It's all pine, but baby, I've got loads of it!
I have gotten some splitting done with this beast. I had a knotty round that was almost too big for two of us to lift onto the beam and it hit 3000 psi or really close to it. That would be 40 tons of force. :msp_scared:It wasn't too happy but muscled through it. The only carnage was the horizontal split wing bent downward. Not sure why though. It will straighten easily.
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I've run a lot of rounds through it but have lots more to go. I probably have all the wood I will burn this year already split, so this is either planning ahead or selling. I need to figure out a hard and fast method of making piles equal to a cord each.
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Some issues; It seems to be getting pretty warm, even with 30+ gallons of oil. My return line puts the hot oil in at the top of the tank and the suction line is right at the bottom of the tank. I guess it's just the 28GPM of fluid that is moving all the time. It almost never hits high pressure mode on the pump.
Secondly, I have bent a pushrod on the engine and like any good farmer, I straightened that sucker back out and put it back in. I think it's bent again by the way it just ran when I popped that hunk out of the wedge. I'll open it up again to look; it's only four bolts to take the cover off and another one bolt to undo to get the push rod out.
Why would it be bending the pushrod? Each time has been after running the engine for an hour plus of solid, hard splitting. Clean fresh oil and filter and fresh gas. Could the timing be off?
Lastly, I badly need to build the outfeed table. It's dumb to be standing on and tripping over the pile of splits as they accumulate. I will build that next week if at all possible.
I'm also trying to find lots of reasons to buy a Magnum 460 chainsaw. I'm tired of this little 029 super. I also need to educate myself on how to properly sharpen a chain. Mine curves to the right as it cuts, making it bind and causes a lot of heat. I'm a rookie, but I will read and learn.
Have a good weekend!