Over heating firewood processor

[arboriculturist]

Like you say only occasional so can be managed and I don't expect any more summers like this one anytime

soon !

[Woodworks]

Got to the bottom of this in the end. There is valve that gets turned off when the ram returns home but the plate that hits had got worn so when it was at "idle" it was still trying to push back into position. Was only slight but when it got worse I could hear the engine labouring and sussed the problem.

 

Will see what Interfluid can do in the way of a cooler anyway as you work over the oil tank and in the hight of summer with an oil tank at 70+C it's not a pleasant job. 

Edited August 24, 2018 by Woodworks

[arboriculturist]

It's always the simple things you can miss !

 

One think that I noticed reading the blurb  for the the Tajfun 480 -  is that it has an oil cooler as standard, which is reassuring for longevity.