One man log splitting service

[Justme]

Our old WP30 processor used to use about 20 - 25L of petrol in an 8 hour shift.

 

Oddly our current processor also uses 20-25L of Diesel in 8 hours but produces lots more.

[GarethM]

2 hours ago, Justme said:

Our old WP30 processor used to use about 20 - 25L of petrol in an 8 hour shift.

 

Oddly our current processor also uses 20-25L of Diesel in 8 hours but produces lots more.

Is that because quieter ?, always found using petrol became something of a gulag style form of punishment.

[Justme]

On 22/10/2023 at 14:14, GarethM said:

Is that because quieter ?, always found using petrol became something of a gulag style form of punishment.

Def not quieter. Prob more to do with efficiency curves. The petrol would be at max revs whilst the diesel at just 1.2-1.4k.

[GarethM]

19 hours ago, Justme said:

Def not quieter. Prob more to do with efficiency curves. The petrol would be at max revs whilst the diesel at just 1.2-1.4k.

Aren't they both little 3,000rpm engines with the same hi/low pump as the petrol?.

 

Unless they had the common sense to just fit a constant output pump.

[Justme]

22 hours ago, GarethM said:

Aren't they both little 3,000rpm engines with the same hi/low pump as the petrol?.

 

Unless they had the common sense to just fit a constant output pump.

No, the wp 30 had a little single cylinder honda screaming its t!ts off. The current has a 4 cylinder 2.8l turbo diesel thats running at about 50bhp / 1200rpm but can do 110bhp at 2.5-3k. The wp30 had a single pump. The current a triple stacked pump plus a 10bhp pto pump via a T box.

[GarethM]

1 minute ago, Justme said:

No, the wp 30 had a little single cylinder honda screaming its t!ts off. The current has a 4 cylinder 2.8l turbo diesel thats running at about 50bhp / 1200rpm but can do 110bhp at 2.5-3k. The wp30 had a single pump. The current a triple stacked pump plus a 10bhp pto pump via a T box.

Haha, the makes more sense 🙂.

 

I thought it was bog standard from WP and couldn't get the numbers to work in my mind as I've a single cylinder silent pack, 2000rpm gets around 30lpm.

[Donnie]

I think I'm going to buy one in January! The 22 or the 35 ton Rock Machinery one and see how it goes. 

[Justme]

On 21/12/2023 at 15:32, GarethM said:

Haha, the makes more sense 🙂.

 

I thought it was bog standard from WP and couldn't get the numbers to work in my mind as I've a single cylinder silent pack, 2000rpm gets around 30lpm.

The wp was standard with honda petrol.

 

The Dunn 420 not so much standard  

[Donnie]

Thanks for the replies again. Seen a guy local to me actually hiring him and his road towable firewood processor. Seemed pretty neat. 

[Donnie]

She has arrived.