Home bilt splitter. I want to do one upgrade to it this year.
Single stage 8gpm on 16hp single cylinder Kohler, very worn tapered I beam with single fixed wedge, twin low pressure 3" cylinders just rebuilt, leaking loader control valve with no auto return. The hydraulic oil is milky, assuming waterlogged and will need to be changed so a decent time to make a change. The cycle time is very slow, but it does everything I need it to do and rarely doesn't split something I put in there. It has no splitting table, stuff just hits the ground.
I split to 25-27" so it's indispensable for my system, 80% of the wood gets split with it. I don't want to spend a ton of money, but boosting productivity is good.
I'm torn between a splitting table and an auto return valve.
Single stage 8gpm on 16hp single cylinder Kohler, very worn tapered I beam with single fixed wedge, twin low pressure 3" cylinders just rebuilt, leaking loader control valve with no auto return. The hydraulic oil is milky, assuming waterlogged and will need to be changed so a decent time to make a change. The cycle time is very slow, but it does everything I need it to do and rarely doesn't split something I put in there. It has no splitting table, stuff just hits the ground.
I split to 25-27" so it's indispensable for my system, 80% of the wood gets split with it. I don't want to spend a ton of money, but boosting productivity is good.
I'm torn between a splitting table and an auto return valve.