Recent content by kered

I use a manual ball valve on my trailer to switch between tip and brakes. The trailer is plugged into the tractor remote(proportional) so is operated from a handle in the cab. Both the tip cylinder and brake cylinder are single acting(heavy internal spring in the brake cylinder to release) The...

Hi all, i've got a small problem with my homemade log splitter. Its powered from the tractor PTO driving a 1:3.5 reduction box to the pump so as not to need to over rev the engine in order to get the pump speed and is working with a reasomable cycle on just over tickover. My problem is that on...

Hi all, my name is Derek, i'm English but live in NW corner of Spain, about 120km north of the border with Portugal. After spending most of my life at sea i'm now a landlubber, forced to retire due to health, even though i seam to work more now than when i worked :laughing: I live in a rural...