

[@WSTMike]

Hey Tedd! You had me at “I don’t know, Mike” 🤣 Nothing I say is really thought out. That was a riff. It flowed and you heard it. I often thought about going to one of those coffee house on open mic night. I could enlighten some people with gibberish. T-shirt are supposed to ship next week! Soon you will be sporting the squirrel. Take care! WST

[@firewoodathome]

👍👍

[@WSTMike]

Hi Bill! 👍👍🐿🐿🪚🪚

[@Alan_Hans__]

As soon as you planted the widowmaker and then reattached a couple feet up from the bottom I thought oh no someone is going to do some ploughing rather than dragging. I've ploughed with enough trees/branches that I now try to drag from as close to the butt end as possible. Are you putting another urethane disc underneath the mount? With a rigid bolt between the top of the engine mount to the bottom of the frame there is still a direct path for vibrations to get through.

[@larryhronesz5693]

I measured my rugged made splitter the ram to wedge is 1 3/4 inch I would make it 1 inch when splitting hickory it needs to be closer

[@WSTMike]

Hi Larry, good to hear from you. Between us, I made it 1” away. I will be more active again soon. Work and other family matters have taken me away from KZbin. Thanks for sticking around and the comment. I appreciate it.

[@luisbatista1103]

New sub 👏👏👏👏👏👍👌

[@WSTMike]

Thanks, Luis!

[@timbervisions]

Mike, haven't seen anything from you in awhile. Hope all is well brother.

[@WSTMike]

All is well. Things more important than KZbin going on right now. Hope to make a return at some point.

[@timbervisions]

@@WSTMike Understood, just glad all is well!

[@gringopines3476]

HAY MIKE DID YOUR SPLITTER EAT YOU OR SOMETHIN'??? YOU AND ROD BOTH DISAPPEARED... JUST CHECKIN IN, HOPE ALL IS WELL...

[@WSTMike]

Gringo!! This reply is to show proof of life. I literally just got back from a two week vacation with the wife and boys. Before that, I was so inundated with work that I couldn’t make a short, let alone a full scale video. I plan to get back to it very soon. I just needed to get through the work and take the family on some much needed vacation. I really appreciate you checking in. See you soon! WST LIVES!!!

[@luisbatista1103]

Where's the rest of the playlist for the new log splitter?

[@WSTMike]

I will be coming out with new videos soon, I hope. Work became a monster and I have to deal with that first.

[@luisbatista1103]

@@WSTMike It's called LIFE my friend 👌👍🇨🇦

[@WSTMike]

@@luisbatista1103 Well, life has been a bugger the last year. Thanks for commenting. With the woodyard starting to have the snow go away, I’m getting anxious to show the completed splitter. It’s a runner!

[@logginlogan6796]

What color are you gonna paint it? Red?

[@WSTMike]

Hi Logan! I can’t unveil the color(s). Mainly because I haven’t settled on them yet. Stay tuned! Take care, WST

[@andystampfli9127]

Why do something once that you could drag out into an afternoon project

[@WSTMike]

Hi Andy! This project has been dragged out beyond anything else I’ve ever done. I just need time and Amazon doesn’t sell it on Prime. Thanks for watching! WST

[@andystampfli9127]

@@WSTMike I meant the tree not falling on the first pull.

[@WSTMike]

@@andystampfli9127 Oh, 🤣🤣

[@christopherfaber3953]

Will there be more videos of this series

[@WSTMike]

Yessir. The splitter is done. Just been busy with my business and haven’t had time to shoot videos. I take it you have seen all the videos on the splitter to this point? Thank you for watching.

[@christopherfaber3953]

@@WSTMike yes I have. I have really enjoyed the series so far and am using parts as inspiration to build my own splitter. One question where did you get your dump valve from?

[@WSTMike]

@@christopherfaber3953 Glad you enjoyed the vids and you’re building your own. It’s a fun project. I got my dump valve from Splitez (Split Ez) Here is the link m.splitez.com/dump-valve.html

[@stannelson2582]

Mr wst! Your in the middle of building a super nice splitter! So this is the time to plan and fix the second largest complaint about splitters after speed. Noise! My splitter is quiet and so should yours be so you can hear the Mrs. Ask your son how to quiet that predictor down so you can talk while using it. You have plenty of power and that thing is loud. Do some research quiet it down and then WE all can enjoy your amazing talent of building and speaking big words that are so large people like me don’t even realize that your insulting them.lol. But for real it’s s great investment for your ears marriage and video production! I’m out!

[@WSTMike]

THE STAN!! I skipped everyone to answer you first. The only way this thing is going to be quiet is if I get a gigantic baby bipolar and slap it over the top of it. Don’t worry, you will be able to hear me while I’m splitting. I just paid $1.4 million for a very good noise canceling mic. It’s so good, I can’t hear myself taking. Impressive. Great to hear from you. Soon I hope to go to twice a day again. Take care, brother! WST

[@stannelson2582]

@@WSTMike I know I’m full of ship all the time but this one is for real. Ask your son I’m positive you can buy or make a muffler to quiet that thing down. Cool quest. Fine I’ll figure out why everyone wants to have ear protection on all the time. Everyone but me.

[@WSTMike]

@@stannelson2582 I’ll see what I can do brother. I need to fire it up first. It came with a pretty decent muffler, so we will see

[@stannelson2582]

@@WSTMike consider a muffler from moped or… my daughters have 4 stroke 125 cc 4 wheelers that are quiet too. Generator s have different mufflers too. If I had your ability I would try out my idea! Lol.

[@WSTMike]

@@stannelson2582 you have my ability, so get back with me.