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Originally Posted by SPYDERLK Charlesaf3, Thats a lot of tonnage for a 9HP. You trade off speed when you go to the bigger (5+") cylinders needed to provide this force safely. Unless you are using a 4 way wedge you will never need more than 20 tons. I have been using my homemade 18 ton (verified by gauge) for 20 years and have never run into something I couldnt split. There have been about 5 times that I had to try twice. You got a good price for that force capability, but you pay in speed unless you go to a 4 way wedge.
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Yeah, it is slow, though its a 2 way so its pretty fast back. And to tell the truth, it isn't that slow, and I see the speed as a safety thing - tough to get a hand caught in this one.
I was thinking of having someone make me up a four way head, actually. Don't know how to weld myself so I'd have to get it done. Head seems pretty replaceable - one bolt to the cylinder, and some bolts on the I beam.
On the power washer front, nah, I've got one. A Briggs and Stratton
(Dargo, feel free to give it back to me now!)