Harbor Freight 3-point log splitter attached to a Kubota BX-24

[skiddy8619]

Hey if your happy with it that's all that matters. Have you tried splitting elm with it? If you can check out my video of my homemade one, I have over $300 in the cylinder alone. But it was made to crush car rims with tires on them, worked pretty descent we done around 1200 tires in a week. Here is the link for mine.

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[ayelvington]

@skiddy8619 It does elm just fine, and black locust too. Slow and easy...

[unclemikeb]

If it can split elm and hardwoods, don't knock it.

[localcrew]

Yeah, that's slow -- but it is relentless. So you have about 500 bucks in it. That's not bad for new equipment. I've seen used gasoline-powered splitters on craigslist for around 800-1000 bucks so you did okay. I'd still like to see some more speed out of that cylinder though. Caterpillar makes a break-in lube that you add to hydraulic fluid. Maybe go to your local Cat dealer and get a pint of that stuff. It's not too expensive and may help your cycle time. Good luck!

[ayelvington]

@localcrew The Kubota requires a SUDT hydraulic fluid, and additives tend to promote foaming in the winter. The cycle time is slow because the pump just doesn't move that much volume/minute. I'm sure that it would rock if it was on a larger tractor with a high-volume pump :)

[Texan4Life706]

Thx for posting... How many GPM is the pump on the tractor and what RPM did you have then engine at? Is that a 3 or 4in cylinder?

[MrLeonard55]

Air in the system or something.

[ayelvington]

@MrLeonard55 Not air, very small hydraulic pump.

[swat253]

It won't matter how slow it is when the temps drop in the low teens and you have a nice stack of logs ready to go!

[ayelvington]

Yes, it's slow, and yes, it's the tractor pump. I'm still quite happy with it since I split elm, locust, and other hardwoods. I really like that I can take the splitter to the tree and save having to heft large rollers back to the splitter. All in all it is a great value.

[TheFichtner]

can you say slow?

[aaronsbarker]

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Gotta be the tractor pump... search for t the riko 9 ton and see how quick it cycles.