Beautiful weather over here tomorrow and I want to maximize it because from Tues-Thurs...You guessed it: Rain...I have a 6.75HP Briggs & Stratton engine on the 22 Ton Husky splitter. Normally a full tank of gas will run for 1 hour before dying out because it runs out of fuel....Can I re-fill right away and continue...or should I let it relax for a half-hour or so???.......
I don't see a problem with continuing on. They were meant to be used for fairly long periods of time.
Carry on! All is well with hours of continuous operation. But before shutting down for the day let it it idle for a few minutes, thin kill it.
If it drinks oil, just give it a few minutes so you can get an accurate reading and top up if needed. I've got the same splitter , bought used after our first season here. Conservatively, it's probably seen 70 cord in my hands.. who knows before. Oil changes when it gets murky and an air filter (once) has all its needed to stay happy, and I "hot lap" it regularly! Don't run it tilted though, oil spills into the air filter. Worth noting, I bought a lightly used Husqvarna lawn mower for our first house when we got it... Thirteen years ago? Same B&S 675 motor. It finally gave up last year at that house which is now our rental property. Engine still runs, but the rest of the mower was showing its age. I kept the motor - I'll do a carb rebuild and have a spare for the splitter if it ever gives up the ghost. Lots of respect for this engine.
No reason to stop unless you are tired or run out of wood or something similar. The motor won't care. The most I've ever done at one time is 3 tanks. Man was I a tired puppy.
I split right into my 15cf trailer. When the trailer is full I stop the splitter and stack the wood. Rinse and repeat. I refuel after every 2 trailer loads of split wood.
Same here, but not always. There are so many variations. I used to split into my 5X10' trailer, but that was when the stacking area was back in the field. I absolutely hate the idea of splitting onto the ground, but I've done it a few times. Every time......I've regretted the extra work. If I'm splitting right next to the stacks, it goes from the splitter right into a stack, and I don't care that the splitter will be running a bit longer using that method. I like to stop the splitter when I get a bit low on gas (me, not the machine), then check the oil a while later. It's burning some, so I can top it off that way.
It’s not a bad question. My DHT 28 ran hot as hades when it was new. Hotter than it should IMO. I used to let it cool off sometimes. Course I’m not opposed to taking a break myself once in awhile. I’ve replaced the ram and it still ran hot. Seems to run cooler now but it also doesn’t have the power it once had. Still getting the job done so until something fails it will stay that way. That being said it is a tool. If a tool cannot perform to your expectations then it’s a bad tool. If your splitting nice easy wood maybe try less than full throttle.
There was a thread on this not too long ago... We run 1/2 throttle for every bit of two to three tanks and never think about duty cycling. I do practice the idle down method for cooling at the end of a long run.
This works if your splitter has throttle control. Mine doesn't. If I ever replace the engine, the new one will have it.
Yep, read it. And I’ll admit that’s where I got the idea. I always thought it was bad for em but enough people were saying it works I tried it. My DHT doesn’t have the oomph it came with. Was splitting up some Sass yesterday and on that I can run under full anyway. On gnarly stuff I’m better off wide open. Can’t wait until the gnarly is gone and I get all the straight grain logs.
