NHmitch
Platinum Member
Thanks for the advise. That does actually make very good sense. I was looking at PTO pumps that produce around 21gpm, however I m not sure if you have to use a separate hydraulics reservoir, or if you can connect directly to the splitter, from the pto pump.The other side issue I have, is I am so unsure about weather or not I want to even tamper with the existing hydraulic set up that I have. I is a closed system, and I worry about opening up this system that has been running flawlessly for years, and introduce foreign matter. Having that said, It would also be really nice to save about $350+ on the prie or PTO pump, and use my existing hydraulics. I have been looking at the country line 3 point splitter at TSC, and it appears to be a beast. I also looked at one I liked at northern tool, and their splitter cannot handle over 6.6 gpm, so that would be out of the question if I use a pto with a higher flow rate. I know that most of the rates that they provide are at 550rmp, but will they operate safely at higher pto speeds? I have a three speed pto, that was US compliant, and 550 is the slowest. I didn't know if I ran one of these PTO pumps at say, 1000rpm, will I have faster returns on the splitter, and greater ram force, or could it damage the unit?
Thanks for your help.
This is the unit I think that I am going to get;
This is the one from northern tool:
Thanks for your help.
This is the unit I think that I am going to get;
This is the one from northern tool: