Patent ID: 7934525

Claim:
A hands-free wood splitting assembly removably and operatively attachable to a mobile vehicle, the mobile vehicle including an arm having a first end pivotally mounted on the mobile vehicle and a distal end extending from the mobile vehicle to carry said wood splitting assembly remotely of the mobile vehicle, the arm being moveable relative to the mobile vehicle, the mobile vehicle having an operator position to support a human operator thereon remotely of said wood splitting assembly, said wood splitting assembly comprising: an auger; a housing operatively connected to the distal end of the arm to rotatably receive said auger; a source of rotational power located at the distal end of the arm to rotate said auger; a control element located at the operator position and remote from said auger to enable the human operator to control movement of the arm and rotation of said auger to engage said auger with a log segment to split the log segment and/or to pick-up and relocate the log segment; and at least two rigid guide members affixed to said housing to enter a split developed in the log segment by said auger such that portions of a partially split log segment are precluded from collapsing against said auger in the split.