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Case 1838 skidsteer and logsplitter contraption.....ideas???

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Ok...here is the deal...another one of my great ideas....
About 5 yrs. ago, I built a logsplitter to fit on our 1838 case skidsteer. Mounts to skidsteer like any other attachment, the auxillary hydraulics run the ram. I have a wedge welded to the end of the I beam, and the hyd. ram has a flat plate on the end of it. I built this when I was splitting and selling alot of firewood, but quit selling wood the year i built it. Set by the barn till yesterday, dad wanted to try it. (he heats primarily w/ wood.) Mounted it on skidsteer, hooked up hydraulics. worked ok on smaller (24" and smaller stuff) but the bigger chunks it didnt have the "arse" to do it. Not enough hyd. preasure i assume....Any ideas???? would really like to make work as I wanted...all ideas appreciated...thanks in advance, Mike.
 
If you don't have enough hyd. pressure, the next best would be to go for a larger diameter cylinder on the ram. This will give you more pressure on the wedge, at the expense of slower motion.
 
What size cylinder do you have on it? I'd consider a 4"x 24" ram about the least you'd really want. I run one with a 3.5x22" but it gets stuck in the bad knots.
You'd likely know if the system pressure was down on the machine?

Rod
 
We had the same problem with one we built for the tractor, Ford 3910. We ended up cutting the wedge at angle, it's mounted to the ram. It works much better now as the contact area starts out small to begin the split
 
You might have hydraulic issues with the skidloader. I got a Hydra Mac 1300 this summer and use it on my splitter. Used to use the 1206 on it, and occasionally a tough log would stall it. The Hydra Mac splits the same type of wood like a hot knife through butter, haven't stuck one yet.
 
If it worked ok 5 years ago and not now, you either lost pressure in the skid steer or you have seals leaking in the cylinder. Put a pressure gauge on and test it.
 
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