A few years ago I made a splitter that attached to the Bobcat I had at the time. The Bobcat had the hydraulic lines in place, so I used it's hydraulics.
I have since sold the Bobcat and now have a L2550 Kabota. The hydraulic pump isn't very big and I doubt would have enough flow.
So I can cut off the plate that attached to the Bobcat and weld on a bottom bar and a top link to mount it on the hitch, but I will need a tank and a means of a pump. The tank isn't so much of an issue, but I need to drive a pump off of the PTO. This tractor does have a 1000rpm gear for the PTO, but I think I should gear a pump higher, I'm thinking by chain and sprockets. I know there are PTO pumps available, but they are much more expensive that a shaft driven pump. There is one PTO pump that is not too expensive but I wonder about the quality since it is almost half the money of a Pierce or the like.
So I'm spinning my wheels here wondering if someone here has some ideas. Perhaps some pics of similar projects?
I have since sold the Bobcat and now have a L2550 Kabota. The hydraulic pump isn't very big and I doubt would have enough flow.
So I can cut off the plate that attached to the Bobcat and weld on a bottom bar and a top link to mount it on the hitch, but I will need a tank and a means of a pump. The tank isn't so much of an issue, but I need to drive a pump off of the PTO. This tractor does have a 1000rpm gear for the PTO, but I think I should gear a pump higher, I'm thinking by chain and sprockets. I know there are PTO pumps available, but they are much more expensive that a shaft driven pump. There is one PTO pump that is not too expensive but I wonder about the quality since it is almost half the money of a Pierce or the like.
So I'm spinning my wheels here wondering if someone here has some ideas. Perhaps some pics of similar projects?