Definately a Midget

[felixthelogchopper]

a bit of a Joey

 

Haven't heard that in ages Big fan of Blue Peter, were you?

[badger]

joey, worked for us and did just that !!!! clearly not a member of Michael Caine's self preservation society!!

[Dean Lofthouse]

Hey up Dean, Enjoyed the demo video you posted of the old Thor you had. You keen to make a new video demonstrating this bad boy as well? Would be good to see her in action

 

This one is going to be a lot slower than the 20ton.

 

The power stroke is very slow, it could have done with being two speed same as the bigger one, I'm thinking of putting a higher volume pump on it and I haven't even split a log yet

[Chris Sheppard]

Dean, this style where they cut o nthe pull stroke, are always a bit slower on power but quicker return - there should be a height stop on it somewhere though to make up for some of the lack of speed?

 

One problem with upping the flow on a small petrol engine is whether the engine has the guts to turn it under load.

 

Somethign to look at (but I don't know how it works properly ) is what some of the bigger splitters have for auto two speed. It's like an extra relief valve and the ram will go on a high flow/low pressure circuit until it hits the log and builds up pressure to trip the valve, giving full pressure but slower speed until it can gear back up again. Hope that made more sense than I think it did That's all on a standard pump too - not dual stage or anything fancy and it won't affect the small engine either as the slow speed would just be the same as it's normal working speed.

Edited October 14, 2010 by Chris Sheppard

[Gareth Dalzell]

Its the System Leader system patented by thor

 

Quite good if you have a short log to stop the ram going all the way back up

 

There's also a light chain that hooks over the back of the ramp which you can preset to stop it going the full way back up if you're splitting short logs.

[Dean Lofthouse]

Dean, this style where they cut o nthe pull stroke, are always a bit slower on power but quicker return - there should be a height stop on it somewhere though to make up for some of the lack of speed?

 

One problem with upping the flow on a small petrol engine is whether the engine has the guts to turn it under load.

 

Somethign to look at (but I don't know how it works properly ) is what some of the bigger splitters have for auto two speed. It's like an extra relief valve and the ram will go on a high flow/low pressure circuit until it hits the log and builds up pressure to trip the valve, giving full pressure but slower speed until it can gear back up again. Hope that made more sense than I think it did That's all on a standard pump too - not dual stage or anything fancy and it won't affect the small engine either as the slow speed would just be the same as it's normal working speed.

 

That sounds a better idea Chris, I'll have to do some googling on that. It's exactly what I want. The practico was brilliant that way, fast down till it touched then straight onto power stroke.

 

Problem with the height set Gareth is my logs are all over the place length wise, I'm going to have to strat cutting them to a standard size

[Chris Sheppard]

Don't know the proper name for it but have heard it called something along the lines of a cross over relief valve - it looks like an ally block with 3 ports and a removable cover where the valve sits.

 

That Practico was a beast - I used to crane chunks under it with the county

Edited October 14, 2010 by Chris Sheppard
typing crap

[Dean Lofthouse]

That Practico was a beast - I used to crane chunks under it with the county

 

I'm sure that will be happening again, it's going to a mad scottish man with a crane

[Gareth Dalzell]

Problem with the height set Gareth is my logs are all over the place length wise, I'm going to have to strat cutting them to a standard size

 

Sounds like you have a landscaper cutting for you - that's the sort of rings we normally create:lol: