Fred from MO
Well-Known Member
I have seen these wood splitter attachments that attach to the hoe once the bucket is removed. I split a lot of wood each year and I fell in love with watching these work! I have a traditional wood splitter but as I get older wrestling log sections onto or under the splitter gets harder each year. The kind I have seen mounts in place of the bucket and the wedge mounts to a thumb. The action of the bucket curling pushes the log end into the wedge on the thumb and it splits the wood. The thing that makes it attactive to me is that there would be no wrestling of the large round heavy log ends rolling or lifting them under or on a traditional splitter. The Side Tool company www.sidetool.com sells some mainly for mini excavators but they will make one for a backhoe. I like the thought of splitting wood with the hoe and not having the physical issue of wrestling with large cuts of wood. Curios if anyone has one, this picture is for an excavator but the principle is the same