Millman
ArboristSite Operative
Hi guys, Millman here. I need some help troubleshooting the infamous Beast.
We got a new 16gpm pump, new 20gal tank and new fittings and hoses. put it all together and it split wood. The only problem was the engine died. Oil everywhere. So we got a new 9 hp engine. Re- connected everything and now it goes in and out real nice but there is not enough pressure in the cylinder to split wood. The only other thing we changed was the connections on the control valve just to make the handle operate the way the cylinder was acting. Pull to extend and push to retract. Could that be the problem? Do the ports on the control valve handle different pressures? This in not a log splitter valve but something off a dump truck. could the cylinder packing be shot? we haven't seen any oil on the cylinder. I bow to you oh gods of wood splitters. Attached are some pictures. just look at the valve and cylinder, we have replaced everything else. Thanks.
We got a new 16gpm pump, new 20gal tank and new fittings and hoses. put it all together and it split wood. The only problem was the engine died. Oil everywhere. So we got a new 9 hp engine. Re- connected everything and now it goes in and out real nice but there is not enough pressure in the cylinder to split wood. The only other thing we changed was the connections on the control valve just to make the handle operate the way the cylinder was acting. Pull to extend and push to retract. Could that be the problem? Do the ports on the control valve handle different pressures? This in not a log splitter valve but something off a dump truck. could the cylinder packing be shot? we haven't seen any oil on the cylinder. I bow to you oh gods of wood splitters. Attached are some pictures. just look at the valve and cylinder, we have replaced everything else. Thanks.