Hi Lift Jack Log Splitter Build
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- Ultimate accessory to the die hard High Lift Jack.
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These Hi Lift jacks can lift 7000lbs(3.5tons), so that is the force that is applied to the log. It had no trouble with dried 10" rounds of softwood and some hardwood. Definitely a lot less work than swinging an axe/maul but won't keep up with a hydraulic log splitter.
Build pictures/ Tech Specs: / sixty-five-ford-youtub...
That was a great idea and you executed the fabrication excellently.
My compliments on knowing how to make a video. All too often they tell you what they're going to make and you have to go to the end to see if it's anything you're interested in making. Showing the finished product at the start of the video makes total sense! Great idea for those of us who never go anywhere without a hi-lift. And having it serve multiple purposes makes a lot of sense.
Thanks Man.
really well done - great thinking, designing and fabricating. I'm a beginner welder and really enjoy seeing creative solutions like this. I have a hi lift jack and am contemplating how to incorporate it into a build to lift my dirt bike on to a hitch stand (for transport).
I saw this video and had to build my own variation of this. I have no welder, or plasma cutter... so nuts and bolts it is. I used an old ax head I found metal detecting as the cutting edge. Today is the day I try it out. I really like the 2 pin quick adjustment handle you made. Thank you for posting!!
Pretty slick, Moe. Anytime you can get more than one use out of one tool, that's a clear win in my book! :>)
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.
Your right about the uses of that jack. They're pretty amazing and this build idea just adds to the versatility of an already great tool.
It'll have a good life as an occasional use camping accessory.
Man I can so see this being sold at home and farm stores. Great thinking.
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.
Great Build! I especially like how you managed to make a Hi-Lift jack MORE DANGEROUS than it already is.
I don't think there is a safe tool around put in the wrong hands.
sixtyfiveford I was just being a smart ass because Hi Lifts are notoriously dangerous. It was meant as a jab at them, not you. I still love them and use them though.... and it is a great build 👍
It’s a runner up on the Chinese chainsaw wheels for angle grinders🤣
That's a great idea...you should make a bunch of them...I'll be the first one to buy one..thanks for the video..Cheers 🍺🍺🍺🍺
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it. It'll make a great camping accessory.
me too I would buy one
I'll buy one too
I’d buy one. Patent & profit
I will pay for one too.
this is one of the very best idea that a person could come up with thank you now if you weld 2 long legs from top to bottom like a tripod and hold the bottom of the legs with 2 long changes so they don't move you don't have to use your other hand the back support of the legs would hold the jack for you. and on the bottom plate the holds the wood weld a big plate so it can hold any size of wood. thank you for this video
I like the way you think.
this would b cool to take on an off road camping trip alot off people Cary a high lift jack off road anyway so it would b perfect if u needed to split anything for your camp fire P.S. I need that metal chop saw
That was my thought. I always have a Hi Lift in my truck so little thing can go along with it.
I bought one, they are worth the money. Homedepot.com was the best deal for me
My first thought also, it wouldn't take up much space and would be pretty useful. Maybe for once I'd have an appropriate sized log to stoke the fire with rather than dumping a giant unsplit log in the middle and smothering it.
Just bought one on eBay while I’m watching....definitely making one of these! Thanks for sharing as always!
Right on!
Best videos Moe! I cannot stop watching. Thanks for taking the time to share all of this.
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.
VEry clever - might be a good idea for car (or Jeep) camping!
Hi Lift jack is always in the truck so camping is where this will see its use.
Awesome to make a project where you get to play with all of your tools! Great work
Thanks. It's fun to put a random idea into reality.
Ingenious Moe! I've got a high lift for my Jeep. That would be just the ticket if I'm going camping and since I'll already have the jack, just make your wedge and I'm set for making firewood (oh...and pack a chain saw of course lol. Cheers my Friend! Zip~ (Sean~)
I always have a Hi Lift in my truck as well. I figured it would make for a nice camping accessory.
Very good craftsmanship
Thanks, it was a fun project.
Here I am getting ready to build a log lift for my splitter, do it like you are doing it would make me just pay the oil man. But if you’re looking for some good exercise you are definitely on to something there. 👍
Awesome, I cant wait to build one I have that exact jack.
