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Not great at small stuff but the 60” maple base I just split in about 10 mins was a lot of fun!!!!


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Splitter my father in law built for me. New 6.5 hp Predator engine. 5" cylinder, 11 gpm pump. Beam appears to be about 1/4" thickness. It isn't a racer but will split 90% of the wood I have. Splitter ran into a knotted up piece of something and it started to twist the beam, I backed it off and hit it off with a sledge hammer and threw that log aside. The beam untwisted when I reversed the ram, maybe the beam is a bit weak for the power this thing possess? Either way I am happy to have it and beats using a maul.
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Nice. I believe H beams are stronger than I beams. You could stiffen/strengthen that beam by placing plate or U-channel at the base, or stiffeners/plate in the web.

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That splitter is a great candidate for a 4” replacement cylinder. No more twisty beam, and 50% faster.
 
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Here is a beast of a splitter I just got done working on. It has a wisconsin engine on it. We have a 2 way splitter just like it but with a 10hp vanguard on it. You. An split a lot of wood in a hurry with one.
 

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This is a wood splitter that I built this year. It has a hydraulic log lift system that words great. It has a two cylinder engine that runs a 16 gal. pump. The ram is a 4.5" cylinder. It has a auto return system, this makes splitting go smooth.
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Thanks for posting. I saw one like this, in yellow, and that unit's lift is actually part of the corner table/working surface.
What does your lift look like?
I was abandoning my idea of another horizontal project for the tabletop version.
 
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This is a wood splitter that I built this year. It has a hydraulic log lift system that words great. It has a two cylinder engine that runs a 16 gal. pump. The ram is a 4.5" cylinder. It has a auto return system, this makes splitting go smooth.
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I think that is the nicest looking homemade splitter I’ve seen and you did a nice job on it. Maybe you could open a small factory and give Wolfe Ridge Mfg some competition.
Edit: I think VirginiaIrons splitter is really nice too.
 
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I finally found the tabletop model that had the lift I mentioned. I am very impressed with the design of his lift.



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Welcome to the forum, @Damecj! But this is a six year old thread, so you're gonna have to help us out, here. Which "same one"? There were 7-1/2 pages of pictures of log splitters, on this thread.
 
This revived thread reminded me that I hadn’t found a replacement for my FPE30 25N filter without having to order four. Went to my file, a wood chip with the filter number written in pencil that had been setting on my dresser and online I found 2 cross referenced filters which led to a bunch of more readily available cross referenced options including a Wix that I ordered.

I haven’t been using the splitter much these days but do need to re-split a bunch. Starting more fires with this years warm weather and the mini split pulling its weight.

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I have the same one any idea what hydraulic fluid it takes
You can use pretty much anything for hydraulic fluid.
I have ATF in mine as it flows better in the cold.
I have mixed 10W engine oil with ATF and AW 32 in my vintage 950 Cat loaders over the years.
 
Also running a Wix 51249 filter on my Huskee-branded Speeco. I think it's a very common filter for all mid-size log splitters.

Finally switched my splitter over from the factory hydro oil to all-ATF this winter. Definitely makes a difference.

Actually, I didn't dry-cycle the cylinder. So in reality, I switched 3 out of the 4 gallons in my splitter from hydro oil to ATF. ;lol Good enough.
 
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