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17th May 2021, 06:20 PM #1Diamond Member
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Dingo Log Splitter
It's the time of year when one starts to think about processing firewood.
I've had a look through a few past log-splitting projects on here, but have been thinking about something very simple to hook up to my Dingo, like this:
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Which I believe may have been an actual Dingo-branded implement? I like the idea that it can be tilted forward and split logs in place, which could be handy for a few larger logs (~1m dia) I have my eye on.
I was thinking of a 4" cylinder with a 600mm stroke, which should get me about 19 tonnes, which I think is fine for my fairly modest requirements.
I've got a bit of 150UC I can steal - any idea if this is going to be strong enough?
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17th May 2021, 06:27 PM #2Pink 10EE owner
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Only thing I can think of is some Dingo models put out near 3400psi so plan according to what pressure you have.
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17th May 2021, 07:16 PM #3Diamond Member
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18th May 2021, 03:38 PM #4Most Valued Member
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1m diameter logs are considered "modest requirements"?
In any case, my experience suggests that 19 tonne should be ok to split 1m diameter logs of around the 400mm length.
My wood heater can take logs up to about 460mm and so 400mm is a nice size for my purposes.
I have a 150mm diameter ram and the maximum pressure I have seen created to split some pretty big logs is around 2000 psi (only for a split second) which equates to 24 tonne.
Log splitters that claim to produce 50 tonnes of force are either unnecessary or simply misleading.
At 46 lpm it would also produce a nice piston speed of nearly 10cm/s which is plenty fast too. Slow cyclic speeds can become frustrating.
Not sure about your choice of material. Others can make comment. I used two pieces of 150x 75 x 8 and it's never even noticably flexed.
Edit: my hydraulic pump Max's out at 3000 psi but I have set the relief valve on the spool to 2200 psi so the system never sees any more than that.
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18th May 2021, 04:48 PM #5Diamond Member
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I'm planning to cut them into 400mm disks and then spilt - the grain looks to be fairly straight, so I'm hoping they will split fairly easily - being able to bring the splitter to the log rather than vice-versa seems attractive, although watching some Youtube vids of skid-steer mounted splitters, manoeuvring the machine to the log does look a lot slower than loading the logs by hand.
In any case, my experience suggests that 19 tonne should be ok to split 1m diameter logs of around the 400mm length.
Not sure about your choice of material. Others can make comment. I used two pieces of 150x 75 x 8 and it's never even noticably flexed.
Edit: my hydraulic pump Max's out at 3000 psi but I have set the relief valve on the spool to 2200 psi so the system never sees any more than that.
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