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.
Love home made tools. Good stuff. That was one knotty piece.
Thanks Bruce. It was a fun little project.
Nice job! Now if you could only get your dog to run it, while you chase the sticks LOL
That would be the life.
Great idea. To make it even better, you might want to make a platform with a slip over piece of channel to drop onto the bottom of the jack.
This a dam good idea. You should make and sell these. Its simple don’t require electric really can’t break. Could bolt or weld it to steel base
You did a great job with the splitter. No need to rely on hydraulics, gas, electric or an ax! Ginger put the brakes on hard there at the end. Hope all is well my friend, take care.
Thanks, just a fun little side project.
Cool!
I actually made a "lil sucker" from an old air compressor, thanks to you. Works great! .
That's great! I've used mine quite a bit.
Thanks man. This is awesome. Great job. You're the man
Wow very cool! Moe you have one of those brains that just keep going........I get tired just watching lol
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.
Neat, good rig for the cabin......
It'll see light use for camping or a random log I need split.
You just whipped that up like nothing🤠👍
Great little project. Love that jack. I get tired just using my big log splitter lmao. I ve been splitting about four cords a season
Thanks. It won't keep up with my hydraulic log splitters, but it was a fun project.
This is a cool idea, never though about using one for this. True on people not buying em as much for general use, but I love mine to rotate my truck tires (I have frame mounted sliders) and pull out bushes and such.
They're invaluable when you need them.
thanks '65 ,you have always very bright idea ,so now some people won't wake -up the neighbors at 7:00am with the big log splitter lol
Thanks. I wouldn't choose this over my hydraulic log splitter but it'll be fine for camping of the occasional log.
Great idea, good job
That is pretty thick steel, it looks like you work with it easily. Cool project.
That would be Awsome on the trail for campfires..great idea
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it. That was my thought.
Awesome You never cease to amaze me, my friend!!!
Wow, thanks man.
I like it
Years ago I made something similar while I was living I Oregon the black wall nuts and woodcutting is hard business I made devices out of most of what I found yep you got it lots of automotive jacks bottle types work well I don't recommend nor think its a good idea to use scissor type jacks to do the same work they failed miserably
It's always fun putting simple ideas into a functional tool.
The concept is good, but it is going to take longer than using a sharp or a hydraulic or gas powered log splitter. I do agree with your viewers that this would be great if your camping. Not everyone wants to bring an ax with them so this is a great alternative. Especially with the holders that bolt to your vehicle that they now make for these type jacks. Thanks for great video.
There are definitely better ways, but that's not always the funnest. Thanks.
Ok so if you make a C shaped base attachment to slip around a Jeep bumper and a vertical support (2x4, whatever) for the top end that has holes to put a bolt/ pin through the shaft, it would make this stable and horizontal--more like a regular log splitter. As for the splitting adapter-could you just weld a splitting maul to a piece of rectangular steel sleeve and drill pin holes aligned with the shaft? Also thinking there could be a way of having springs on there to make the setup faster between logs. Great modification!
SHALOM from Israel, Middle East. I use eucalyptus for firewood and it is real hard. So I wonder how you would suggest stabilizing the bottom foot better so my eucalyptus doesn't fly off dangerously. Love the idea and I got this jack for Christmas for my Toyota Hi-lux equipment when I rescue people and vehicles who got stuck in mud, etc
I can't believe I've never seen this video before but I'm outside building 1 right now
You never fail to amaze me. HAHA I always wondered what you do for a living. You must do something mechanical . If your an office worker I'll eat my hat. LOL
You eat hats all the time Steve, that's no bet. lol
Ozzstar HAHA I've been wrong before , ok many times :)
You guys are a hoot.
Maybe connect the pin right to the axe head with a chain so you aren’t chasing it around all the time and it’s close to the holes at all time
That will work great on strait grain pine and maybe some hardwoods that are straight grain. Get ahold of a good piece of rock maple and bust that Jack guaranteed. I'll challenge you and your wood splitter any day using a good old-fashioned splitting maul.
I added an extension to the handle for extra leverage, just used mine to lever up my front wall
These are impressive tools.
