rswyan
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- Joined
- May 12, 2004
- Messages
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- Location
- Northeast Ohio
- Tractor
- Kubota B2910, Cub Cadet Pro Z 154S, Simplicity 18 CFC, Cub Cadet 782
Back around ten or so years ago - before we got free gas - I was planning to heat with wood and I started to build a log splitter. Was going to be a three point mount for the tractor ... but powered by a (relatively new) 6.5 BS Intek engine I had from an old leaf vac.
Pretty much got all the parts for it and actually had the frame and 3PH fabbed up with the wedge, attachment point for the hydraulic cylinder, and table for the control valve all welded. Had the frame stored over in the woods about 300' from the house and some derelict came along and stole it apparently.
Recent (gas) furnace problems - and obtaining two very large (40" +) oak tree for firewood - have motivated me to start working on version 2.0 since it would be handy tool/resource to have. The only major thing I lacked was the H-Beam ... which I resolved the other day, courtesy of friend who hooked me up with the folks over at a fab shop where he used to work.
So I have the engine, the pump, the hydraulic cylinder and valve etc. to basically build the thing.
Judging from recent events, I probably should have moved on completing it about two months ago ...
Originally I was going to use a different hydraulic tank but I had 56" long piece of 1/4" wall 6" x 6" square tube that I had laying around and figured: Why not make that the tank/axle/crossbeam ?
So I drilled it and welded in pipe flanges and boxed the ends with some 1/8" sheet.
It should provide around 7.5 gallons of capacity, with an overall system capacity of around 8 to 9 gallons.
The H-Beam is a piece of wide flange 8 x 6 1/2 W28. It's almost 8' long - so it will have to be cut down to length.
Pretty much got all the parts for it and actually had the frame and 3PH fabbed up with the wedge, attachment point for the hydraulic cylinder, and table for the control valve all welded. Had the frame stored over in the woods about 300' from the house and some derelict came along and stole it apparently.
Recent (gas) furnace problems - and obtaining two very large (40" +) oak tree for firewood - have motivated me to start working on version 2.0 since it would be handy tool/resource to have. The only major thing I lacked was the H-Beam ... which I resolved the other day, courtesy of friend who hooked me up with the folks over at a fab shop where he used to work.
So I have the engine, the pump, the hydraulic cylinder and valve etc. to basically build the thing.
Judging from recent events, I probably should have moved on completing it about two months ago ...
Originally I was going to use a different hydraulic tank but I had 56" long piece of 1/4" wall 6" x 6" square tube that I had laying around and figured: Why not make that the tank/axle/crossbeam ?
So I drilled it and welded in pipe flanges and boxed the ends with some 1/8" sheet.
It should provide around 7.5 gallons of capacity, with an overall system capacity of around 8 to 9 gallons.
The H-Beam is a piece of wide flange 8 x 6 1/2 W28. It's almost 8' long - so it will have to be cut down to length.