Home made log splitter.

[eddiegts]

Steve give me a bell in the week and I will show you a few home made ones just up the rd from me or if I am back in time after the shutdown Monday?

[chainsawdom]

Is it still for sale? How old is it and could you send me some pics?

 

yes mate still for sale its about a reay old.

[chainsawdom]

yes mate still for sale its about a reay old.

 

year old i dont know what happend there.

[mybeautifulecho]

Why are you selling it and could you email me a few pictures? [email protected]

 

Many thanks

[shendy]

Im looking at getting a tow behind made really. Anyong got any pics??

[Tom D]

Just remember the power of your splitter is a function of the surface area of the piston in the ram and the pressure of your pump. The fatter the ram the more power, assuming pressure remains the same. Most of the home made splitters that I have seen working have made the mistake of having a ram that is too fat for the pump. A a ram with a 100mm i.d. tube will take 4 times as much oil to fill it as one with a 50mm i.d. tube. This makes a fat ram slow, sometimes painfully slow. You could try and find a high flow pump but the main thing is to keep everything in proportion.

 

Having a 20 ton push that takes 10 seconds to complete an in out cycle will be far less productive than a 8 ton ram with a 4 second cycle. The vast majority of logs will split with relatively little force.... go for speed over power is my advice.

 

I currently use a woodline 16 / 8 ton pto splitter, it splits most stuff at 8 ton and is nice and quick......

 

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[mikecotterill]

What size of beam are you guys using for the main part? I looked at some 4" 6mm wall box today but it looked a little small, 6" looked a bit ott and they don't do a 5" box.

[hawk eye]

Ive got a new (unused) jcb beaver powerpack for sale, pm if interested

 

Ian

[dylan]

never used box section (i use 6x6 medium weight column with plenty of web stiffeners in) but i'd go for the 6" if i was to use box not sure if 6mm is thick enough though depends on size length and working pressure of ram