With some mods, could you attach a wedge to a chain and sink it into the end of a fallen tree and put the jack on the other side and then rive boards?
Awsome Jack's but they will ruin your day if your not paying attention!
That’s awesome 👏 sell em! I’d buy one!
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.
Try building a "frame" to lay it horizontally. That way you don't have to fight the rail with your other hand and can use your legs for force.
This is more of a minimalist tool/accessory you keep with the jack in your truck. If you're getting wood to heat a home you'll want to go a different direction.
Really liked this idea! Thanks!!!
I wish you’d do a whole video on Hi Lift jack uses. I’d drool if you did
I've actually thought about doing a video on these before.
@@sixtyfiveford I really wish you would. Youre really creative, but safe at the same time(mostly hahaha)....PLEASE do it and give me a shout out in the video when you do....my name is Cody from Minnesota
Oughta patent it. There is a market for it. Awesome!
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.
I wonder if a bigger base working on a whole log with a wood grenade style round wedge welded and driven down the middle could pop multiple splits at once?
It probably would. This still will only produce around 4 tons of splitting power which is pretty low in the log splitting world.
very cool build Moe .. I like that !!
Thanks, it was a fun little welding project.
Excellent, I have 2 60" in my attic
Great video brother
Thanks, I'm glad you liked the video. It's always fun turning a quick idea into a functional tool.
very good....may friends... São Paulo - Capital - Brasil
Nice job brother
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.
Hey 65, pretty nice attachment to your jack. Thanks
Thanks.
Where do you come up with these ideas. Awesome.
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.
Pretty slick idea
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.
How about harden that blade? That weld bead fill probably annealed the heck out of it. Maybe needs bringing back up to Temp. Thanks - Lumpy
Mild steel won't take any real hardening and always stays ductile. I made some throwing knives out of mild steel years ago and went through heating and oil quenching only to find out that it was pointless. Metallurgist guys who know way more than me about it say you can't noticeably harden mild steel due to the low carbon. I could weld a bead of high carbon hard facing onto the tip and it would be significantly harder.
Goes to prove America needs to make micro business, if u want to make America great again
Great idea I will do one of these ASAP
I have a suggestion build a flat table around the Table That's way the Log Cancel on the table and the blade will be under the log
That's a good idea.
Nice concept for sure a little time consuming but for small splitting jobs not bad
It'll spend it's life with the camping supplies.
sixtyfiveford that would be a good application
good idea. You will have to make a base for the farm jack and bolt it down where you split wood. You wont have to hang onto the jack.
I was to slow to comment you have it bolted down already
I put a few small wood screws into the pallet and it still wobbled around quite a bit, but better than free floating. If I intended to use it a lot a nice solid mount would be ideal and make it easier to use.
Wow , thats a great idea!!
Clever. Have you thought about making a bottom bracket or plate on the bottom to stabilize the log so you don't have to hold it.
I like the way you think. I did contemplate it in my original plans but decided to keep it simple. However, after using it a little I think it would definitely benefit from a basic table/stand that balances the log.
A bottom plate, 1/2" thick, 12x12" would be a great asset.
Perhaps with a 8" long peg that goes into the ground
Brilliant. I can swing a maul like a gorilla, but at least half the population can't. This is a great inexpensive option for them. Also great for knotted wood. It deflects the blows. You really should sell them. I'd buy for double the cost of the metal. Maybe more.
I've sung an Axe and Maul through more cords than I'd ever like to repeat. This won't replace that but will make a neat camping tool.
Get the top of your jack stabilized so you don't have to hold it (guy wires) and it's excellent!
I was thinking the same thing when using it . I built it primarily for camping, so compact and portability are key. However if is was bolted down to a solid surface, had a guy wire and longer handle; it would be unstoppable.
SO COOL!
Freestanding like that, somebody could get hurt. it'd be much safer if it had a good stable base where you could use both hands to operate the jack instead of trying to balance the whole thing. I'd make a bracket to slide it into the receiver of your truck so the whole unit would be supported.
It's going to make it's life as a camping accessory, so simplicity/portability is key. If it was bolts straight to the concrete or a 2x12 board will do very well.
