Westport Matters: Homemade Firewood Processor

     Together with grandsons Jacob and Jared, Claude Ledoux and Billy White introduce their amazing, homemade, firewood processor. Designed and assembled with the help of local farmers and friends, this machine cuts full-size logs to length, splits the pieces and stacks them into neat piles of cordwood. More...

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      "Johnny Boan and John Silvia, gave us these hydraulic valves," says Billy. "We got the main pump from Bob Haines, Pine Hill Equipment. Kenny Lee did a lot of the machine work. He also donated a piston and some valves for the splitter. We got more valves and these hydraulic tanks from Ray Bothelo. Chape White let us take the axles off of an old house trailer. We got the wheels from Porky's Junk Yard. Ernie Ferry, Goldstein's Farm Equipment, let us take the engine and gas tank out of an old Isuzu pickup that he wasn't using anymore. It's an 80 hp, turbo-charged diesel. We got most of the steel from Mikey Perry..."

    Four months in the making, the machine is amazing. It's so easy to operate, even a child can do it. If you've ever cut, split and stacked your own firewood, then you're sure to be entertained by this video!

     FAQ: So what's it's worth? Claude would never say, possibly because they didn't spend much on it, but to view a $15,500 commercial machine with comparable functionality, click here. Additional makes and models may be viewed by searching for "firewood processor" at Google/Images/Video... Hint: They're all very expensive!

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