dylan

i try to make as much of my own kit as possible as alot of the stuff available is not built to what i want and is usually out of my budget the double splitter is based on an old dumper chassis and is powered by a 20hp honda engine converted to gas

a couple of mine

mca kingston for me wouldn't buy the green ones as they aren't uv stabilized(apparantly they use recycled material that can't be uv stabilized) ped

i'll take a pic next week when i'm delivering i've made mine level at the top but the higher the pivot point the better i only leave the tailgate on for spilt logs as rings and lengths will jam up

why is a drop down tail gate better than a top hinged tail gate, my tipping trailer works far better with a top hinged tailgate than it did with the standard drop down one

if you need any more pics let me know if your redesigning it i would lower the ram:make the part of the push plate that slides on the beam longer:when you fabricate the knife slot it into the beam so you get alot more area that is welded(a good weld doesn't fail its the metal around it that does):use 25mm plate for the knife:use cap head bolts as the're stronger as standard than hex head bolts i would also put a pressure gauge on so you can see what pressure your running at and enable you set the pressure relief valve

a couple more pics

i ended up taking the adustable knife off as i bent it (15mm plate that ram goes to about 8t) the slide plate and top of the beam are 25mm plate the foot plate is 60mm thick(two pieces of 30mm welded together) took some upto date pics today

to reinforce it weld flat bar across the web at high stress areas (where the ram mounts the push plate starts and around the knife ) as regards the twisting if a ram of that size bottoms out then 35t of force has to go some where, generally the beam flexes till it bends once it bends the forces either side of the knife which are never equal will cause the knife to exert force 90 degrees to the beam and cause twist and buckling only pics on computer are these will take some better ones tommorrow

no offence but i don't think that knife will work very well as logs will try to twist to the side (may even fly out with a bit of force)resulting in alot of force being transfered to the beam and probally twisting it beam is not the best material to make a splitter from universal column is far better and stronger(but still needs stiffeners across the web to stop twist) what are you going to power it with a 35t ram is going to be fairly slow with a petrol engine combo and will test all your welds if you max it out it all depends on what you plan on splitting if your doing knotty stuff a single knife would be better as trying to get a stuck piece off a 4 or 6 way can be a pain in the bum i hope you take my post as constructive not as a negative if you want some pics of how i make mine i'll post some

why are all the horizontal splitters seen so far all at such a low working height ,you're back would certainly know about it using them for a couple of days

sold more this year than the year before but found i sold alot more bags than tipped loads due to people not sure of what the weather was going to do and not wanting to outlet in large loads because of financial uncertainty i did find that out of the calls from non recommended people that i only supplied 50% of them early season due to more competition selling freshly split cheap logs although alot of them rang back after getting a load that wouldn't burn

standard sankey holds 1.2 cubic meters with 2' greedy boards that works out at 2.8 meters, so well cheap also your springs won't last long with that amoumt of weight

used to have to change the front one every year, put a new prop on and its been ok since so maybe its your prop out of balance

i'd keep your ram low and level,low as it reduces twist in you beam and level to reduce uneven wear in your slider plate even though your using column it will still need web stiffeners and the front flange reinforcing normal steel will be alright for the wedge