Old Tractor for Logsplitter

[cosmiccrofter]

I'm looking for an old tractor to sit on the hydraulic logsplitter, which of these would have the better GPM, an older Major, or a Leyland 384

 

[Wisconsonian]

PTO hydraulic pump. No way you'll want to run it off the tractor hydraulic pump if you do any work at all with it.

 

[agrimax]

I think the Leyland has higher flow and pressure than the Major. The Leyland will work a splitter just fine and will have an independant tipping pipe. Just need to add a return port which is easy to do. The Major is less likely to have a seperate tipping pipe (a rarity on these) and the lift arms need to be fully raised to put pressure to an auxiliary service. Can be made to work if the splitter is free standing. A Super Major would be different though.
My home made splitter lives on a Nuffield and it works just fine.

 

[cosmiccrofter]

Yes, I've seen a splitter working on a Major and to be fair it wasn't too slow, but I've never seen a Leyland in action. The Leyland is basically an upgraded Nuffield so will probably go with that, and it's cheaper!

 

[startinghandle]

How much log splitting will you be doing?
Will you use tractor for other work?

 

[Wisconsonian]

Here's a POWER MAJOR:

Pressure:	2200 psi [151.7 bar]
Pump flow:	5.65 gpm [21.4 lpm]

A SUPER Major bumps the flow to 6gpm.

A 384 is: 7.8 gpm [29.5 lpm] (guessing over 2,500PSI) and a more advanced tractor.

The advantage of a pto powered pump is speed and being able to idle the engine back to a smooth quiet speed and still have great performance on the splitter, especially with a two stage log splitter pump. Either tractor will split wood fine if you don't mind the speed, you have to have time to move the logs anyway.

 

[br jones]

Hydraulic power pack

 

[Flat 10]

Use a screw type splitter much better

 

[spin cycle]

Use a screw type splitter much better

those type scare me witless

 

[Courier]

Will run all week on 10 galls of diesel on a logsplitter

David Brown 780

Brakes:	mechanical drum
Hydraulics:
Pressure:	2000 psi [137.9 bar]
Pump flow:	7.4 gpm [28.0 lpm]
Oil type:	SAE20W30 SAE20W40

 

[Flat 10]

those type scare me witless

Why? If I can manage......

 

[Flat 10]

Why? If I can manage......

If it grabs them just let it go.....
Really not an issue at all

 

[mo!]

Screw type are no more dangerous than a bodged farm hydraulic splitter, and most of the factory made ones get the safety features disabled from what I've seen. Screws are much much faster too.

 

[Kidds]

pto hydraulics definitely the way to go.
Used a splitter on an IH 434 (7gpm) and it will do it but speed is miserable.

 

[essexpete]

Is the tractor needed for 3pt linkage and or pto work? Thinking perhaps one of the old tractor based industrial loaders would have a higher hydraulic output. Perhaps even mount the splitter on the back and still have a handy loader.

 

[cosmiccrofter]

I have thought about something like an old 50B which should have good hydraulic output. Actually a loader would be more useful than 3PL.

 

[essexpete]

Something like this perhaps?
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[kevindb880]

Run a 14 ton Multec on DB880 using tractor hydraulics no problem!

 

[Tomr10]

Used to use log splitter on a Leyland 472 for years

 

[cosmiccrofter]

I've been told the IH 74 series from the 70's all had the same pump and could manage 8gpm, can anyone confirm this?