Labrador Coaster
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Hello Gentlemen,
I was looking for info last week and came across your wonderful forum, I have been enjoying all the varied topics every since.
I have a commercially built hydraulic winch that I use to haul ashore my boat every fall - (18hp. twin B&S with Linde motor, Pullmaster drum winch), works great.
My plan was to install my freshly built log splitter onto the winch ( Use the motor and pump).
I tow my firewood logs home by boat ( no roads...), haul it ashore with the winch, then saw/split it up. We cut in the winter using snowmobiles.
Yesterday I made the connections, and it worked, but there are issues...
- The oil turned white -water?? ( you can see a small jar with some oil in one of the pics)
- The recycled cylinder (36'' stroke - 2''shaft, 4'' dia.) makes noise in both directions.
- I have to have the selector valve engaged on the winch in order for the splitter to work.
BTW, I have since moved the hose going to the splitter from where it is in the pic to directly off the pump - using a T. the return is plumbed into the top of the reservoir. ( it didn't make a difference regarding the selector)
Any advice or comments would be appreciated.
thanks,
Wilson
I was looking for info last week and came across your wonderful forum, I have been enjoying all the varied topics every since.
I have a commercially built hydraulic winch that I use to haul ashore my boat every fall - (18hp. twin B&S with Linde motor, Pullmaster drum winch), works great.
My plan was to install my freshly built log splitter onto the winch ( Use the motor and pump).
I tow my firewood logs home by boat ( no roads...), haul it ashore with the winch, then saw/split it up. We cut in the winter using snowmobiles.
Yesterday I made the connections, and it worked, but there are issues...
- The oil turned white -water?? ( you can see a small jar with some oil in one of the pics)
- The recycled cylinder (36'' stroke - 2''shaft, 4'' dia.) makes noise in both directions.
- I have to have the selector valve engaged on the winch in order for the splitter to work.
BTW, I have since moved the hose going to the splitter from where it is in the pic to directly off the pump - using a T. the return is plumbed into the top of the reservoir. ( it didn't make a difference regarding the selector)
Any advice or comments would be appreciated.
thanks,
Wilson