Log Rover capstan winch being used to encourage another unwanted conifer away from the oil tank and the road

and down she goes - landing short of the Log Rover obviously...

some young helpers loading the first logs into the back of the Log Rover

Making use of the towable log splitter until we get the onboard one built

just checking it would still lift with some logs in - no worries

sitting a bit lower with the extra weight of logs on

tipping out at home - much easier than doing by hand

first payload dumped

Gassing up in Bernies front garden

Dual fuel filling points working well

Jack posing instead of trying to remove the unwanted tree

Setting up the capstan winch

Once the tree was ripped up with the winch (took some effort...), Jack takes over in winching it up the slope

The Crew.

not actually in use, but an impressive sunset shows off the newly painted splitter

splitting some sycamore for a neighbour

big rounds no problem

splitter working very well

visiting one of stockpiles, in a quarry this time.

doing it's "transformer" act

Bernie cutting some large rounds of sycamore

Splitter lowered to the ground, so save lifting the large rounds up

straight in

nicely split

once all the big rounds are split into more managable chunks, the splitter was raised back up to a more comfortable working height

a couple of split logs in mid-flight into the load bed