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By 'efficient' I mean - easiest and fastest way to process large rings into log form , which we cut at 10"/200mm thickness.

Hoping someone on the forum knows far more than I do on the most efficient way to process ARB waste! With mountains of huge diameter rings that wont go through the processor looking for options here.

Great feedback thanks. I am running the Processor and also will be the splitter of A Massey F. 35x. An engineer mentioned that the 35x should have adequate flow to run most splitters but this does not seem the case with my 35 - 12 second splitting cycle. He is going to try a flow meter on the 35 tomorrow. Any ideas on the 35 running the 20 tonne splitting ram appreciated?

Thanks for replying. Buying a bigger tractor - I agree a good idea, however going down the route of the external pump with male output shaft to run processor the same time as splitter. Needs additional external oil resevoir though, oil would boil in minutes without it!

If you process Arb waste, you quickly learn you need a dedicated splitter to run alongside your processor - 5 ft rings won't fit in our Processor! Thanks for the reply.

Thanks, buying a bigger tractor - I agree a good idea, however going down the route of the external pump with male output shaft to run processor the same time as splitter. Needs additional external oil resevoir though, oil would boil in minutes without it!

Sorry missed you post an hour ago. I understand the Tandem pump concept. So a 2nd pump within the processor housing or bolted to the tractor with a seperate oil cooling resevoir built into the base of the splitter, say 25 litres min. Plenty of room for that. Just need the solution to controlling the flow rate from say - the pump bolted to the tractor as tractor has to run at 480rpm for processor.

Ah, thanks for the speedy reply. I was planning to fit a proportional control to the splitter hydraulic supply, which would meter the flow rate to it and as a result to control the cycle time of the splitter knife. How does that sound? Would you suggest then that the Processor has little in spare capacity to run the small splitter in tandem with it?

I have not heard of Running a tractor Log Splitter off a Processor hydraulics, but that is not to say that one of you out has not and indeed may have all the answers! The standard hydraulics on our tractor have a really low flow rate about 25l/min, the Splitter requires approx. 40l/min. Needless to say it cycles at a snails pace of about 15 seconds. The processor oil pump has a capacity of 56/118 l/min @480rpm. The tractor is running for the Processor so if it could run the splitter in tandam that would be perfection. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

Need to get a dye in that 2 stroke oil though, as a lot of people are put off using it for just that reason! Still - great products !

Not wanting to bore those of you who know more than me on this subject, here we are: Its all about flow rates with splitters. You need to match the Hyd. ram capacity i.e. cc of oil it contains full, with the flow rate of the Hyd. pump supplying it, be it an electric powered pump, standalone powerpack, tractor hydraulics etc. Pumps are rated at l/min i.e.1000cc/m. Generally I have found that most splitter retailers have no idea of ram capacity of the rams on their splitters.................SO get the Ram capacity in tonnes, external dimensions of the ram and the size of the chrome rod protruding from the ram. Then ring up a Hyd. ram manufacturer or supplier and from the data you have, they will be able to give you a fairly accurate capacity for the ram. Armed with that data you can easily work out the speed a Ram will cycle (from closed to fully open), with any given pump flow rate. e.g. JUST TO MAKES THE MATHS EASY !!! - A ram with a capacity of 1000cc (1 ltr) powered by pump with a flow rate of 1 ltr/min will take 1 minute to travel from the top of its stroke to the bottom of its stroke. It is all about matching the Ram with the pump as you can see. Standalone power packs and external tractor PTO pumps can be the best option, as you can spec. any pump you buy to create the ram cycle time you require. e.g. 1 - 2 seconds. There are plenty of suppliers online out there. Hope this helps you a little. Good luck, Robin, Devon

Hello Liam If you still offer tracked chipper hire, please e-mail [email protected]. Regards RR

Your a star Tony [email protected] Diane

Hello again Any close ups of the underside pore bearing surfaces of these 2 fungi, or cut through sections would be great. Who knows , we may all learn something here. Diane

Hello all. I am doing some research on diseases that affect Common Ash and down here in the south I rarely get to see any of the more serious fungal fruiting bodies of fungi that affect this species. Has anyone got any good fruiting body photographs of Inonotus hispidus and Perenniporia fraxinea at any stage of development that they could post here? Any other images of nasties on Ash would be most welcome. Appreciated. Diane

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Sorry, only saw the 1st image. Black walnut it is then.

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