Thanks from a long time lurker, you folks have helped me more than I can tell you. OK, two years ago a friend on limited income, < 12k/yr, bought a used home built splitter. He called me because it needed work and I'm handy but I don't know anything about hydraulics. The first year I put a new used commercial briggs 5hp on it and new used wheels, wheel bearings and used tires on it. It was built on a Ford N Tractor front end with home made wheels.... now it tows at 60 mph just fine.
This year there was a leak in the ram. I removed it, took it to Northern Colorado Fluid Power and they rebuilt it. The surprise was that they charged me $70 over the $100 estimate. The hydraulic hose to the return side of the ram was shabby, so I had another company make a new one. On reassembly the new line leaked.
Rather than spend $40 in fuel hauling the splitter back to the front range I want to know if I can just order a made 1/2" hose from Northern Tool and install it with a swivel? How strong does the hose need to be? Will a swivel be strong enough?It's a single stage unit used to slowly split beetlekill pine to keep my poor disabled friend warm....
I spent $230 on his splitter so far, and I would like to stop...thanks
This year there was a leak in the ram. I removed it, took it to Northern Colorado Fluid Power and they rebuilt it. The surprise was that they charged me $70 over the $100 estimate. The hydraulic hose to the return side of the ram was shabby, so I had another company make a new one. On reassembly the new line leaked.
Rather than spend $40 in fuel hauling the splitter back to the front range I want to know if I can just order a made 1/2" hose from Northern Tool and install it with a swivel? How strong does the hose need to be? Will a swivel be strong enough?It's a single stage unit used to slowly split beetlekill pine to keep my poor disabled friend warm....
I spent $230 on his splitter so far, and I would like to stop...thanks