Home Made Splitters

Your advice is appreciated, thanks guys.

Jags said:

Any pumps bigger than the 16 gpm pumps start to get pricey.

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That must be a production thing. To go from 16 to 22 in a Haldex is 2x yet all the tractor pto pumps are within 20 to 30 bucks of each other from 11 to 40.

So just getting back to the ram, where the heck do I find an appropriate piston?

I mean I saw a garbage truck last time I was in pennsburg's junkyard, but I think that might be overdoing it.

Mine came off an old bulldozer.

SolarAndWood said:

Mine came off an old bulldozer.

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Yes but you have a blaze king, doesn't that require a cord just to light off the cat?

Our cylinder came from a demobilized die vat at the local rug mill years and years ago. We still have one or two more of the cylinders somewhere in the scrap. I have wanted to build an updated splitter for some time but there have always been more pressing projects to tackle. I'll need to learn to weld again, too. I have never been that good at it but it has been at least 25 years since I have tried.

For a cylinder I got mine from surplus center. https://www.surpluscenter.com/item.asp?item=9-7678&catname=hydraulic

tiber said:

So just getting back to the ram, where the heck do I find an appropriate piston?

I mean I saw a garbage truck last time I was in pennsburg's junkyard, but I think that might be overdoing it.

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I would call the results for a 'hydraulic' search in the yellowpages.com for the nearest big city. If they dont have any used ones for a good price, check out surpluscenter.com. If you have a Quality Farm and Fleet, TSC, or Rural King around you, check with them. My TSC sells a 4" bore x 24" stroke x 2" rod (4x24x2) for $240, but 50 miles north at Rural King (ruralking.com) they have the same thing for $169. And thats a 2500 PSI tie-rod cylinder.

negative1 said:

Can you guys post some pics of home made splitters. I would love to see some of the innovative ideas that haved served users well.

Thanks

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Here's mine. The bottem cyl is from a truck dump box. 6inx32in and the top cyl is a 3 i/2 in x 30in. I'm running it on the low flow side of the skid steer but I'm going to run it off the high flow side soon so I can get faster cycle times. High flow side is 30GPM at 3000psi. I haven't found anything it won't split and I just let the skid steer move those BIG ones around to where I can lower the boom on them. I also have a 35ton Husky that I use most of the time but when I get those REALLY BIG ones out comes the Tank.
It was fun to build and because I used mostly scrap, used and salvage I've got less than $200 in it and most of that is hoses and QD fittings.
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