Wow, what a project!! Almost done, nearly operational. Started with a log
splitter made from medium truck parts and a boom lift. 10 gpm Vickers pump
and a safetyed out large bore hydraulic cyl. 5 gal fuel and hydraulic tanks
from the truck air tanks, front truck axle with 7x19.5 inch rubber. The engine
is a Wisconsin TJD, magneto fired 180 degree crank twin cyl mill, 18.5hp
Trouble likely started when the original builder didn't put any intake screen
or filter on his freshly welded air tank reservoir. The pump was badly eaten
and on removal, there was a lot of slag and scale inside the tank, very bad
indeed. Metal had worked its way through the system and had eaten up the
piston seals and valve seals as well as chewing up the pump.
<img height="400 width="500" src="http://www.tiger-mtn.com/~jasong/splitter/IMG_0311.jpg"></img>
I opted to replace the entire hydraulic system as 10gpm on that big of
a cyl was just too slow!
Overhauled piston, 5x48 or something zany.
New 25 gallon tank, welded aluminum.
New Haldex 28 gpm pump
New twin spool valve (log lifter later)
New breaker points & condenser
New lines fabricated locally
Removed lowering valves from the ram, bored out
1/4 inch hydraulic ports to 9/16, welded on 3/4 pipe
90 degree elbows to base of ram.
Added 30 gpm Intake screen and discharge filter.
Replaced small loud coffeecan muffler with small IH
tractor muffler, huge drop in noise.
Still left to do:
Carb overhaul
Rebuild pusher shoe to better follow beam.
Add 12v work light and maybe tail lights for towing.
Mistakes:
Bulkhead fitting on bottom of tank has slow drip, will try to
tighten further or use better thread sealer. I think the fitting
distorted during welding, checked seams for leaks but didn't
check plugs.
Intake could use a small diffuser over it to prevent cavitation,
though it may have just been air in the intake screen, diffuser
a good idea anyway.
First video production, and still purging a lot of air
http://www.tiger-mtn.com/~jasong/splitter/
splitter made from medium truck parts and a boom lift. 10 gpm Vickers pump
and a safetyed out large bore hydraulic cyl. 5 gal fuel and hydraulic tanks
from the truck air tanks, front truck axle with 7x19.5 inch rubber. The engine
is a Wisconsin TJD, magneto fired 180 degree crank twin cyl mill, 18.5hp
Trouble likely started when the original builder didn't put any intake screen
or filter on his freshly welded air tank reservoir. The pump was badly eaten
and on removal, there was a lot of slag and scale inside the tank, very bad
indeed. Metal had worked its way through the system and had eaten up the
piston seals and valve seals as well as chewing up the pump.
<img height="400 width="500" src="http://www.tiger-mtn.com/~jasong/splitter/IMG_0311.jpg"></img>
I opted to replace the entire hydraulic system as 10gpm on that big of
a cyl was just too slow!
Overhauled piston, 5x48 or something zany.
New 25 gallon tank, welded aluminum.
New Haldex 28 gpm pump
New twin spool valve (log lifter later)
New breaker points & condenser
New lines fabricated locally
Removed lowering valves from the ram, bored out
1/4 inch hydraulic ports to 9/16, welded on 3/4 pipe
90 degree elbows to base of ram.
Added 30 gpm Intake screen and discharge filter.
Replaced small loud coffeecan muffler with small IH
tractor muffler, huge drop in noise.
Still left to do:
Carb overhaul
Rebuild pusher shoe to better follow beam.
Add 12v work light and maybe tail lights for towing.
Mistakes:
Bulkhead fitting on bottom of tank has slow drip, will try to
tighten further or use better thread sealer. I think the fitting
distorted during welding, checked seams for leaks but didn't
check plugs.
Intake could use a small diffuser over it to prevent cavitation,
though it may have just been air in the intake screen, diffuser
a good idea anyway.
First video production, and still purging a lot of air
http://www.tiger-mtn.com/~jasong/splitter/
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) will throw the heat off nicely.
