operating a log splitter

jim billings · Nov 30, 2008

i am going to try to operate my log splitter off my "H". it dosent have live hydrolics. my thought is to hook up the hydro lines from the pump on the "H" to the splitter and engage the hydro lever on the "H" (keeping it always engaged) and running the splitter. but before i have new lines with quick connects made i would like to know if this will work. any advice will be appreciated, thanks.

Bob · Nov 30, 2008

You certainly wouldn't be the first to operate a splitter that way.

James Williams · Nov 30, 2008

Jim,A friend of mine works his spliter the same way,but he need a resovior tank to hold more hyd.fluid

jimmy

Anonymous-0 · Nov 30, 2008

it can be done. however run 1 hose from hyd. outlet to in side of open center 2 way valve and a return to pump fill pipe on pump, pressure outlet lines on valve go to 2 way splitter cylinder. note this will not have a lot of splitting power as an H hyd pressue is in the area of 700 psi and most splitters use 2000 to 2500 psi pumps

Spook · Nov 30, 2008

I am planning to do the same. I am looking for a 3 pt splitter, and I plan on getting a pto hydraulic pump and reservior. I think the H pump is not really designed for this type of use. A pto unit would work great.

mattofvinings · Nov 30, 2008

I think you should look at pump displacement per revolution usually in cu.in./rev before you buy a PTO pump. In other words, buy one according to that feature.

This will determine the cycle time of your splitter when you compute the displacement of the hydraulic cylinder...and note the cylinder will have slightly different volumes on each side of the piston...on one side the rod will occupy some of the volume.

So you use cu.in/rev x PTO rpms to get a cu-in/min figure. You have a certain number of cu-inches of the cylinder to fill, and so you can get the number of minutes needed to cycle the cylinder in one direction.

operating a log splitter

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