My New Splitter

[muddstopper]

I only see 3 cylinders but 4 valves. What are you using the 4th valve for, hot corffee? Nice build and good touch on the draw bar. Have you tried any really heavy rounds on that lift? The wheel base looks a little narrow compared to the overhang of your lift. Might want to do a little tests with it to make sure she's stable.

I'm betting autocycle valve for the splitter is why you see 4 levers.

Nice looking splitter Goat. Now mount you a winch and ramp to pull logs up to the splitter and a good chainsaw to buck them with and you will have a decent processor

 

[nathon918]

and a good chainsaw

because that 362 is a POS

 

[the GOAT]

I only see 3 cylinders but 4 valves. What are you using the 4th valve for, hot corffee? Nice build and good touch on the draw bar. Have you tried any really heavy rounds on that lift? The wheel base looks a little narrow compared to the overhang of your lift. Might want to do a little tests with it to make sure she's stable.

It's an auto cycle valve... Pull the two levers and the cylinder will extend and retract hands free. Some think it's not safe and a sure way to self amputate your appendages. I think a little common sense goes a long way.

I've lifted the table horizontal and stood on the edge... It's plenty stable.

 

[the GOAT]

...ain't like no gang symbol graffiti or nothin is it?? Just messin with ya. Super nice fabricate and build.

Awesome splitter Goat! Then again, it has to be.....it's a 362. Looks great.

Ms362c-a
My Splitter; 36" stroke -- 62 thousand pounds; cycle-auto.

 

[the GOAT]

I'm betting autocycle valve for the splitter is why you see 4 levers.

Nice looking splitter Goat. Now mount you a winch and ramp to pull logs up to the splitter and a good chainsaw to buck them with and you will have a decent processor

Thanks, most of the wood I split is delivered by a tree service for free. Mostly cut to length already. A processor wouldn't work for me... A grapple loader on the other hand would be nice

 

[mainewoods]

Very impressive,Billy. If you can build a splittah that nice, you ought to be able to fabricate a damn good grapple loader!

 

[Whitespider]

You do nice work.
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[cantoo]

Well, I for one ain't buying it. No way did you build that splitter. I've seen lots of goats and no way in hell can you weld with Hoofs, might be able to jump and climb but no way are you gonna weld let alone hold a grinder.

Nice build and here I just thought you were an internet bully. Do you have an OWB or why the 36"? I need to build one and am considering a 36 or 40" stroke for my ash. Wondering if 36" splits will be pretty heavy and I already have a 30" cylinder and my wooden crates are set up for 30" pieces. My Speeco will do 24" but 30" would save a ton of time.

 

[Trx250r180]

Ms362c-a
My Splitter; 36" stroke -- 62 thousand pounds; cycle-auto.

So then the GOAT must be Greatest of all time ,much like the ms362 ?Or is it after Ricky Charmichael in supercross ?

 

[the GOAT]

So then the GOAT must be Greatest of all time ,much like the ms362 ?

I know it. You know it.

 

[the GOAT]

Well, I for one ain't buying it. No way did you build that splitter. I've seen lots of goats and no way in hell can you weld with Hoofs, might be able to jump and climb but no way are you gonna weld let alone hold a grinder.

Nice build and here I just thought you were an internet bully. Do you have an OWB or why the 36"? I need to build one and am considering a 36 or 40" stroke for my ash. Wondering if 36" splits will be pretty heavy and I already have a 30" cylinder and my wooden crates are set up for 30" pieces. My Speeco will do 24" but 30" would save a ton of time.

Yeah I know, fancy feat for the GOAT. Next I'm going to chuck a 3/8" HSS tap in my drill and start porting saws professionally here on AS.

I've got a indoor gasification boiler that takes 30" splits. I told my tree service guy to aim for 24" or less rounds to fit my old splitter. 1/2 of what he drops off is 26" ... So I figured I'd outsmart him.

I could have gone 32" and been happy but this cylinder showed up cheap on ebay. And with 36 I can throw two 16-18" rounds on at the same time and split twice as much in one stroke.

 

[muddstopper]

Goat, a boom would be pretty simple to build. I am currently building a knuckleboom using a 48000lb truck rear end. You wouldnt need anything near as heavy. I am thinking a 1ton floating axle housing out of a ton truck should be more than strong enough to handle firewood bucks. I once built a knuckleboom to put on my splitter out of a jeep front spindle and hub. It worked great until I started picking up 14ft logs with it. The bearings in those front wheel drive hubs are just to close together and it pulled apart. The boom falling almost took out my engine. A buddy gave me a old winch truck crane rated for 1000lbs that he found in the scrap heap. I cleaned it up and replaced the remote plug and it worked. I made a 20ft extention cord for the winch and have used and abused it every since. I'll probably endup breaking it off too since I found out it was strong enough to pull small logs up to the splitter and hold them in the air for bucking. Boom is plenty strong enough, but my mount is starting to bend.

I have been planning on using a one ton rear end to make a boom for my dump trailer. I have a extra solenoid valve laying around and if I bought a 2 station D03 subplate I could use the hydraulics from the dump cylinder to making it a hydraulic lift. Add a 12v winch and it would make me an excellent scrounging rig. Use the boom to load 10ft logs and then dump them off next to the wood shed when I get home. I never have like bucking my firewood in the woods, just too much extra lifting and loading when I can load the logs without a sweat and process the wood straight into my wood shed.

 

[KiwiBro]

Yeah I know, fancy feat for a the GOAT. Next I'm going to chuck a 3/8" HSS tap and start porting saws professionally here on AS.

I'll take two t-shirts and a fridge magnet please.

 

[kljahnz]

GOAT, with that motor, pump and cylinder combination,, what is your approximate cycle time??

 

[the GOAT]

GOAT, with that motor, pump and cylinder combination,, what is your approximate cycle time??

The math says it should work out to 11.6 seconds. Which would be equivalent to a ~8 second cycle for a 24" stroke splitter.

Running at 2/3 throttle I timed it a 14 seconds but the oil was cold. It was fast enough to keep me moving fast to keep it fed by myself.

 

[muddstopper]

Fast cycle times are only good when you have 2 or 3 to keep it fed and all you have to do is pull the levers. I can split enough wood to do me a few days in about 30 minutes by myself. Throw a few more sets of hands in the mix and I can split enough to do a few weeks in about 30 min. Guess which way wears me out the fastest. When I'm working by myself, I dont even try to keep up with the machine, heck I dont even run it wide open.

 

[kljahnz]

Too each his own.. too many variables involved to know what works best for you or any one else on the interweb.
GOAT has a fast cycle time, 36" ram, that seems fast to me. Nice build.

 

[fred bergman]

looks great

 

[muddstopper]

Too each his own.. too many variables involved to know what works best for you or any one else on the interweb.
GOAT has a fast cycle time, 36" ram, that seems fast to me. Nice build.

Lot of variables between a 60 year old and a 25 year old feeding one too. I have a 5in cyl, 24in stroke and 28gpm pump, 25hp engine, This old man cant keep up with it, but throw me a couple of young bucks to feed and catch and we can make a big pile of wood in a very short time.

Goat, make yourself a 6way wedge, your set up will handle it. Its what I have on mine and it makes resplitting almost non exsistant.

 

[svk]

Nice work. I like the front wheel and hitch design.