three point splitter on 340 farmall

upred · Aug 11, 2010

I would like to buy/make a wood splitter for my 340 farmall, it has a fast hitch. my question is how do I tap into the hydraulics to run the splitter??

Ultradog MN · Aug 11, 2010

The question is how many GPM is the pump on that tractor. I would guess that you want 10 or more to effectively run a splitter. Otherwise you're running a 40 horse tractor to do the job that a 6 horse Briggs and Stratton might do better.

upred · Aug 11, 2010

yes I am looking at a 48 in stroke, 3.5 to 4 inch cylinder, i need it to split wood for my maple syrup boiler

Goose · Aug 12, 2010

I tried running a splitter off of my H. It had plenty of GPM, but not enough pressure. I admit the pump is worn on my H. A 340 should have enough GPM, if it has enough pressure.

Last year, I ran the splitter off of a D19 Allis with a high pressure, low volume system. It took 20 seconds to cycle each way, but I never ran into anything it wouldn't go through.

I'm in the process of mounting a separate 16 GPM pump and tank on the splitter to run off the PTO on the tractor. The guy I bought the pump from (at Surplus Center, Lincoln, NE) calculated the cycle time with that setup would be 6.4 seconds each way.

mkirsch · Aug 12, 2010

(quoted from post at 18:58:35 08/11/10) I would like to buy/make a wood splitter for my 340 farmall, it has a fast hitch. my question is how do I tap into the hydraulics to run the splitter??

You hook it to the hydraulic remote, and tie the lever back so you can operate the splitter with the valve on the splitter.

If your 340 doesn't have at least one hydraulic remote, it doesn't have hydraulics. The ports will be up under the gas tank, and the lever will be between the dashboard and the fast hitch control lever.

three point splitter on 340 farmall

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