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    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.


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    Quote Originally Posted by PistoneScrapProcessing View Post
    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.
    Last edited by gustavus; 06-21-2012 at 05:25 AM.

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