Tractor oil for splitter?

[Arbtech Tree Services]

Evening all,

 

Going to hook up my new 14T splitter to a David Brown Selectamatic 880 and, being empty, the splitter will obviously drop the oil in the tractor by about 3 litres so i'm going to pick some up.

Farmer says he's running 15w40 in the back end and to pick some up in Costco instead of buying hydraulic oil at £60 odd quid a drum at the local ag merchants.

Will this be ok for the splitter? It's a KTM splitter, not that should make any difference.

 

 

Regards,

 

Steve.

[rusty290]

yeah that oil will be fine,,

i use it in my tractors,

[County 764]

Ye that's what's in my Massey Ferguson 675 and its been on the log splitter for long enough. I'm sure its just universal 15w 40 that MF recommends in the back end of the tractor in the service book.

[AardvarkTreeServices]

Bar the surface rust on the tin work, thats a nice original looking 880 you've got there. Done well to keep it like that.

[Arbtech Tree Services]

Thanks for the replies guys, will go ahead with that one.

 

Aardvark, not my machine but there are plenty of them about in better nick for a grand and the pump runs almost the same pressure and flow rate as the bigger 1394/1490 etc. but with better economy - ideal for running the splitter.

 

Regards,

 

Steve.