Adding auto cycle

[husky455rancher]

I’m thinking of adding auto cycle to my Wolfe ridge pro 28c. Does anyone here have one and know what I would need to buy other than an auto cycle valve? I put a few hours in the machine this weekend and I could see the need for one as I’m a one man band.

 

[rancher2]

I have installed and work around three. Two on homemade log splitters and one on my homemade processor. The ones on the wood splitters have been removed for several years now. Have a couple different people running them and they just didn't work well for those folks. You will have to mess with the setting depending on the oil temp. Went back to a detent return. I still run one on the processor but I am the only one that runs it. I wouldn't buy another one. Takes too much adjusting on it.

 

[Del_]

Auto return is hard to beat. It's very nice getting back to the splitter and having it waiting for the next piece. I most often am carrying that piece and just drop it onto the beam. Coming back and having the hydraulic ram in the way means I have to do something with the piece I'm carrying or else try to hit the return with my elbow.

 

[sean donato]

I have installed and work around three. Two on homemade log splitters and one on my homemade processor. The ones on the wood splitters have been removed for several years now. Have a couple different people running them and they just didn't work well for those folks. You will have to mess with the setting depending on the oil temp. Went back to a detent return. I still run one on the processor but I am the only one that runs it. I wouldn't buy another one. Takes too much adjusting on it.

I agree, I got to do a decent bit of work to a timber wolf processor. It had an auto cycle. Very picky with oil temp. Til the oil got sufficiently warmed up it would trip on the splitting stoke and stop mid cycle. Gave less issues over sumer then winter, they ended up replacing it with an auto return style valve. Didn't really effect production times. One guy loaded the live deck, the other worked the cutting and splitting end of it, third guy took the wood from the conveyer pile and loaded it/moved for storage.

 

[cantoo]

If you scroll down this thread I have the link for the Price valve I installed on mine. I've never had to adjust mine. https://www.arboristsite.com/threads/log-splitter-control-valve-question.308091/#post-7773247

 

[cantoo]

I have a tray beside my splitter chamber so I can prestage rounds. When it returns and stops I just roll the next set on and pull both levers. Then grab the next set and prestage them while it cycles. For scale that push plate is 1" thick and 12" tall. Bottom round is approx 10" which allows me to stack and set on top. Bottom round is split 4 ways and top set are split in half.

 

[Mike Van]

I'm a one man band too - I didn't get one on the Eastonmade splitter I bought, well over 100 cords through it, no regrets. The cycle time is so fast on this splitter [especially the return] i'm glad i saved the 900.00 extra for that valve.

 

[cantoo]

This is about 12 hours of splitting last weekend. 16" long splits. pile is approx 12' tall, 24' across and 15' up the angle. I really like my auto cycle valve.