Patent ID: 6763864
Filing Date: 2004-07-20
Classification: B27L

Abstract:
A log splitter attachment for a loader including a pair of lift arms for supporting a bucket thereon, the attachment comprising:a frame for securement to the lift arms of the loader, the frame including mounting means for mounting the frame in place of the bucket on the lift arms; a blade supported on the frame for splitting a log thereon; a log pusher supported on the frame and being movable relative to the blade; and an actuator acting between the blade and the log pusher for displacing the log pusher relative to the blade between a loading position spaced from the blade and a splitting position in which the log pusher is nearer to the blade than the loading position for urging a log into the blade; the frame including a beam supporting the blade and the pusher on one side thereof such that access to a working area between the blade and the log pusher is unrestricted from only one of two sides of the working area extending between the blade and the log pusher, the beam extending across the other side of the working area.