Log Splitteron John Deere 4066R

[lbaxterh]

I have a JD 4066R. It connects to my 3 pt hitch wood splitter and I am currently running the splitter off one of the five sets of Selective Control Valves on the back of the tractor. It works fine but I'd like to improve the cycle time without going to a PTO operated hydraulic system on the splitter. The splitter is an American with the standard splitter valve.
If I connect the splitter to the Power Beyond on the back of the tractor would this improve the cycle time and if so do I need to do anything to the valve on the splitter to make it work (not sure of open vs. closed). I've read about the Prince rapid extend valve. Would this work on either my SCV or Power Beyond and help improve things? Any other ideas on how to improve cycle. I've got plenty of horsepower I guess but not enough flow. Any thoughts are greatly appreciated!!!

 

[J_J]

https://www.deere.com/en_US/product...ries/4066r_compact_utility_tractor/4066r.page

Time the flow into a 5 gal bucket and see if the SCV are putting out the max flow of the pump.

Your implement flow is 10.2 GPM.

If the valves were spec'd correctly you will have max pump flow at the SCV's.

The Prince rapid extend valve is designed for 4 GPM or less.

 

[lbaxterh]

Thanks J.J.! I'll check the flow. I was hoping when Prince said "nominal" flow it meant at least 4gpm. Guess I'll have to learn to be more patient.

 

[RitchElbe]

really the best way to increase speed is going with larger hoses. Which means going to a PTO pump..due to the ID of the flow hole from the tractor. I've ran the same type rig on my 4100. To increase productive I built my own that splits both ways.. I'm happy with it...but I recently lucked into a sweet 2 stage pump that means fast cycle..but I kick down in the pump to deal with stubborn wood. So my plan this spring is to fab a bracket to connect the pump to the mid mount PTO which turns 2500rpm...run 1" ID hose to and from the pump with a reservoir on the log splitter. Really looking forward to this set up..it will allow me to leave the FEL attached while using the log splitter