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The decision will come down to how patient you are. That small pump will make a log splitter pretty sow to operate and that may drive you nuts. The guys I know who slit a lot of wood usually opt for a two-stage hydraulic pump that will move the ram quickly to reach the log and then develop more power for doing the actual splitting. These are on splitters that they trailer and that use a separate engine to drive a hydraulic pump.
For a tractor splitter, I'd recommend a PTO pump to get the flow you need to move a big ram reasonably quickly.
No, my tractor is a 304 Jinma with a TY395 engine. I got the alternator online from a place that sells them for boats and stuff, but if I lived in the States I'd have just gone to a junkyard for one or, failing that, to Autozone or some such. Pretty much any of the Delco 12Si alternators will work – just a slight difference in the two or three wire models. I opted for a 65-70 amp one, though they're available anywhere from about 40 to 100 amps capacity. I like the three-wire models as they start exciting at a lower rpm which is handy o a diesel tractor. But you can work around that by adjusting the size of the alternator pulley to some degree – not good to go too small, though.
I will say that changing my alternator was about the best hundred bucks I spent on the tractor. That's sixty for the alternator, twelve for the new voltmeter, and about twenty-five for the new segmented V-belt. I now have all the juice I need to run additional lighting and my 1500 watt inverter for running power tools in the field.
Actually, glass is just fused silica for the most part and is a plastic medium – that is, it can be deformed by pressure. Very old window panes are seen to be thicker at the bottom than at the top, because the glass has actually “flowed” toward the bottom under the pressure of gravity and lots of time.
In sunlight, clear glass will develop that purplish tint after several decades due to the action of UV o the glass. This is a faint purple – a deeper purple would be a color that was put in the glass at time of production.
Glass certainly is susceptible to UV rays – in a hundred years or so it will develop a purplish tint if you're not careful.
“Self-regulating pneumatic suspension”- that sounds like the”Hydrolastic” suspe nsion on my old MiniCooper back in the sixties. Thrust on one side when cornering was supposed to push the other side down to maintain equal ground engagement. I never drove it hard enough to really test that theory fully. In theory, there’s no difference between theory and practice, but in practice there inevitably seems to be. (grin)
“Self-regulating pneumatic suspension”- that sounds like the”Hydrolastic” suspe nsion on my old MiniCooper back in the sixties. Thrust on one side when cornering was supposed to push the other side down to maintain equal ground engagement. I never drove it hard enough to really test that theory fully. In theory, there’s no difference between theory and practice, but in practice there inevitably seems to be. (grin)
I’d say if you can comfortably hold the oil filter, the engine is not warmed up enough to put a load on. 140F is too hot to holdand most diesel engines like to be above 170 for optimun power and wear.
Nice job! Great pics of gorgeous countryside, too – I’m envious. Thanks for sharing with us.
