Okay, so I have access to some parts that would build possible the biggest splitter I’ve seen. At work I can get really heavy h beams (14x89s or 14x117s are common) and I have a few junk vehicles with running engines sitting around. At an auction house nearby they have an 8”x42” cylinder that must be off an excavator or wheel loader and will likely go for under $100. My one piece I’m missing is a pump that would run this cylinder well. I could try and run two 2 stage pumps in parallel, or I could run a 1000rpm PTO hydraulic pump at 2500 psi (I want about 40 gpm). I would probably use a transmission (likely an sm465 behind a 350 Chevy) and put a 1000 PTO shaft on the output and calculate the engine rpm required to run the shaft at 1000 rpm. I could use the u joint to adapt from 10 spline gm to 21 spline PTO. I would mount the PTO shaft with two hanger bearings. The engine I would mount on a frame with rubber mounts. I also have a 37hp vg4d sitting on a pallet if you can think of a way to use it. At some point I would like to build a small loading arm (not a crane because I want to be able to stand at the splitter controls and pick up logs). The loading arm is an afterthought. I plan on mounting this whole device on a 1 ton pickup axle and maybe setting up some small outriggers powered by the engines power steering pump. I also have a ton of really big hydro reservoirs. I’d have to buy valves. Am I silly? Any advice?