Adiredneck
Gold Member
My dad's Huskee (TSC) wood splitter started acting up today. It did not have much power and would barely split some 12" Maple (with no knots). I have the exact same splitter & have no problems. Mine is one year newer.
His spltter revs up nicely, but unlike mine, it didn't seem to "kick down" when we got into some big pieces. It just stopped at the piece of wood. When we had just about given up & tried one more piece of wood, the hydraulic coupling gave out.
Obviously, we now need to get a coupling. To me, what doesn't make sense is the fact that the pump now seems like a "one-stage" pump & that too much torque was required of the coupling & caused it to snap.
Should I be researching a new pump too? Maybe an upgrade to 16GPM?
His spltter revs up nicely, but unlike mine, it didn't seem to "kick down" when we got into some big pieces. It just stopped at the piece of wood. When we had just about given up & tried one more piece of wood, the hydraulic coupling gave out.
Obviously, we now need to get a coupling. To me, what doesn't make sense is the fact that the pump now seems like a "one-stage" pump & that too much torque was required of the coupling & caused it to snap.
Should I be researching a new pump too? Maybe an upgrade to 16GPM?