pto driven log splitter
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rdbrumfield
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SnoFalls
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my neck hurts /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
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Mine too.
You need a picture editing utliity that allows rotation.
Don't look like any Kubota I have ever seen....Kubota green??
You need a picture editing utliity that allows rotation.
Don't look like any Kubota I have ever seen....Kubota green??
rdbrumfield
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ok guys, I figured out how to rotate pictures. From now on I will get it right. As for the green tractor, I just use it to move the splitter around with the 3pt. As for running it I use a small kubota most of the time.
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I've never used a 3PH splitter, but in pics they always seem much lower to the ground than the stand alone units. Is that true, and if so doesn't your back ache after bending over so much?
Pete
Pete
MadDog
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Boondox: Why can't you just raise it to whatever height is comfortable for you?
I was thinking of putting adjustable legs on the far end so that I can support it when operating and take some of the stress off of the 3ph. (since I am using an 8x8 H beam which weighs 58#/ft it's gonna be a "moose" of a splitter!).
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I was thinking of putting adjustable legs on the far end so that I can support it when operating and take some of the stress off of the 3ph. (since I am using an 8x8 H beam which weighs 58#/ft it's gonna be a "moose" of a splitter!).
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jeffinsgf
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I've never used a 3PH splitter, but in pics they always seem much lower to the ground than the stand alone units. Is that true, and if so doesn't your back ache after bending over so much?
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Well, I just keep finding more options, at better prices. Went to a different implement dealer today than I normally deal with, (S&H Farm Supply near Rogersville) and they had a sweet machine. It had legs that held it about waist high and the whole mechanism would pivot so that big chunks could be split on the ground. The Iron & Oak that I was looking at before had these features, too. There was no brand name on today's entry, and I didn't have time to go into it with the salesman, but he quoted me a price of $795 -- that's a hundred less than the Iron and Oak for a unit that appears to be just as heavy -- even heavier in some regards -- and it already had the hoses installed with the right fittings for my tractor. I thought the Split Fire was going to win, but it is almost twice as much as either of the others, and its only advantage is splitting in both directions, which I probably don't need.
For $795, I don't think I can justify my time to build it myself. I'll use the time to cut more wood!
Pete )</font>
Well, I just keep finding more options, at better prices. Went to a different implement dealer today than I normally deal with, (S&H Farm Supply near Rogersville) and they had a sweet machine. It had legs that held it about waist high and the whole mechanism would pivot so that big chunks could be split on the ground. The Iron & Oak that I was looking at before had these features, too. There was no brand name on today's entry, and I didn't have time to go into it with the salesman, but he quoted me a price of $795 -- that's a hundred less than the Iron and Oak for a unit that appears to be just as heavy -- even heavier in some regards -- and it already had the hoses installed with the right fittings for my tractor. I thought the Split Fire was going to win, but it is almost twice as much as either of the others, and its only advantage is splitting in both directions, which I probably don't need.
For $795, I don't think I can justify my time to build it myself. I'll use the time to cut more wood!
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Mad- had another thought. What horsepower are you transmitting through the v-belts. The large gpm of the pump indicates it might take more power than a single belt can handle. I don't know how to figure that, but intuition tells me you're over limit. I can easily remember a Fisher plow pump squealing its belt on my old pickup no matter what I did, and that surely manages less power than a splitter pump.
Anyone know the rules of v-belts?
Jim
Anyone know the rules of v-belts?
Jim
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Good point, JS. My PTO output is 22hp, but the pump should only be drawing about 15hp + or - in either high pressure or low pressure mode. The pulleys I'm planning to use are double groove, cast iron pulleys taking one "A" and one "B" belt. They're pretty reasonable at Surplus Center. If that's too light, I could go to a triple groove belt. My
Delta Unisaw uses a triple belt, but it's running a 10" blade through hardwood which, common sense tells me, is more work than pumping hydraulic fluid (but maybe not).
Anyone know the rules on this? I don't have any actual data; it was just an instinct told me a single belt pulley might not be sufficient and I always try to err on the side of "overdesigning."
Come on, "pulley guru" where are you when we need you? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Delta Unisaw uses a triple belt, but it's running a 10" blade through hardwood which, common sense tells me, is more work than pumping hydraulic fluid (but maybe not).
Anyone know the rules on this? I don't have any actual data; it was just an instinct told me a single belt pulley might not be sufficient and I always try to err on the side of "overdesigning."
Come on, "pulley guru" where are you when we need you? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
