Homemade John Deere Themed Log Splitter

Our Homemade, John Deere themed, mobile log splitter. Designed specifically to make the larger pieces of wood easier to split. with a capacity of 500+ pounds at a max 16ft reach, the boom makes for easy processing of large rounds, and safe dismantling of logs in piles. it was not designed for fast production of easy to split wood, it was designed for safe, easy production of hard to split wood. it has 12 hydraulic functions, of those 8 are on the main pump, and 4 on the aux. some more specs and notes below. also an in depth review video coming soon after almost 1 year of use. [nov 2016] SPECS: 19HP Vanguard V-twin motor. (key start) hydraulic 2 stage pump + belt driven axillary pump. 16ft knuckle boom lift, on 360 turret, with extension. (2) 5in rams on pusher. 6 way staggered wedge, 1in thick steel. 33in tires on a 7k axel. 9ft hitch extension. log lift, folding wings, folding rear tray. 20gal fuel tank, 20gal hydraulic tank. swing arm control panel electric oil cooler overhead lights on boom 70 tons of splitting power GVW- 6680lbs folded height- 7.5ft folded length- 16ft folded width- 6.5ft steel specs: -frame built from 4x4" 3/8" square tubing -knuckle boom is 1/2" plate, with 1" plate reinforcement -boom extension is 3" 3/4" wall pipe, with 2 1/4" fitted pipe insert -hitch ext used a long strand of 2 1/2" square tubing, running the length of the machine, and a 2" 11ft ram below it, run along rollers. -and the wedge is 1" plate, with the cutting edge done by a plasma cutter. NOTES firewood is not my full time job. after 1 year its split roughly 50 cord and I'm very satisfied with the small amount of effort involved. anyone with a small machine knows the pains of dealing with a 50 inch round. I used to cut them in halves or quarters but now I just lift it up to the wedge. I will be making a video to follow up on the features and their usefulness, and also anything I would change, anything I have broken, and any plans for the future. also if you noticed, in the pictures from the build, the wedge was an 8 way design with 3 wings. after a few knurly pieces we realized it was more efficient as a 6 way wedge. thank you all for the views, and support. please ask away with any questions, or contact me another way (facebook, twitter, ect..)