Plumbing a log splitter, help

[cub154neub]

Newbie here, have an old ford 860 and want to acquire a log splitter but dont know how to hook up hydraulics there are no accessorie hookups on the tractor now. Any help will be MUCH appreciated. Thanks

 

[dodge man]

Do you already have a 3 point log splitter? If not just get one with an engine. By the time you add the stuff to make the tractor run a splitter you’ll be money ahead and it will work better.

 

[cub154neub]

Do you already have a 3 point log splitter? If not just get one with an engine. By the time you add the stuff to make the tractor run a splitter you’ll be money ahead and it will work better.

Thanks dodge man, that's the kind of education I seek.

 

[WranglerX]

Was going to cost me $300-400 to put PB on my SCUT and then a thousand or more for splitter, found a uses splitter with blown engine for $200 and infested $350 for hoses and new engine.... Way ahead for stand alone splitter, and still have tractor available to move wood to and from splitter without having to stop splitting....

 

[Gordon Gould]

Way ahead for stand alone splitter, and still have tractor available to move wood to and from splitter

^^^^^ Most important to me.

gg

 

[Jims1025R]

If you choose to connect a log splitter valve to the hydraulic power beyond of a tractor, be aware of the possibility that the detent return of the log splitter valve may cause unintended operation of other tractor hydraulics. I had a power beyond splitter on my JD650. If the front end loader was up (which it should not be anyway) while I was splitting, and I moved the splitter valve into the detent quick return position, the front loader fell to the ground instantly = very dangerous! At the recommendation of the valve manufacturer, I changed it for a regular "open/close" hydraulic valve of the same chassis, and it worked perfectly fine, and did not interfere with other hydraulic system operation. Though I did have to hold the valve for each splitter return!

 

[nyone]

$400-600 on marketplace every month around here. I wouldnt bother with a 3pt splitter. This $400 unit just sits outside next to my woodshed. A few pulls on the recoil and I'm splitting wood. Nothing to hook up or unhook.