Patent ID: 7011123

Claim:
In a log splitter comprising a guide beam having a head end and a foot end, a movable splitting wedge assembly mounted to reciprocatingly slide on said guide beam, a powered ram assembly connected to said wedge, said ram moving said wedge in a splitting stroke from a first, retracted ready position medial of said guide beam ends which permits placement of a log section in position to be split by said ram, to a second, extended split position adjacent said foot end, the improvement which comprises: a) a boom assembly secured in association with said guide beam adjacent said head end thereof, said boom having at least one, first pulley for guiding a log section lifting cable; b) a second pulley secured adjacent the foot end of said guide beam; c) an anchor point disposed in association with said splitting wedge assembly; d) a cable having one end secured to said anchor point at said splitting wedge that is threaded sequentially through said second and said first pulley, and terminating in an attaching member to which a log-securing chain or cable may be hooked; and e) so that when a log is secured to said log-securing chain or cable, said ram power lifts said log upon retraction to said first, ready position permitting said log to be positioned to be split by said wedge.