Farmall 3 pt log spliter

Johnruger

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All, I have a farmall 230 with fasthitch. I want to build a 3pt log spliter that will attach to it and be a working piece and not an aesthetic piece with a 4 minute cylinder stroke. Has anyone made one, used one, seen one that worked.?
 
All 3 point log splitters I have seen are slow compared to the ones you buy. Hope you can find something.
 
I would look at a small trailer splitter, I have had one for 20+ years and they work fine with a 6-8 hp engine,
The pump in a small splitter has a shift feature that allows the low hp engine to built up enough pressure to bust the wood,
A tractor splitter does not have that feature, normally unless it's a large tractor with a high volume, high pressure pump, the ram will travel slow
and you are not going to be happy,

Just check it out before you lay your money down,
Also with the trailer splitter you have your tractor free for other work like dragging up logs or hauling away split wood,
 
The splitter will only be good if you use a PTO drive hydraulic pump. The tractors hydraulics would be so slow you could split it faster by hand.
 
Our compact jd moves a 4" cylinder just as fast as our trailer splitter with a two stage pump. Maybe a little faster. Both have 3000 psi. Your 230 will be slow and just has 1200 psi. You could belt up a two stage pump on your 230. Pump will need to run 3600 rpm or so.
 
The 230 is fine holding the splitter, but WAY to small on hydraulics to make it usable, put a 5HP engine and 2 stage pump on it.
 
these are the splitting tools I use.
trailer splitter, new type standup they may be easier to use, have never used one so I do not know, but man o man this old boy will split some wood it you are man enough to keep it loaded.

forks to lift logs for cutting
platform to haul wood away,

dump scoop to load and move wood

all tools have their place, each has a hitch plate so I can pull the splitter to the wood pile.

this system has worked for me.
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I built one for our JD 4600, but it has a lot more hydraulics than your Farmall, you would have to use a pto pump to have a usable splitter.
I like to be able to raise and lower the splitter, and for really big wood I put the wood on my flatbed trailer and lay the splitter down
beside it and roll it in. I have seen factory made 3-point splitters that use a trunnion-mount cylinder so they don't stick out so far. When
I am not using it it hangs up inside the garage on the wall.
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We are partial to vertical splitters and built one that will fit any three point hitch it has it's own pto driven pump. Works well with most any tractor at a fast idle. Definitely does not need to run at 540! We have used it behind a gas M, Super MD, Oliver 1250. It has a 4 inch cylinder and though I have never timed it, probably extends/retracts in around 7-8 seconds. Will have to check it. Not even close to being too fast, but fast enough for us. 30 inch stroke.

Will try to post a picture. A friend built one similar that mounts to a Farmall Cub, not three point of course, he leaves it on all of the time. Uses the tractor for nothing else. I just don't like being down there next to those 5-8 hp engines running 3600 rpm.

Like others say, definitely need to use a pto pump.

Garry
 
Here is one I built years ago. It mounts on three point hitch with the hydraulic supply from tractor remote valve. Vertical position, as that is what I like. Roll large log pieces to it, flip them on splitter pad, then I sit on a log or a chair and go at it. I built splitter to use on an International 504 Diesel, but it is out of commission currently, so I use a 756 Diesel . Either tractor works well at half throttle. Low fuel usage on either tractor as there is little load on the engines.
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