mightmite's baler

**PistoneScrapProcessing** · 06-21-2012, 04:46 AM

Not trying to come off as being a D-head. Those machines are tonka toys. A scrap yard would be better off pounding a trailer or railcar then condensing it with something that small. The cylinders are the same size as a bobcat. Go big or go home. I am trying to condense scrap not split logs.

**gustavus** · 06-21-2012, 05:23 AM

Originally Posted by PistoneScrapProcessing

Not trying to come off as being a D-head. Those machines are tonka toys. A scrap yard would be better off pounding a trailer or railcar then condensing it with something that small. The cylinders are the same size as a bobcat. Go big or go home. I am trying to condense scrap not split logs.

I agree with ya 100% PTS that machine would be a sorry waste of money. Kinda had it figured when he said the hydraulic pump was powered by a 5hp electric motor most log splitter's require much more.

I was going to use a 48 HP Kubota diesel to run the pump, with cylinders from a fairly large excavator that Jack had scraped out, and this still would have only been a very small press on the press with limited capabilities.

The press above looks like its best suited for baling cardboard.