Re: A couple more big things then it's done. PIX

Posted by Texasmark1 on July 15, 2015 at 16:30:03 from (198.45.234.19):

In Reply to: Re: A couple more big things then it's done. PIX posted by LOU from Wi. on July 14, 2015 at 19:26:43:

I have them. See if I can dig them up. I already had a home made splitter but used the remote hyd. from the tractor. To get decent splitting pressure I had to go to a 4" cylinder and to split longs had to have a long splitter. Volume was just too much for it to have any kind of cycle time.

I had an old lawnmower with a bad deck and I partially stripped the frame and built up from there using the engine, running gear (no power to the hydro.... gotta push it), Steering wheel and pedestal with built in fuel tank and battery slot.

I'll look for them this evening and if I find them, probably will, will go to Modern view and edit this post!

Mark

Edit: I already had this. I deliberately wanted it close to the ground so I could work alone and roll the logs onto it, no lifting. I do not transport it so I didn't need much for wheels even though I have some. It sits at the wood pile.



The lawnmower was a Scotts and has a 17.5 hp Kohler single engine. The drive to the pump is off the bottom pulley that used to drive the hydro tranny.....that's why I have to push it now...I keep this part in my shop......but the solid rubber tires make it effortless.

I had to mount the pump that low to get the correct direction of rotation and had to have room to put the torque less pump to drive Lovejoy connections.

The pump is a double stage 16 gpm requiring 8 hp to operate.

The tank is 2 gallon and has the filter on the inlet with a pressure gauge added since this pic was taken...want to know what pressure is on the inlet to the tank incase the filter clogs!

The control is made for the application.

I made the brackets to mount the controls and mount the pump which included a belt tensioner to keep the belt from vibrating too much since it is quite long.

Hoses are 1/2 inch and 6' long.

I read up on what you have to do to have high flow rates and incorporated these ideas into the design. My cycle time is 6 sec one way and 7 the other....must be 7 to close (no product) and 6 to open...whichever. It solved my slow speed problem.

The wedge is a 3 stage development and was started before I got to where you see it now. I designed it to operate with a smaller cylinder before I bought the 4" so I couldn't brute force bust logs like commercial sharpened chunks of steel do.

Pump, Lovejoy parts, pump interface bracket, control, filter and storage tank all came from Northern tool and I got the cheapest they had. Not sorry, they are plenty adequate.





That's about it. Oh the wood pile is gone. It took care of it including the y's and v's in the tree trunk/limbs.

Mark

This post was edited by Texasmark1 at 17:02:02 07/15/15.

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