Abstract: Apparatus mountable to a support vehicle for splitting and loading firewood the apparatus which includes:a. a rigid connecting member, the connecting member having a proximal component and a distal component, the proximal component mountable to the support vehicle, the distal component traversably mounted to the proximal component, the distal component including traversing means for traversing the distal component relative to the proximal component; andb. a wood splitter supported in a downward orientation by the connecting member and rigidly mounted to the distal component, the wood splitter traversable via the traversing means into a selectable position which is in alignment with the ends of a wood piece.