Splitting something you know you shouldn't..

[blkcloud]

I don't guess I'll ever learn.. I had a 24 inch chunk of oak I have been ignoring.. It was a big ole crotch.. I wish now I had just noodled it.. Lol
Hind sight is always 20/20.. I tried from both ends 4-5 times to split it and it wouldn't budge.. Finally I found a weak spot and poured the coal to it.. I guess I won the battle but it won the war.. Oh well off to the steel yard for some new iron..

 

[Philbert]

Ouch!

Sorry.

Philbert

 

[Fourced]

Ouch for sure.
The stupidest thing I have done so far is try to cross cut a piece that was too long for the splitter bed and flexed my cylinder enough that fluid leaked past the O ring on the end cap. I don't try that anymore...

When splitting properly, I have yet to find something it won't split.

 

[buzz sawyer]

Is the front of your cylinder tied down? Had a similar problem with mine but the cylinder was lifting. At least you know you have plenty of hydraulic force.

 

[backhoelover]

sorry that has got to suck

 

[Fourced]

Is the front of your cylinder tied down? Had a similar problem with mine but the cylinder was lifting. At least you know you have plenty of hydraulic force.

Long story short, I fixed some issues from when the splitter was built and didn't realize how important that hunk of round stock over the front of the cylinder was until I tried that little stunt.... Needless to say it was welded back together quickly.

 

[BuckMKII]

Rut Roh Raggie! That won't buff out.

 

[Del_]

I've been lucky so far but I've put pieces on the splitter that I know better than trying.

I roll them off in the woods in an area I call my 'slow compost' pile and let the fungi digest them.

Noodling is a good idea too, but I've got plenty of wood.

 

[Sandhill Crane]

Wood is really an amazing natural material.

 

[JeffGu]

I've run all sorts of things through a chainsaw, splitter, chipper or wood stove that I know I really shouldn't. I don't let it bother me, unless I see the sheriff's department out in the woods with their cadaver sniffin' dogs.

 

[turnkey4099]

Is the front of your cylinder tied down? Had a similar problem with mine but the cylinder was lifting. At least you know you have plenty of hydraulic force.

Yep, there should be strap across the nose of t he cylinder to prevent it rising. I haven't seen any commercial splitter with one though. I worked in shop manufacturing acgricultural sprays up to 110'. We bent one 6' cylinder rod to a 90 degree bend.

Harry K

 

[ChoppyChoppy]

I have a nice H beam for you, it's ~16x16" 1" thick, about 12ft long. Probably weighs 2000lbs!

 

[buzz sawyer]

Yep, there should be strap across the nose of t he cylinder to prevent it rising. I haven't seen any commercial splitter with one though. I worked in shop manufacturing acgricultural sprays up to 110'. We bent one 6' cylinder rod to a 90 degree bend.

Harry K

My dad's Lickety Splitter had one. Seems like a good thing to have.

 

[buzz sawyer]

I have a nice H beam for you, it's ~16x16" 1" thick, about 12ft long. Probably weighs 2000lbs!

Funny, I almost could have used that. At one time we pulled the hydraulic cylinder out of the ground from an auto lift. I briefly toyed with the thought of make a long splitter for fence rails but realized they were easier to saw than split.

 

[olympyk_999]

Yep, there should be strap across the nose of t he cylinder to prevent it rising. I haven't seen any commercial splitter with one though. I worked in shop manufacturing acgricultural sprays up to 110'. We bent one 6' cylinder rod to a 90 degree bend.

Harry K

if the frame/ components are built to take the force of the cylinder there wont be problems, if its not then having a strap on the front of the cylinder can be bad as it will put stress on the rod as the main beam flexes...
no heavy equipment (loaders, excavators, etc.) use something to hold the front of the cylinder, as it needs to swing when moving...
the slide needs to be longer to prevent it from wanting to tip

 

[blkcloud]

if the frame/ components are built to take the force of the cylinder there wont be problems, if its not then having a strap on the front of the cylinder can be bad as it will put stress on the rod as the main beam flexes...
no heavy equipment (loaders, excavators, etc.) use something to hold the front of the cylinder, as it needs to swing when moving...
the slide needs to be longer to prevent it from wanting to tip

That's exactly what I was thinking

 

[GM_Grimmy]

OUCH! All that from 1 nasty piece?

I'm so glad I have hardened steel slide plate! What's your wedge look like?

 

[muddstopper]

Aint but two things caused that beam to bend, short slide and thin beam flange. If the crotch wouldnt split, it should of just stalled the cyl, not bend and break everything.

 

[GM_Grimmy]

If the crotch wouldnt split, it should of just stalled the cyl, not bend and break everything.

And this is why most people should run 3000 psi on their systems..........it's probably not built to take it.
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[blkcloud]

Aint but two things caused that beam to bend, short slide and thin beam flange. If the crotch wouldnt split, it should of just stalled the cyl, not bend and break everything.

The flange is 3/8. iirc the slide is 8 inches long. My piece got all cockeyed and was pushing on the top of my ram.. The front bolts broke from the pressure.. Once they popped it was to late.. I'm not complaining.. I first built this splitter in 1984..