IH 450 and IH666 running log splitter

Adrian Billheimer · Dec 24, 2011

I think I read that the 450 did not have enough hydraulic pressure or flow to run a splitter with its own hydraulics, but how about a 666?

kennell · Dec 24, 2011

A 666 would make a great splitter tractor. Here's my splitter tractor. Marry Christmas Kent

Hayfarmer · Dec 24, 2011

I run y log splitter off of my SMTA, usually at an idle. Depends upon the cylinder size you have on the splitter I guess.

mkirsch · Dec 24, 2011

It all depends on what you are expecting out of the splitter.

A 400 WILL run a splitter. It'll run it okay, but you're not going to set the world on fire. If you need to tear through some wood, or if you're splitting a lot of stringy-snarly wood, you will want something with more GPM and more pressure.

James Williams · Dec 24, 2011

Friend of mine runs his with a H and it runs very well,had to add a resivoir

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scotc · Dec 25, 2011

The 450 should be OK as long as you aren't in a hurry. We ran ours with the 300 and it split everything we ever put in it. On easy-splitting stuff the axe was quicker though. Advantage to a 3-pt splitter with the fast hitch is you can use the drawbar to hold the splitter down.

e. r. · Dec 25, 2011

Ran a splitter off my 300 for years. Plumbed a valve on the splitter, hooked the hoses to the tractor, tied off the lever on the tractor when I was using it, pulled up a block next to it, and sat down and split the wood pile. When pile got out of reach i would move the splitter closer and sit back down. Ran slow but I'm never in a hurry anyway and I didn't have to be swinging an ax or maul.

IH 450 and IH666 running log splitter

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