Steve NW WI
Unwanted Riff Raff.
Splitter was built many years ago, not sure who made it. One of dad's friends owned it, he cut with us for many years, and when he quit, Dad bought it.
Pump and cylinder are off an old Cat dozer, PTO driven. Tractor is a 1973 MF 180, about 65 HP diesel. Fuel use at about 2/3 throttle is about a gallon an hour, more than doubles if wide open, and doesn't split too much faster, since most of the time is spent loading, etc. Cycle time (30" stroke) is about 18 seconds @ 1600 RPMs engine speed, 14 seconds WOT.
Sorry I didn't have any bigger rounds than these (approx 12" - the crotch might have gone 16"), but rest assured the result is always the same.
Also a couple pics for those of you on dialup.
Any questions, fire away.
Steve
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Pump and cylinder are off an old Cat dozer, PTO driven. Tractor is a 1973 MF 180, about 65 HP diesel. Fuel use at about 2/3 throttle is about a gallon an hour, more than doubles if wide open, and doesn't split too much faster, since most of the time is spent loading, etc. Cycle time (30" stroke) is about 18 seconds @ 1600 RPMs engine speed, 14 seconds WOT.
Sorry I didn't have any bigger rounds than these (approx 12" - the crotch might have gone 16"), but rest assured the result is always the same.
Also a couple pics for those of you on dialup.
Any questions, fire away.
Steve
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