90cummins
Veteran Member
I built my splitter in 1976 and I didn’t have a tractor at the time.
I built my splitter with a 10 hp cast iron engine and a 22gpm pump that will cycle the piston out and back in 7 seconds. The pump will build 2500 psi on a 4” cylinder. It has wheels and a trailer hitch for transport.
30 years of use have use tell me it was a good build and rarely gets stuck.
Fast forward to today; I still have the same splitter with no changes or repairs, still runs like the day I built it. I also have a FORD 1720 tractor with pallet forks that I use to move it with.
It became very inconvenient to install the hitch just to move the splitter and I liked the idea of mounting it on the 3pt hitch but I also didn’t want to have to remove my forks so I modified the splitter so it accepts my pallet forks.
When I want to split I back under it, pick it up and carry to the work site. With it on the forks I can place it right in the middle of the pile and just pick it up to move verses needing to dig it out so I can tow it to the next pile of wood. I also can adjust the height to save my back.
My suggestion to you is buy or make a splitter that has its own power source and that is fast and powerful enough to make it pleasant to operate, waiting for the ram to reset is very aggravating.
I would suggest a self powered splitter rather than running your tractor at PTO speed all day.
That way someone can be splitting while the tractor is fetching more logs or you can throw the split wood into the bucket to eliminate handling.
30 plus years; that’s my take on it!!
90cummins
I built my splitter with a 10 hp cast iron engine and a 22gpm pump that will cycle the piston out and back in 7 seconds. The pump will build 2500 psi on a 4” cylinder. It has wheels and a trailer hitch for transport.
30 years of use have use tell me it was a good build and rarely gets stuck.
Fast forward to today; I still have the same splitter with no changes or repairs, still runs like the day I built it. I also have a FORD 1720 tractor with pallet forks that I use to move it with.
It became very inconvenient to install the hitch just to move the splitter and I liked the idea of mounting it on the 3pt hitch but I also didn’t want to have to remove my forks so I modified the splitter so it accepts my pallet forks.
When I want to split I back under it, pick it up and carry to the work site. With it on the forks I can place it right in the middle of the pile and just pick it up to move verses needing to dig it out so I can tow it to the next pile of wood. I also can adjust the height to save my back.
My suggestion to you is buy or make a splitter that has its own power source and that is fast and powerful enough to make it pleasant to operate, waiting for the ram to reset is very aggravating.
I would suggest a self powered splitter rather than running your tractor at PTO speed all day.
That way someone can be splitting while the tractor is fetching more logs or you can throw the split wood into the bucket to eliminate handling.
30 plus years; that’s my take on it!!
90cummins