Adding hydraulic ports

[Walt in WV]

I have a 1988 JD 750 with front-end loader. I want to use a log splitter also. I am having trouble finding the simplest way to add hydraulic ports for log splitter (Northern Equip). Suggestions welcome. Please include good source for necessary hoses and fittings. My loader, Bush Hog brand, has a "power beyond" kit.
Walt

 

[Abram]

If your loader has the common one stick control for it there should be a line going into the control that delivers constant pressure and fluid that you might be able to tap into and put a female quick coupler into. This should deliver enouph hydro fluid for your splitter. Then all you have to do is find the line that is the return and do likewise and you are in business.

 

[Walt in WV]

Abram,
Thanks for the reply. Thinking about your suggestion, can I just run the line through the splitter, (in the pressure side, out the return side) like it was a lightbulb in an electrical circuit, so long as the front loader remains connected?
Walt

 

[Abram]

Just like an electrical circut. You should be able to split logs without disconnection your loader hydros if you tap into the line that feeds everything pressure and the return line. You may want to make sure your splitter only requires one pressure line and a return as well. It would be nice to get a quick coupler setup on the T's that you use to spice in so that connecting a disconnection your log spliter and what ever else will be a quick and easy.

 

[d. coleman]

i have a jd 790 that i wanted to do the exact same thing to. look for a "power beyond" kit at your jd dealer. dont know if they make one for your model, it will allow you to tap into your pump pressure by routing the hydralic fluid out through a hose with a quick disconnect fitting. you connect your control valve in through this connection, this way you dont have to control your hydralic through your front end loader control. good luck, d. coleman

 

[d. coleman]

sorry, i was interupted while reading your commet and missed the part about the "power beyond kit. sorry i wasnt much help. d. coleman

 

[Walt in WV]

D.,
No problem. Thank you for the imput. I am having hoses made up now, they should be ready for pickup Saturday. Thanks again.
Walt

 

[Walt in WV]

Abram,
See reply to D. Coleman. Thanks so much for your help. This is a great website for good information, and it's people like you who make it so.
Walt

 

[Walt in WV]

Abram,
Maybe you can give me one more tip. I got the lines connected, using quick couplers. It works, but pretty slow. (I did add oil to fill the splitter.
A complete cycle, about 26 inches, to split log and retract, takes about 50 seconds. My wood will be 16 inches long, so a complete cycle, stopping about 17 inches from the wedge, takes 17 seconds one way, about 30 seconds total.
How fast does the average splitter work? Maybe I need to change the circuit? Thanks for your thoughts.
Walt