Patent ID: 7228881

Claim:
A wood processor, comprising: a) a self-propelled motor vehicle including a bed structure adapted to receive a log thereupon, said log being aligned along a major axis thereof; b) a clamping device depending from and selectively positionable along a horizontal support member positioned above said bed structure and aligned with said major axis for grasping said log and positioning said log along said major axis of said bed structure; c) a power saw attached to said bed structure and positionable along said major axis for cutting said log to produce a wood member having a predetermined length; d) a tip pan attached to said bed structure proximate said power saw and selectively movable between a wood member receiving position and a wood member discharging position and adapted to receive said wood member once cut from said log; and e) a splitting device positioned on said motor vehicle for receiving said wood member from said tip pan and splitting said wood member longitudinally into at least two pieces such that said at least two pieces can be removed from said motor vehicle.