soulasphil
Platinum Member
The pressure is the driving force.
GPM will dictate the speed of a complete cycle. The more GPM's, the cycle time is reduced/shorter.
I quite agree. That is the theory. Pressure is supposed to remain the same and increasing or decreasing rpms is supposed to change only the cycle speed. After a month of daily splitting I have once more seen that practice is slightly different. I usually run the engine slightly above idle about 1300 rpm. If there is resistance, I increase rpms to 1500 or even 2000 and split the difficult log. I find it difficult to believe the slight difference in speed is responsible for the better penetration and oil pressure has not been increased (no I'm not going to plumb in a gauge to make sure !).