wood4heat
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Damn that made quick work of my firewood! What usually takes me a week was split snd stacked in a day and a half!
I have a question after the first real use though. I heat cycled it a few times before I went all out with it. Varying rpm and splitting some small stuff. Sunday I was splitting 20”-26” rounds of dry Doug Fir. Most pieces split easily at 3/4 throttle or so. For the biggest pieces I opened her up. I think it kicked in the second stage of the pump a few times. The ram never stopped but it slowed way down.
My question is about hydraulic heat. It was only low 80’s out but by the time I started splitting the 6th round I could smell hot hydraulic fluid. The cylinder was too hot to hold my hand agains and the hydraulic tank even felt hot. That seemed like a good spot to shut it down anyways to stack what I had split, pet the dog, and drink a little water. Gave it around 30 minutes rest and got back at it. Of course as the day went on it just got hotter. I probably would have finished in s day if I wasn’t concerned with how hot it was getting.
Is it normal for the hydraulics to get this hot or am I pushing it too hard?
I have a question after the first real use though. I heat cycled it a few times before I went all out with it. Varying rpm and splitting some small stuff. Sunday I was splitting 20”-26” rounds of dry Doug Fir. Most pieces split easily at 3/4 throttle or so. For the biggest pieces I opened her up. I think it kicked in the second stage of the pump a few times. The ram never stopped but it slowed way down.
My question is about hydraulic heat. It was only low 80’s out but by the time I started splitting the 6th round I could smell hot hydraulic fluid. The cylinder was too hot to hold my hand agains and the hydraulic tank even felt hot. That seemed like a good spot to shut it down anyways to stack what I had split, pet the dog, and drink a little water. Gave it around 30 minutes rest and got back at it. Of course as the day went on it just got hotter. I probably would have finished in s day if I wasn’t concerned with how hot it was getting.
Is it normal for the hydraulics to get this hot or am I pushing it too hard?