Free Log splitter

[mudbug250]

I live in Mississippi. The wood was coming from private property that was getting clear cut. Took a curve to fast and it turned over. It is all oak.

The tractor I am hooking the splitter to is a John Deere 6410. Looks like it puts out 18.9 gpm.

 

[Short Game]

I live in Mississippi. The wood was coming from private property that was getting clear cut. Took a curve to fast and it turned over. It is all oak.

I'm surprised it's still there.

 

[mudbug250]

Somebody cut some off of it a couple of weeks ago.

 

[Tractor Seabee]

Here in WA we have to be careful on this salvage stuff. A bunch of us went out after a storm and thought we were helping out by clearing away a bunch of down trees after the county got the road open. We had a bunch loaded in or PUs and a sheriff came by. Asked for our county permission slip. We had to plead ignorance. He made us unload it all with a warning. The county has a statuatory easement on all property along roads as property lines are somewhere in the middle of the road. The county owns the trees and foliage within that beasement including anything that falls or is abandoned in said easement area. Uniquely the law also says the adjacent property owner is required to maintain the easement area at there expense. They only mow 4-5" back from the pavement or gravel base and on the road side of ditches.

I have a logging project in the works and I have to get a county right-of-way construction permit for the loggers to put in a culvert to make an access road as a residential driveway cannot be used for such. The access has to comply with county road building standards for the width of the easement. The loggers are adding $7,000 to their cost sheet as they have to have two flagmen during the less than 1 day effort, takes three people as the safety rules require a break every two hours, and they have to remove and restore the easement at the end.

 

[mudbug250]

I have permission from the county supervisor to get the wood.

 

[lostcause]

Here in WA we have to be careful on this salvage stuff. A bunch of us went out after a storm and thought we were helping out by clearing away a bunch of down trees after the county got the road open. We had a bunch loaded in or PUs and a sheriff came by. Asked for our county permission slip. We had to plead ignorance. He made us unload it all with a warning. The county has a statuatory easement on all property along roads as property lines are somewhere in the middle of the road. The county owns the trees and foliage within that beasement including anything that falls or is abandoned in said easement area. Uniquely the law also says the adjacent property owner is required to maintain the easement area at there expense. They only mow 4-5" back from the pavement or gravel base and on the road side of ditches.

I have a logging project in the works and I have to get a county right-of-way construction permit for the loggers to put in a culvert to make an access road as a residential driveway cannot be used for such. The access has to comply with county road building standards for the width of the easement. The loggers are adding $7,000 to their cost sheet as they have to have two flagmen during the less than 1 day effort, takes three people as the safety rules require a break every two hours, and they have to remove and restore the easement at the end.

i'm not arguing with how the law works where you live, but that all sounds kind of contradictory. you can't cut and remove the wood, but at the same time you are supposed to maintain that area? how can you do one without the other?

 

[Short Game]

Geez, I have enough trouble trying to keep people from cutting wood on my land. I wish it was off the county road.

If you live at the end of the county road, expect anything from poaching, dumping pets, to wood thieving.

 

[woodlandfarms]

I just want to add my frustration on the logging laws. You can't build a House or run a residential road near water but logging companies seldom have those restrictions.

Carl

 

[Reg]

Broken welds need MUCH more than to be "touched up" (washed over).
Gouge or grind 'em out and do 'em right (-:

Hoses aren't a problem, fittings ARE.
Without the history you don't know what ends to shop for on line.
Find a local hydraulics shop, take the old ones off and hand carry them in.
Get some counter service wisdom for free (-:
This will be CHEAPER than returning wrong hoses to low priced on-line stores.

To make this stand-alone, well the 20 HP engine is probably 2 or 3 times what most people would NEED - most 2 man groups can barely keep up with an 8 HP B&S for very long.
You would need a pump, probably a reservoir too - figure same number of gallons as the pump's gallons per minute (guideline).
When figuring gallons per minute do NOT make the mistake of thinking that stroke time matters very much.
Sure, you can figure total cycle time from full retract to full extend and back, but the reality is that most wood splits once the wedge is only 4 to 6 inches in, so total cycle time is not meaningful and certainly not worth buying a high capacity pump for.

I'm not that keen on hydraulic splitters, it can make it single position work and that can be harder on the back than swinging a maul (-:

 

[J_J]

I believe your tractor s a closed center system.

What tractor was the other person using to run the splitter.

If the valve on the log splitter is an open center set up now, it may be is possible to convert it to closed center.

If for instance, the valve has PB, just plug the PB and you have closed center.

If it ca not be converted, you can just add a new log splitter valve.

El cheapo valve for about $65

Fast extend valve

Auto valve

Autovalve with PB

Add a log lift maybe, and or wedge lifter.

Here are the hyd specs for your tractor.


Hydraulics:
Type: closed center PFC
Capacity: 25.4 gal [96.1 L]
Pressure: -unknown-
Valves: 2 to 4
Valve flow: 18.9 gpm [71.5 lpm]

TractorData.com John Deere 6410 tractor information

This 28 GPM two stage pump only needs about 16 HP.

http://www.surpluscenter.com/item.asp?item=9-7971&catname=hydraulic