Help! Log Splitter Noise Dilema!!!

[log supplier]

Thanks for the advise guys; have really found the whole situation very depressing. Pouring with rain and my hands are tied so I can't even go and split timber. With orders coming in thick and fast now this is terrible timing.

 

I'm going to go down the modded silenced exhaust route for starters. Like the straw bale idea; was thinking of the soundproofing boards only earlier...

 

Re the barrel of water; do you mean the exhaust existed IN the water i.e bubbling away?!

 

yes he had the end of his modded exhaust bubbling in the water.. fitted with some sort of metal flexy pipe

good luck either way:001_smile:

[Dean Lofthouse]

If you do the exhaust in water jobby put an end on the pipe like a watering can spout only with slightly bigger holes so you dont get the blub blub blub.

 

You should then get fine little bubbles rising instead that are silent:thumbup1:

[defenderjack]

yes he had the end of his modded exhaust bubbling in the water.. fitted with some sort of metal flexy pipe

good luck either way:001_smile:

 

would that not be detrimental if the engine stalled or cut out ?? it would certainly solve the noise problem though !!!! ........... permanently

[Dean Lofthouse]

would that not be detrimental if the engine stalled or cut out ?? it would certainly solve the noise problem though !!!! ........... permanently

 

No because the pipe should go much higher than the water level then down into the bottom of the barrel

[log supplier]

would that not be detrimental if the engine stalled or cut out ?? it would certainly solve the noise problem though !!!! ........... permanently

 

well that would depend on how short and thin the pipe is?

the longer and wider the pipe the less issuses youll have:thumbup:

[Marko]

Bales around the edge of the building will help especially if you can steer the noise in a direction that causes less problems. Get a sheet of this FRFFB6 non-flammable soundproofing for noisy machinery and build a box around the engine - not too tight for obvious reasons!

[defenderjack]

No because the pipe should go much higher than the water level then down into the bottom of the barrel

 

right oh ! as you were gents

[log supplier]

Bales around the edge of the building will help especially if you can steer the noise in a direction that causes less problems. Get a sheet of this FRFFB6 non-flammable soundproofing for noisy machinery and build a box around the engine - not too tight for obvious reasons!

 

sorry dont want to diss you, would it wise to enclose the engine in a box?

the engine needs alot of cool air. 1 for the carb and 2 to cool the engine..

wouldnt be me doing that... might cause more probs than hes already got...

[Dean Lofthouse]

Daft as it sounds, what I used to do at shows with my genny is stand a board infront of it and it reflects a lot of the noise away from you.

 

If you make a like a three sided booth with a roof, even out of bales with the open side in the direction you want the sound to go you will knock the noise down an amazing amount

[Marko]

sorry dont want to diss you, would it wise to enclose the engine in a box?

the engine needs alot of cool air. 1 for the carb and 2 to cool the engine..

wouldnt be me doing that... might cause more probs than hes already got...

 

No problem - a 'box' was the wrong word. Deano's "Booth" is what I should have said.