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    SPLITTER WONT SPLIT

    i installed a new cylinder on my log splitter but it doesn't work. i bleed the air out but the cylinder wont move i cracked the oposite port and air came out. i bleed it again same problem engine stalls. the log crane works great but the splitter ram doesn't. then i checked the oil and it...
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    my version of the cadtrac

    well here is my take on the cadtrac 1500.It has a 16hp engine the center pivot is made from a trailer axle. Unlike the cadtrac which uses hydraulic motors in each wheel I used narrowed car axles i hopefully will fire her up for the first time ever tomorrow.
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    shortening axles

    i would like to shorten some axles for a tractor project. how would i go about this i have access to a machine shop but cant recut splines
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    valve help

    well i have a circuit of three valves on my homebuilt tractor. the pump flow goes to an adjustable flow divider were the control flow goes to a motor valve and the excess goes to a tee fitting which supplies both the steering and loader valves but the steering valve...
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    oil filters

    can i use an auto motive oil filter on my log splitter as i need to replace oil as it got wet and a new filter form the hydraulics place is $30 but auto parts shop has car oil filter that will fit for $7
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    homemade tiller ideas

    hi guys i need a tiller but they are few and far between were i live. so im thinking of building one i have a small ride on mower gearbox. the axle from the the mower. and a 2 hp horizontal shaft Briggs. i was thinking of use the axle as the tiller shaft and make...
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    valve help

    i need help i have a valve that a wanted to run a cylinder on it is a double acting one function but it has 6 ports so i blocked the two extra on the top and had the pressure in/ out on the side. i hooked it up to the cylinder nothing happened so i disconnected the...
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    pump rating

    how are pumps rated i want a 10 gpm pump and want to drive it from a diesel rated at 2200 should i buy a pump rated at 10 gpm maxed or a pump rated at 10 gpm at 2000 rpm
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    is this pump flow suitable

    i want to use a 16 hp diesel to drive a 8 gpm pump at 2500 psi but i would like to know is 8 gpm enough flow to drive 2 hydraulic motors and 4 hydraulic rams it is for the tractor I'm building in the build it your self section thanks Andre
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    my homebuilt tractor

    this my huomebuilt tractor is has an articulated frames a 20 hp onan engine fully hydrualic i hope to have it first first fired up next week if alll goes to plan i will post a video the first pic is an overview of the tractor.the second is the the articulation joint and...
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    my homemade gravely walk behind

    for starters my name is Andre and i am 14 years old . now onto the tractor it mainly consists of a hydrostatic axle from a kubota tractor driven form an 11hp Honda engine.i have built the frame all that is needed is to make a jack shaft to drive the axle form the...
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