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Tractor splitter?

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  1. Backwoods Savage

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  2. MasterMech

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    Tractor splitters are a catch 22.

    Either the tractor doesn't have the hydraulic flow to run the unit at low (quiet speeds) and the engine must be run at high rpm - negating the noise advantage.

    Or, a large PTO pump (oversized to provide adequate flow at low RPM) and a reservoir must be fitted which usually negates any significant cost advantage over a self-powered unit.

    PTO pumps that provide equivalent flow to self-powered units at rated PTO/Engine speed are really silly. Then there is no cost, or noise advantage. :loco: :crazy:
     
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    I was with you until you said there was no noise advantage, I completely disagree. I don't think any air cooled engine running at 3600 rpm vs a diesel running at 2600 rpm rated speed are even close. There is no load on the diesel ayways lol.
     
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    Everybody makes good points my input agrees with (1) tractor hydraulics are slow (2) most setups I sold were a pto powered pump @17-20 gpm and the splitters worked good they also had a standard valve on the splitter to operate (3) the customers that bought them ended up buying self contained splitters after a couple of years for various reasons mostly because they wanted the tractor to move the wood when splitting and tow a wagon with the split wood the last was the cost a good pto splitter with a pump and tank is not much cheaper good luck with your choice JB
     
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    I'd happily listen to a Honda/Subaru singing at 3,600 over the Deere 2640 I ran as a kid. That thing was hearing protection -required-. Point is, some tractors are quiet, some are not. And the tractor is generally going to produce "better" noise than the one-lung. Even an old Farmall running at 1500 rpm is going to make enough fan noise to make conversations shouted rather than spoken.
     
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    That's not my experience with my 3039. As I said in a post above, I can have a conversation with my family around easily.
     
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    Just to throw this out there….
    Tractor run log splitters
    I’m happy either way. It was fine when it was self powered and I like it just as much now when it’s on the tractor. Guess it’s a preference and all about what your circumstance is.
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    Sometime's you just gotta hear that Farmall four-pot purr.... Looks like a therapy rig to me. :yes:
     
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    So yer gonna buy a splitter to put on someone elses tractor? HMMM. While you got your wallet out, I need a new boat motor.
     
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    Well, to be fair I have unlimited use of the tractor at pretty much anytime. I keep my stack of logs there at the farm property and do my splitting there as well. I bring the pick-up over to load and bring back to my city house.
     
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    My neighbor has a 50HP JD with rear remote hydraulics and a brandy new top of the line splitter. My Huskee 22 cost 1/4 the price of the splitter and will run circles around it.
     
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    Like, he's running it on the SCV's or it has a Power Beyond kit and a valve on the splitter? The former is a terrible way to run a splitter on a smaller tractor.
     
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    Sound even cooler if it was run by an Allis Chalmers. Those old 4 cylinder AC motors had a "bark" when the governor opened.
     
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    How’d you guess?!!!
     
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    Holy moley...welcome back stranger...its been a minute! :handshake:
     
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