I wondered when someone was going to come up with a high lift jack log splitter. I should have guessed it would be you. Lol. Very very cool. Let me guess you filed the patent pending paperwork right?
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it. Someone mentioned they are sold online.
sixtyfiveford You are welcome. I never knew that.
I don't know about that idea lol , Maybe good for the logs that the axe cannot kill
Seems like it would take a lot of time to use lol
But still a great idea! and be good in the truck for a backup tool
It'll make it's home as a camping accessory.
Cool mod! Ain't fabbing fun?
You could gun some lag bolts into a stump to keep it vertical, or fab a vertical with a hinge so you can gravity drop the jack on your target log and split it on the ground without lifting the log. Kick log under, kick pieces away, repeat. Check the zillion other horizontal splitters for inspiration.
If you need to proof test it I volunteer my ex-mother-in-law's head but it might bend the beam...
Thanks for watching and the mother in law head.
Put it side way so you will be able to use your whole body, easier to manage the log and you can put wheel on it
Thanks anyway. Super design!
It works OK. I wouldn't split a cord of wood with it but a few logs here and there.
Not a bad project, but I don't think it's practical for use the way it is now. Maybe if it had some kind of bracket to hold the wood and also extend the handle for more leverage. I could see it really help older/weaker guys on a budget.
I wanted to keep it as small portable as possible for camping. I had originally planned on a table/bracket but opted not to. However after some use I think I'm going to make a simple bracket to hold the log.
Cool rig, Moe
Thanks George.
You should make one to slide a hydraulic floor jack in .
I had a hydraulic jack model a long time ago. It was painfully slow at roughly 1/8" travel per handle stroke. It would split pretty much anything though.
Noticed your background music sounds like moms old washing machine! LOL
Her washing machine must have been a sensation with all the dirty clothes.
Sweet for bigger/wetter/knotty stuff. I'd rather swing an axe for smaller stuff though; faster.
Of course, it was just built for fun.
smart accessory man
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.
I wonder if you could lay it horizontally on top of a larger round to help break it down to more manageable chunks. or even use it to rive shorter fence posts (split rail)?
I did try putting horizontal onto a log and it worked.
Widow Maker. Love mine
They come in really handy.
As always very cool
Thanks, it was a fun afternoon project.
And then I want to see the archive footage of you getting that huge tree slab up into the jack. LOL. When you built the box channel, how did you account for clearance? Shims? Eyeball? Thanks - Lumpy
Eyeball. Measuring and tack welding until it had the proper gaps.
That's Very smart fella 👍 great Jack with chain hooks any ideas for quick attached hooks
Quick attach hooks?
sixtyfiveford like a come a long ?
Great idea
Good invention
I like to see a rapid jack log splitter, like a nascar lifts there cars ,u know what I mean
Now make it go into a receiver for lifting stuff into a bed of a truck
Good idea For. Now if you can train your dog to stack the wood you would have it made.
So cool, I see someone selling it online
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.
Cool dog!
Amazing friend
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.
As a fellow welder and fabricator I really appreciate the ingenuity of this project. However, I'm severely faster with an axe and maul. Great idea and build though.
More of a curiosity than anything. It won't win a race but will make it's home next to the Hi Lift jack in my truck. I'm sure I'll pull it out during the occasional camping trip.
I'm sure it will serve you well.
Slow but effective. If that's quicker than you can swing a maul, then you should work on your maul technique. Search for splitting technique videos. There are several.
A maul is for sure quicker.... If you don't get too tired. This exerts a fraction of the energy. So this is a tortoise and the hare situation.
Good technique also reduces fatigue. How much wood are you planning to split? There's only so much time in a person's life. I'll look for the video I found most impressive and put directions in another comment for you.
UPNORTHOF60 has a video called: Use this technique the next time you split wood. I'd rather be heating my home and cooking my food on the wood I've already finishe splitting than to keep pushing a lever about 20 times as long, being cold and hungry. That's a dead tortoise. If you're giving somebody with disabilities a chance to help out, fine, but I wouldn't want to rely on that thing.
that is amazing
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.
no cutting oil for the drill press